RoboCop (1987) Movie Reaction [First Time Watching] 

"Bitches leave" Is one of the best villain lines ever on film

Fun fact: The secretary Clarence was being very sleazy to is now the actor's wife. This film is where they met!

"Murphy, it's you." Always gets me. Lewis is a real ride-or-die partner.

Despite the violence and gore of this movie, the line "I can feel them, but I can't remember the" has always been gut wrenching.

Robocop was such a good man, they couldn't take that away from him.

Some trivia - Rob Bottin designed and built the Robo Suit and did the make up in the scene with Toxic waste, melting Emil. He's the same guy who did the crazy make-up effects in The Thing. The scenes with non walking ED-209 were all miniature models and the stop motion was done by Phil Tippet. He also did the dino stop motion in Jurassic Park.

In 2004, Peter Weller completed a Master of Arts degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University, and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, Weller began a Ph.D. at UCLA, in Italian Renaissance Art History. In 2013 he filed his dissertation and was awarded his doctorate in 2014.

7:00 In the Falklands War of 1982, Lieutenant Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards was shot in the back of the head by an Argentinian sniper with a 7.62mm round. It shattered his skull, and 45% of his brain flew into the air and was lost to the winds. Not only didn't he die, but he didn't even lose consciousness. He survived five or six hours on the mountainside, a one hour helicopter ride, eight hours in triage at the field hospital, and rudimentary surgery. He is still alive today and retains both his personality and his memory. Headshots do kill, but not necessarily. Or at least not straightaway.

The 80’s were the best. You could make an over the top violent film and somehow make toys based off that film which children could purchase… well parents purchase.

Director Paul Verhoeven is mostly known for his Hollywood sci-fi movies, but he also made one of the best movies of 2021: Benedetta.

I love with your reactions how excited you get when one of you is working out the story before the other, natural reactors 👌

That shop robber must be freakishly strong to hold his mashine gun steady while Robo bends the pipe with one hand.

You two make rewatching movies so much fun.

YES!! LOVE THIS MOVIE!! Before Peter Weller was cast as RoboCop, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Armand Assante, Michael Ironside, Rutger Hauer, Sylvester Stallone, and Tom Berenger were considered. Weller was cast as he was the only person to fit the suit. Weller lost 3 lbs a day from wearing the suit, which had an AC unit inside to prevent him from passing out. It was 110 degrees in Dallas Texas where they were filming. Weller couldn't eat any solid food except for Ice Cream, Yogurt, Oat Meal and PBJ Sandwiches. The film was a box office and critical success, making $60 million dollars against a $13 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing. The stop motion animation effects were done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Phil Tippett whom did VFX for Star Wars, Willow, Jurassic Park, and Starship Troopers. It's now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi Action movies ever made.

Amazing classic Robocop directed by Paul Verhoeven starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Daniel O'Herlihy, Miguel Ferrer, Kurtwood Smith and music score by Basil Poledouris. Thank you guys for reacting the movie from my childhood excellent. This film has two sequels and one remake but in my opinion the first film is my favorite👍👍👍👍👍

Classic satire, action , revenge, sci-fi lol Love it ..

"You're fired!" has to be in my top 10 payoffs in movies.

30 years later I still love the sound design of Robo's boots. it's like he's walking on plungers.

I grew up with this, Terminator, Aliens, Red Dawn and Conan 💪😎💪 Might explain why I'm so stable 🤪😜🤪🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣 Lewis is how you *write 😉 a strong female character without having to emasculate the main character :)

I would take it that the scene in which a "former city councilman" holds the mayor and his staff hostage was probably inspired by the 1978 murder of San Francisco mayor Moscone and supervisor Milk by former supervisor Dan White; that incident would still have been fairly prominent in the national consciousness when this movie was made. As always, you guys are wonderful.

To this day, firing Dick so Directive 4 is deactivated is one of the smartest assists to kill the villain ever.

