The director’s cut of sci-fi crime thriller Max is the only version you should stream
Pa Robert Succi
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If you need a gentle reminder that the best satirical sci-fi action movie of all time is currently streaming on Max, I’m here to spread the good news that the underrated (as intended by God and Paul Verhoeven) Robocop the director’s cut can be viewed in the safety of your living room. Now you may be asking yourself, “how much longer does the director’s cut last? Robocop compared to the theatrical version, and why should I care?’ The answer may surprise you, because this extended version is only a minute longer than its widespread version.
But you have to trust me because this is a very telling moment that you won’t want to miss.
What to talk about Robocop it hasn’t been said in decades and why is the director’s cut the better cut? The most succinct information I can give you is the promise of more violence. The Robocop the director’s cut does not add any side stories or character development, but instead adds the appropriate location seconds performances that take their satire to ridiculous proportions.
Or, in some cases, instead of wide shots, we get beautiful naturalistic close-ups that will make your stomach twist.
We’re talking a level of comical violence that you just have to see to believe. The type of violence I’m talking about can’t even be supplemented by the images in this article, because the censors will find out where I live and try to eliminate me, as the cybernetically imbued body of RoboCop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) rids the mean streets of Detroit of crime.
Robocop’s satire gets better with age
If you’ve never seen RoboCop, or if you’re like me and haven’t seen it since you were six when it scarred you for life, you owe it to yourself to see the director’s cut.
And if you’re worried that satire doesn’t age well, you’re sorely mistaken. From overly insensitive and smiley news personalities counting deaths in perfect non-regional format to Omni Consumer Products misfiring its ED-209 killer robot during a board meeting, Robocop filled with tongue-in-cheek commentary on urban crime, corporations taking over government services, and what it means to be a hero in a dystopian hellscape slowly being taken over by a corrupt militarized police force.
A sharp look at technology and humanity
in your heart Robocop is the story of a man who becomes a machine and loses himself in a crusade against crime. His memory was erased after he was brutally shot by Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) and his thugs – which, by the way, are much more brutal in the director’s cut – Alex Murphy becomes a killing machine in his own right, but one who errs on the side of good as RoboCop.
Still, Murphy has moments of clarity as he struggles with his programming, as he vaguely remembers his life before becoming Robocop, and suddenly we have a story that isn’t just mindlessly violent for the sake of violence, but to show how this man has been reprogrammed and stripped of his humanity for the sake of “progress”.
Broadcast of the director’s version
If you don’t believe me, such a small amount of extra work time improves Robocop by about 1,000 percent, then you need to put your money where your mouth is and stream the director’s cut immediately. Forget the theatrical cut (also in the broadcast Max), and forget about sequels. The only version Robocop You should watch the director’s version of Max.
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