Robocop Arrow Blu Ray: To Serve and Protect Metro City.

As a Michigan resident, I don’t think Robocop is the most accurate portray of Detroit (maybe in someone’s mind) but It does give a good represent of Michigan in the movie landscape (similar to the Evil Dead series). But Robocop is also a prefect landmark film of the 80’s satire of political messages, war satire, corrupted businessmen, and full on crime of the 80’s but with dose of entertaining action that makes Robocop a recognizable product till this day.

I think most people may seen or heard of Robocop, so I don’t want to talk a lot of the plot because really it’s pretty simple but still holds up. But I will talk about a lot of things that are highlights of why I love Robocop so much. Mainly the characters are entertaining and you do appreciate the main character (Alex Murphy) stuffing of his death and rebirth as Robocop and want to him to have his humanity back in his robotic body. Paul Venhoeven sharply and consistent direction while combining with Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner’s script makes a lot of scenes quotable, action packed, character driven, and political humor that makes everything feel like it’s own product.


Now Robocop has several different home video releases including from The Criterion Collection on DVD and Lasterdisc, MGM’s 4K Blu Ray, to finally Arrow Video’s release. This Blu Ray is probably the best version of Robocop for not only having the same 4K video from the previous Blu Ray and having most of the previous extras including new extras made for this release, but it also has the best audio department in all of the releases because most movies from companies like MGM usually put a 5.1 surround mix for films that didn’t had some when they first release and sometimes it’s hit or miss because it depends if they worked with the right material. With the Blu Ray, not only has that option but also has a new 2.0 stereo mix that makes the audio more like how the composer, Basil Poledouris wanted his score to be listed like in the Criterion DVD and Laserdisc. Also, I have the Steelbook release it is a gorgeous release that uses the iconic poster on the front cover while having unique designs for the back cover and on the discs themselves.

Go see Robocop, it’s violet and gory, but it has brilliant satire and memorable moments that makes every action movie of the 80’s special feeling when you watch of them at home, phone or everywhere. The Arrow Blu Ray comes highly recommend for any wants the perfect edition of Robocop. “Stay out of Trouble!”