Part Man, Part Machine, All RoboCop Statue: After 15 Years, Detroit Finally Has its Monument to a Crime-Fighting Cyborg

The city of Detroit has a new public artwork, one that memorializes the lead character in a cult classic film set in the city—nearly four decades after the film was released and some 15 years after the statue was first proposed. The bronze statue of RoboCop measures over 11 feet high and weighs in at some 3,500 pounds. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the ultra-violent satire RoboCop (1987) stars Peter Weller as police officer Alex Murphy, who, in a near-future, crime-ridden Motor City, is