Monday, July 18, 2016

366 Days at the Drive-In: Day 292


The Date: July 18

The Movie: Robocop (1987)

What Is It?: Paul Verhoeven’s satire imagines a future in which the police department is privatized and a dead cop gets a second lease on his law enforcement life with the help of a freshly minted robot body. This movie has it all: pointed criticisms of capitalism, a bunch of future “Twin Peaks” stars, and a recurring gag in which everyone watches an idiotic, “Benny Hill”-esque TV show with the classic capitalist catch-phrase “I’d buy that for a dollar!”

Why Today?: On this day in 1938, Paul Verhoeven is born.
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