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Thursday, April 5, 2007 12:00 AM

Beyond the Multiplex

Verhoeven's "Black Book" is an outrageous tale of vengeance, treachery and sexual desire. Plus: Duchovny and Weaver play for laffs.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, April 5, 2007 01:23 PM

    Why always the disrespect for RoboCop?

    Very nice review. Ik zal het wel kijken.

    People discussing Verhoeven's oeuvre always seem to be slightly dismissive of RoboCop (O'Hehir mentions it once in passing). There is a reason it got an early Criterion Collection release on DVD. Beyond the top notch design aspects and action sequences, the film is an excellent piece of low-key science-fiction (as in the fate of the world is not at stake) and a stingingly funny satire on corporate culture and privatization that is still fresh and relevant today. It is a key liberal, humanist film of the 1980's in my mind.

    —Victoria L. Read Victoria L.'s other letters

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