Cast and Crew: Paul Verhoeven (Director); Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer
What It’s About: Taking place in the near future of Detroit, an injured police officer becomes a cyborg and fights crime following a strict set of directives.
Why Watch it Today?: Michigan, home of old and New Detroit, became a state 175 years ago today.
Where to Get It: Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, or your local library.
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new yorker film critic pauline kael compared this movie to CLOCKWORK ORANGE..!
“New Detroit”…ie a Detroit of mostly whites!
Right now there’s the slow, beurocratic near sci-fi of shrinking old Detroit, of tearing down whole slum neighborhoods on the outskirts, and letting them revert to forests. True.