RoboCop RoboCop RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) 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. Themes that make up the basis of "RoboCop" include media influence, gentrification, corruption, authoritarianism, greed, privatization, capitalism, identity,
RoboCop (comics) mini-series "RoboCop Versus The Terminator", written by Frank Miller, with artwork by Walt Simonson. This led to several new RoboCop mini-series by Dark Horse as follows: See "RoboCop Versus The Terminator" for main article and issue summaries. This mini-series follows RoboCop being framed for murder and his attempts to clear his name. It takes place shortly after "RoboCop 3". This mini-series adapts the film of the same name. This mini-series has RoboCop chasing down some criminals related to a coffin from a recent OCP break-in as he follows them to a snowy Denver, Colorado. Bodies keep popping up in Old