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The film opens with news anchors delivering grim news with cheerful smiles, a commentary on the desensitization found in American television. This was something that shocked Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, who was disturbed by the juxtaposition of serious issues against absurd commercials. The story introduces the Omni Consumer Products (OCP) corporation, which plans to create a robotic police officer to clean up crime-ridden Detroit.