The post-Star Wars sci-fi boom wasn’t all feel-good stories about heroes overcoming impossible odds. The dystopian sci-fi also experienced a revival, as movies like Blade Runner paved the way for gritty thrillers set in worlds where technology improved but life got worse.
One of the most infamous movies this trend produced, Robocop, used its dystopian setting to interrogate technology, capitalism, and the human element of law enforcement. The result was one of the most iconic sci-fi films of the 1980s, and now, almost 40 years later, Robocop is getting another remake from a tried-and-true producer.
