RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop is an American superhero cyberpunk media franchise featuring the futuristic adventures of Alex Murphy, a Detroit, Michigan police officer, who is mortally wounded in the line of duty and transformed into a powerful cyborg, brand-named Robocop, at the behest of a powerful mega-corporation, Omni Consumer Products. Thus equipped, Murphy battles both violent crime in a severely decayed city and the blatantly corrupt machinations within OCP. The franchise began in 1987 with the film "RoboCop". "RoboCop 2" followed in 1990, and "RoboCop 3" in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book tie-ins.
City on Fire (1987 film) Bollywood film "Kaante" was inspired by both "City on Fire" and "Reservoir Dogs". City on Fire (1987 film) City on Fire () is a 1987 Hong Kong crime film written, produced and directed by Ringo Lam, and starring Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee and Sun Yueh. Following "A Better Tomorrow" (1986), it helped establish Chow's popularity as an action star in Asia, and to a lesser degree, North America. The undercover cop Chan Kam-wah (who was investigating a group of jewelry thieves) blows his cover and is stabbed to death by three attackers on a public marketplace. His superior inspector Lau