RoboCop (franchise) The franchise has made over US$100 million worldwide and a fourth installment, a remake serving as a reboot titled "RoboCop," was released in February 2014. RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop". The film features Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. In addition to being an action film, "RoboCop" includes larger themes regarding the media, resurrection, gentrification, corruption,
The Cry of the Owl (1987 film) It made its US premiere on October 16, 1991 in New York City. Although released on VHS in many countries, the American DVD is the only available digital release for the home media market at present (2011). Also in 1987, German writer-director Tom Toelle directed an adaption for German television titled "Der Schrei der Eule". A third film adaptation written and directed by Jamie Thraves and starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine was released in 2009. The Cry of the Owl (1987 film) The Cry of the Owl (Original: "Le cri du hibou") is a 1987 French-Italian thriller film, adapted