RoboCop story

movie: RoboCop (1987) · 1987-07-17

RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy who is murdered by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as RoboCop.

15 total · 12 major · 3 minor

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capitalism major OCP was busy opening markets that had previously been considered in the public or criminal domain.
corporation interfering in politics major The OCP megacorporation was running Detroit into the ground in the pursuit of profit.
corruption in society major The OCP corporation was running both the police force and cocaine production in Old Detroit.
crime major We are made to think about what to do when a city is plagued with crime and how it became that way in the first place.
cyborg major RoboCop was a cyborg.
dystopia major Future Detroit was a dangerous, crime ridden slum.
gentrification major OCP corporation planned to replace Old Detroit with Delta City,
greed for riches major The OCP corporate executives were poster boys for corporate greed.
mass media in society major People were show distracted from the grim realities of life in Old DEtroit by television.
personal identity major To what extent was RoboCop still Murphy?