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Seth Rogan recommended Total Recall (1990) in Movies (curated)

 
Total Recall (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
1990 | Action, Sci-Fi
7.6 (71 Ratings)
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"Total Recall‘s just f–king rad. And super violent. That movie is a good indicator that you can take things much farther than you think you could. [Laughs.] And they will strike a chord with the mainstream, I think. That movie goes really far. It’s pretty crazy. I love Paul Verhoeven. He’s the man."

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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated RoboCop (2014) in Movies

Nov 2, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
RoboCop (2014)
RoboCop (2014)
2014 | Action, Sci-Fi
5
5.7 (19 Ratings)
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The 80s were a great time for movies and in particular a very violent and at some times black humoured movie from director Paul Verhoeven, yes folks, I'm talking about the original RoboCop.

It's the film that a lot of us still love today, with its story of a good cop (Peter Weller) who is murdered by criminals, in possibly one of the most gruesome cop killings in a movie in the 80s, who is then pieced back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg, who is tormented by the memory of his death and in turn goes out for revenge.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Hollow Man (2000) in Movies

May 31, 2020  
Hollow Man (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
2000 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
6
6.7 (15 Ratings)
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Paul Verhoeven brings all the taste and restraint you might expect to this loose updating of The Invisible Man. Nothing terribly original or surprising about the plot - invisibility experiments go wrong, which (unsurprisingly) nobody saw coming - although the emphasis on the psychological effects of being invisible is something unexpected and genuinely derived from Wells. That said, the main character played by Bacon - second billed, perhaps because he's technically not on screen for much of the film - is such a piece of work to begin with they don't leave themselves much room for manoeuvre.

Selling points of the film are, firstly, the lavish CGI, which I suppose was very good for the time; you can sense the technicians are having fun with it. Also the violence and gore, which is fairly strong for a studio movie; it also has a hard, nasty, sometimes misogynistic edge to it (Verhoeven...!). It all plays out pretty much as you'd expect. Competently done but nowhere near the standard of Verhoeven's best SF films.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Robocop (1987) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018  
Robocop (1987)
Robocop (1987)
1987 | Action, Sci-Fi
9
8.0 (88 Ratings)
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Murphy's Law
Heavy metal action satire from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven that established him as one of the world's leading SF directors. The story is functional, if hardly original - dedicated cop is shot to pieces by bad guys, rebuilt as an armoured cyborg by heartless corporation, struggles to reclaim his humanity - but what makes it special is Verhoeven's ability to turn the movie on a dime, switching the mood from black comedy to sincere drama in a moment.

The setting is futuristic, but few films capture the look and feel of the 80s quite as effortlessly as Robocop. There are a few wobbles in the plotting and some uninspired supporting performances, but this is directed with heart and intelligence. At least as good as The Terminator or Aliens; would probably be much better remembered if any of the sequels had been any good.