I just want to say “hello Joy & Marion: thanks for your faces 🎉”

Fun Fact: They are making a video game out of this movie next June it's called: Robocop Rogue City

This movie was so popular that they made an animated series and made it friendly to kids. That was a thing a lot in 80’s and early/mid 90’s where a movie, a person, or group got animated shows. Rambo, Ghostbusters, Mr. T, the Harlem Globetrotters (twice), The Karate Kid, Men In Black, Godzilla (the 1998 movie. There was another one but that was different), and many others.

That was incredibly fun watching your reactions to this classic film! You have a new sub!

ED 209 use to scare me as a kid

They don’t make original projects like this anymore. Movies like these in the 80s were lightning in a bottle. Ultra violent, unintentionally hilarious, but with plenty of heart.

One reason this movie is incredible is its high level satire of corporatocracies. Its criticism of the military industrial complex, other forms of corporate welfare, gentrification, heartless and psychopathic business values, police suppression of the poor instead of addressing the causes of poverty, promoting technology that industry profits from at taxpayers' expense, infotainment, privatization, commercialism, consumerism, business propaganda, etc. It's not just an action movie with an amazing musical score, acting, special effects, set design, etc. With appreciation of its accurate satire, the movie deserves a 10 out of 10. Robocop is one of my top five favorite movies for several reasons.

"....Buddy I think you're slime..." One of the greatest films of the '80s - I knew you'd both dig it. Rob Bottin - who did all the f/x for THE THING - designed the RoboCop structure.

The irony of Dick Jones telling Clearance Boddicker that Robocop is a cyborg that can record everything someone says then tells Robocop that he killed Bob Morton which was also recorded and used against him at the end of the film.

There's foreshadowing in Robocop. When Boddicker mimicks a machine aiming the shotgun to blow Murphy's hand. Less did he knew that hand he blows up would end up killing him with a bionic hand on its place.

Some actors make a role all their own, Arnold is The Terminator, Wesley Snipes is Blade, and Peter Weller is Robocop.

He actually does Keep that Gun. He has the sight removed (since his robot vision is all he needs) but it reappears in Robocop 2 & his cameo in Mortal Kombat.

Peter Weller always works in good, interesting, offbeat films- "Leviathan", "Screamers", "Naked Lunch", "Sunset Grill".

I love that you liked this movie. One of my all time favorites. I love you guys, you have such a beautiful family. You guys are awesome.😃

If you listen to Bob Morton at the start, he says we’ve placed prime candidates in high risk areas. That’s why Alex Murphy was placed in the new precinct. He was a perfect candidate for the Robocop program.

13:58 You know he appeared in Rocky 2 as the person all bandaged up in a wheelchair whom Rocky autographed the head of upon leaving the hospital at the beginning of the film??? :P

I loved you guys reaction to this. Really warmed my heart. Thank you for sharing

Can you imagine seeing this at 14? Well that's the age I was when my friends hired it on VHS. I didn't even watching it properly then. I was on the computer. I have never been able to watch it fully since.

the guy who played Bob Morton is George Clooney's cousin. He passed away a few years ago of cancer.

Great movie. They did put Peter Weller in a suite and it was very uncomfortable for him the all scene with him catching the key took all day. The guy who catched the gun was the director. The sequels are horrible. You should also see Total recall and Starship troppers from the same director.

This film truly stands the test of time. Also, it's the 35th Anniversary of the film! As for the sequels, they are nowhere near as good as this film. To be honest, the sequels seemed like parodies of this film. Great reaction video, folks!

The behind the scenes definitely are worth a watch. Paul the director at first wasn't interested in the movie and his wife convinced him to take another look at it which got him interested in doing the movie. That and it took them several cuts to get it from an X rating (or NC--17 or something like that an American rating basically that not one under 17 or 18 is allowed in). Like they had to cut down the guy getting shot by the ED-209 and some of Murphy getting shot. One part in particular being Alex getting shot in the head.

