Yeah do you think those satirical themes are not really explored that much? I mean most of the movie is about a cyborg wanting to bring down the gang that killed him, when he was a human.
It's not like they really go into the themes that much I would say, and mostly concentrate on the action scenes more. Not that I am criticizing this, I do like the movie, I just feel that perhaps people are making it out to be something more than it is, or over-analyzing it.
Another point with the action in the film, is that it's not just action for the sake of action.
I'll use the gas station scene as an example.
You could say it's a quick shootout, then an explosion.
But, Robo's ghost-in-the-machine, his subconscious makes him use his
"Dead or alive, you are coming with me" line.
Emil recognises RoboCop as Murphy, and blurts out in panic
"I know you! You're dead! We killed you!" and Robo's ghost-in-the-machine starts twitching... and after he shoots Emil's bike, causing him to crash, he questions Emil, demanding to know exactly who he is.
This then leads him to the data room's facial recognition machine.
Another would be the fight between Robo and ED-209.
A big robot fight, loads of gunfire... but, Dick Jones blurting out how he killed Bob Norton... RoboCop records it, which gives him evidence to use against Jones in the finale.
There are only two gratuitous violent scenes in RoboCop... one is the killing of Mr Kinney by ED-209, though it
is used to set up ED-209's lethality for later when he faces off against RoboCop... and the other is the murder of Bob Morton being so sadistic, but again, it is a needed scene for later developments.
Sure they could have made those 2 scenes less gory and sadistic, but they're still scenes that are used as set-up and payoff in later scenes.
Every action scene in RoboCop apart from those borderline 2, has a purpose and leads to something else.
Each action set-piece leads to a small discovery, and each small discovery is part of a bigger picture.