When someone mentions the name Robocop, most people think of the film released in 1987, set in a dystopian crime-filled Detroit city.
The movie followed a gunned-down police officer who got resurrected as an enhanced cyborg-like law enforcement officer called Robocop. It was a commercial and critical success. There were two more sequels as well as a TV series.
In 2014, a remake of the movie, starring Joel Kinnaman as Robocop, was made. It was directed by José Padilha. The film wasn’t a commercial or critical success as it managed to take in only $242 million on a budget between $100 to $130 million.
On Rotten Tomatoes, it only holds a 49% ‘rotten’ score. It also couldn’t match up to the gore in the original film, especially during scene 27.
In this scene, Robocop, Alex Murphy, faced armed criminals carrying out a robbery. He used a lot of force to bring the situation under control, and in the process, almost ended up killing a robber. Murphy also shot one of the guys in the babymaker.
One of the reasons the original film was rated R was due to this scene. But some people thought it could be better. So then came Robocop remake scene 27.
55 filmmakers and 10 actors came together to create a crowdfunded remake of the 1987 Robocop film called Our Robocop Remake. The filmmakers recreated 55 scenes in different ways. Out of all the scenes, the one scene that stood out was Scene 27. It was an iconic recreation of the scene where Robocop Alex Murphy shot a thug in his crotch. But this time, multiple crotches got blown off, several times, and in increasingly gory ways.
What Is Robocop Remake Scene 27?
Before 2014’s Robocop remake hit theaters, there was a clip from another Robocop remake making the rounds of the internet. This crowd-sourced project was called Our Robocop Remake, and it scene by scene (not shot by shot) recreated the original film. The team remade the entire film, but one scene specifically went viral. It was scene 27.
The main allure of scene 27 from the original film is that there’s a part where Alex Murphy shoots a street thug right in his crotch, blowing a hole through it. That bit was over-the-top, yet interesting enough that fans couldn’t help but remake it.
Except this time, the crotch shooting ways had been increased, and so had the gore. It’s not just one phallus getting shot off.
There are multiple rubber ones, and the film almost takes almost sadistic pleasure in shooting off as many penises as possible. It’s epic and certainly not for the faint-hearted. Unlike the 2014 official Robocop remake that was PG-13, this one pays homage to the original, and if it was released, it would definitely have got the R rating and beyond.
But what is this remake exactly? It’s a group of 55 filmmakers coming together to direct 55 scenes in the film. Ten actors played the character of Robocop, Alex Murphy.
However, the entire film wasn’t shot in live-action. Some scenes are animated, and there are two musicals, drag, modern dance, etc. Original scenes from the 1987 Robocop film were used to anchor the remake as well.
David Seger produced the Robocop remake film. He said in an interview with Wired:
“Filmmakers were told which plot points to make sure they hit. As long as they covered those and a few common visual threads—Officer Anne Lewis, RoboCop’s former partner, always appears in a blonde wig and blue cap and shirt, for instance—they were free to stray as far as they saw fit.”
Here’s the synopsis from the makers:
“‘Our RoboCop Remake’ is a crowd-sourced film project based on the 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic. Connected through various filmmaking channels (including Channel 101), we’re 50 filmmakers (amateur and professional) from Los Angeles and New York who have split the original RoboCop into individual pieces and have remade the movie ourselves. Not necessarily a shot-for-shot remake but a scene-for-scene retelling. As big fans of the original RoboCop, and as filmmakers and film fans admittedly rolling our eyes at the Hollywood remake machine, we’ve elected to do this remake thing our own way. Our RoboCop Remake premiered in Los Angeles on January 26th and in New York on February 5th. On February 6th, it got released online.’
The entire film can be viewed on the Vimeo site.
So what are your thoughts on this interesting Robocop remake scene?
Does it do justice to the original film? Is it better than the 2014 remake? Or is it too sadistically gory?
Let us know in the comments below.
Source: Wired