Max Sci-Fi Crime Thriller Definitive Edition is the only version you should play

by Robert Scocchi
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In case you need a gentle reminder that the best satirical sci-fi thriller of all time is currently streaming on Max, I’m here to spread the good word that’s not rated (like God and Paul Verhoeven) Robocop The director’s cut can be watched from the safety of your living room. Now, you’re probably asking yourself, “How long will a director’s film be?” Robocop Compared to the theatrical cut, and why should I care? The answer may surprise you because this extended version is only about a minute longer than its widely released counterpart.

But you’ll have to trust me, because it’s a very revealing moment that you won’t want to miss.

What can I say about him Robocop This is what has not been said over the decades, and why is the director’s cut considered superior? The most succinct offer I can give you is the promise of more violence. the Robocop The director’s cut doesn’t add any side stories or character development, but instead adds them in a convenient setting Seconds From the runtime it elevates its satire to absurd proportions.

Or, in some cases, we get some beautiful close-ups instead of wide shots that will make your stomach turn.

We’re talking “pump it full of bullets” levels of comedic violence that you just have to see to believe. The kind of violence I’m talking about can’t even be supplemented by the images in this article because censors would find out where I live and try to eliminate me like Alex Murphy’s (Peter Weller) RoboCop body implanted online, eliminating crime from the world. I mean, the streets of Detroit.

RoboCop’s satire gets better with age

If you’ve never watched RoboCop, or if you’re like me and haven’t watched it since you were six years old when it scared you for life, you owe it to yourself to watch the director’s cut.

And if you’re worried about bad satire getting old, you’re very wrong. From smiling, overly insensitive news personalities touting the death toll in a perfectly unprovincial manner, to Omni Consumer Products botching the launch of the ED-209 Killbot during a board meeting, Robocop Filled with satirical commentary on urban crime, the corporate takeover of public services, and what it means to be a hero in a dystopian hellscape slowly being taken over by the corrupt military police.

A poignant look at technology and humanity

in her heart, Robocop It is a story about a man who becomes a machine and loses himself in his crusade against crime. After his memory was erased after he was brutally shot by Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) and his henchmen – something even more brutal in the director’s cut, by the way – Alex Murphy becomes a killing machine in his own right, but one that errs on the side of good like RoboCop.

However, Murphy has moments of clarity when he’s fighting his programming, vaguely remembering his life before he became RoboCop, and suddenly we have a story that’s not just mindlessly violent for the sake of violence, but to show how this man was reprogrammed and dehumanized for the sake of “progress.” “.

Stream the director’s cut

If you don’t believe me that such a small amount of extra running time enhances Robocop Almost 1000 percent, you need to put your money where your mouth is and stream the director’s cut right away. Forget about the stage show (also streaming on Top), and forget about the consequences. The only copy of Robocop Worth watching is the director’s cut on Max.

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