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RoboCop

Who Won the Movie?

RoboCop The Rewatchables

Paul Verhoeven wins; the villains’ personalities and the movie’s satire reinforce the choice.

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  • Paul Verhoeven is the immediate winner for the film’s bloody, satirical direction.
  • The closing response praises the film for hiding its message inside cheesy 80s science fiction.
  • The villains are praised as more vivid and genuinely terrible than the restrained leads.
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