I never pretend to be Robocop. It's more fun to be Clarence Boddiker! "Bitches Leave!" and these special effects are better and SO much more fun than "The Avengers"

Masterpiece of a movie.. saw this when I was 7

Me and my little buddies used to rent this on vhs every weekend back in the eighties

Robocop is in my top 10. No doubt at all. Absolute masterpiece of anti-capitalism and anti-tech, more topical today than ever. Love it.

It took me a few viewings to pick up on the nuances in the final scene. After Murphy says he can’t act against a senior member of OCP, when Jones is holding the Old Man hostage, you can see that the Old Man is looking directly at Murphy, waiting for the right time to fire Jones, so he can be taken out.

He was wearing a bulletproof vest. Shotguns don't really do much against on bulletproof vest depending on the ammo

Perfect! You two are perfect! Yeah I think I may still have this movie on VHS bought it when it first came out after theater run. Video reaction, perfect, love the way you folks as a couple interact. Have a Happy Thanksgiving,stay safe bye.

This is first of Plau Verhoeven's "gore trilogy" followed by Total Recall and Starship Troopers. Beneath blood, gore and violence you see sharp social commentary and commentary against corporalism and facism. They are genious films.

"That was a beautiful ending" haha! I love you guys!

They are watching the uncut version. Oh its the best movie ever. It will always be my #1 movie.

The director Paul Verhoeven is one hulluva master director of satire. Beside his hollywood movies, check out his Dutch ones. Also his latest movie Benedetta was good too.

My 2nd favorite film score composed by the late and great Basil Poledouris.

Un verdadero clásico de los 80... saludos desde sudamérica -chile 🇨🇱

Hey guys, I have been enjoying your reactions for a while now and you guys are "AWESOME MAN"!! Anyways, when it comes to remaking or rebooting a movie sometimes the second one is better than the first. "Judge Dredd" (staring Sylvester Stallone) was kinda like a comedy/action, and it was good; but honestly the reboot called "Dredd" (staring Karl Urban), was more like the comics, he is a serious person, and in the movie it plays out very well.

Dead or Alive you're coming with me.

I never get why Dick Jones says to Kenny he has to point to the gun at ED-209. Why would the robot only react if a gun is pointed at him?

Recommendation for you to react: The Amityville Horror (1979), this movie is underrated, but and good.

Robocop is not a robot. He's a cyborg. Cybernetic Organism composed of living human tissue. Also, he doesn't have any problems distinguishing right from wrong as he has 3 prime directives. 1) Serve the public trust. 2) Protect the innocent. 3) Uphold the law. Robocop is also DLC character on Mortal Kombat 11.

There were two sequels, but only the first one is worth watching. Robocop 2 is actually almost as good as the first one.

Murphy's death has to be one of the most satisfying and funny kills in a movie. The give the man a hand line still gets me 😂

I’ve seen this 10 times but I had always missed the police officers did call for backup (the beginning pt)

Crazy thing is, now that all the car manufactures have shipped jobs to other countries, Detriot looks just like it does in the movies today-- Abandoned buidings/houses, one of the highest crime rates in the country and an understaffed police force. Robocop also introduced the new Ford Taurus to the public (The cop cars) and it was the best marketing they could've got--it was Ford's best seller 3 years in a row!!

Best movie ever made 🎉

Gotta check out robocop 2. You can skip 3. Love you guys. 🥰

I LOVE how everyone thinks of this as a kids movie...It's FAR from it haha!

Accdg. to some stories, the screenwriter originally wanted to do a movie of Judge Dredd from the comics (“I am the LAW!”), and then had to make up his own after he couldn’t get the rights, right down to the same cool visor helmet. And considering Sylvester Stallone and Karl Urban, it’s still the truest mix of the comic’s action and dark 80’s satire.

The first movie I ever saw in a theatre as a 12 year old in El Salvador 👍🤘

I really liked that reaction. The girl is quite excited.

