Detroit is a city on the verge of collapse. Crime is skyrocketing, the economy has plummeted, resources are scarce and internal corruption is running rampant. In a last-ditch attempt to save itself, the city has allowed mega-corporation OCP to run the city’s Police force with the hopes of bringing things under control. When a local cop is gunned down in the line of action, rather than mourning his loss, the company decides to bring him back to life and turn what’s left of him into a next-generation crime fighting machine. All this sound familiar? Well it should, because it’s the basis for one of the most influential sci-fi movies ever made: 1987s Robocop. On the surface it’s a loud and proud action flick, full of blood, gore, spectacular kills and comically over the top violence, the kind of things it’s director Paul Verhoeven is well known for. But if you dig a little deeper you’ll find a biting and eerily prescient satire on the world of corporate greed and privatisation, as well as a rumination on the nature of humanity and what it means to be human. With our next special guest waiting in the wings, let us take you back in time to the late 80s, to explore a film often imitated, but never bettered, and find out how it’s managed to stand the test of time.