Lots of people remark why Murphy shouted LOOKING FOR ME . Because shooting someone from behind constitutes a murder. Every person Robocop shit, he responded....... return fire.

Great vídeo and reaction... . Tanks, congrats from Brazil 🇧🇷👏.

If you pay attention at the beginning, when the executives are talking, they mentioned moving ideal candidates around the department. They were putting certain officers in high risk jurisdictions intentionally so they could have a subject for the Robocop project. As far as using the officers corpse, it's illegal to abuse or misuse a corpse, but these officers signed releases which basically gave the company the right to do whatever they wished.

"Like a watermelon!" 🤣

Love this movie...perfect 80s hit. Love your reaction...thank you

how have these two people never seen robocop?! they're like 35! haha! i saw this movie when i was 4 in 1988. haha!

Robocop still needs sleep. It was the ED-209 that didn't need food or sleep.

"I'd buy that for a Dollar!!"

I forgot, Kenny appears again in the hostage situation.😂

Robocop (Murphy) really is a machine. They deleted Alex Murphy's long-term memories, and constructed a cyborg around what was left of his brain. The mannerisms are muscle memory, and one of the few things OCP didn't trash. This story is about a machine discovering it has human feelings and shadowed memories of its former life, and how it comes to terms with its existence. And that's not my take, that's the director saying that.

19:45 This line (and spitting blood) was adlibbed by the actor for Clarence to spice things up a bit because the scene felt a bit wooden haha

Thank you for the great reaction to this ultra classic!!

You two are a great couple. I always enjoy your reactions, and I really liked this one too. I have to admit though, when they said, "Fire at will", I was confused. There wasn't anyone named Will in this movie, was there 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣???

People always talk about the “blood and gore” of Murphy’s death. But the part that makes me wince is the sound/echo of him screaming.

If you're wondering why they don't use blood squibs in movies anymore is because Robocop 1&2 used them all

This could NEVER have worked as a kids/family film (as the 2014 remake confirmed) in fact this was one of the major hurdles they came up against when trying to get the film made. The major studios would ONLY put up the money if it was done for a family audience, or they wanted major changes to the script, this is why the studio that also gave us TERMINATOR (independent Orion pictures) produced ROBOCOP, the intention was ALWAYS to make this for an adult audience, the social satire & politics would have gone over the heads of most kids seeing this as well as frightening them of course. ROBOCOP is terminator (in the sense that he is almost unstoppable)BUT as a trajic anti-hero

First day on the job…

Watch director Paul Verhoeven's older movies, the ones he made before ''Robocop'', like his Dutch masterpiece ''Soldier Of Orange'' (1977) and his first English language movie ''Flesh + Blood'' (1985). And then later on (like everybody does on RU-vid) his two other American SF classics, ''Total Recall'' and ''Starship Troopers''. Greetings from The Netherlands.

amazing film it was ahead of its time for about 30years...many things are happening the way it depicted it.....marveolous

I have been following you for a while. Love your reactions. I have both special editions of Robocop 1 and 2. The first is of course the best but I think part 2 gets a bad rap and is underrated. Is there any chance you’ll be doing a reaction to part 2? Would love to see it.

The Robocop remake was more of a "re-imagining" - and that's what I want from a remake: give me a new take or spin on the original. Therefore, comparing the two is comparing apples to oranges. Both are good. That said, if I'm gonna sit down with a pizza and watch Robocop, I'm watching the original :)

Looking forward to the next part 2-3. ))

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

You both are fun to watch. Would like to see your reaction to Starman (1984)

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

Yes ! Watch "ROBOCOP 2" (1990) ! It's really good. Same actors (Murphy, Lewis and the OCP boss) and it's directed by I. Kershner, the director of "StarWars : the Empire strikes back" ! 👍

There was a love interest but it wasn’t a romantic one

Beretta 93R - пистолет из которого стреляет Алекс Мерфи. Просто его немножечко украсили. Бьёт короткими очередями по три выстрела.

Is that a New Mexico license plate in the background?