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RoboCop (2014)

Directed by José Padilha

Action | Drama | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by JohnPeel, archstanton43, ashe5k, seanCduregger, danielt, sleestakk, schofizzy, themarc, jcdeleon1

Overview

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology.  Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America.  Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it.  When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer.  OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

Rated PG-13 | Length 118 minutes

Actors

Joel Kinnaman | Gary Oldman | Michael Keaton | Abbie Cornish | Jackie Earle Haley | Michael Kenneth Williams | Jennifer Ehle | Jay Baruchel | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Samuel L. Jackson | Aimee Garcia | Douglas Urbanski | John Paul Ruttan | Patrick Garrow | K. C. Collins | WBBrown II | Zach Grenier | Philip Akin | Daniel Kash | Maura Grierson | Stewart Arnott | Matt Cooke | Steve Cumyn | Noorin Gulamgaus | Marjan Neshat | Sam Motazedi | Husein Khalia | Savana Hosein | Paul Haywood | Adrian Griffin | Rick Hughes | Raffi Altounian | Melanie Scrofano | Kelvin Wheeler | Alex Mallari Jr. | Dwayne McLean | Tattiawna Jones | Wayne Downer | Robert Thomas | Jordan Johnson-Hinds | Ian Peters | Ricardo Betancourt | Evan Stern | Ishan Morris | Ambrose Wong | Mark McKay | Aurora Browne | Rory O'Shea | Shondra Kayd | Stacey Unsworth | Jeana Lowes | Kanu Giddings | Tamara Almeida | Shane Inverary | Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | Thomas Mitchell | Ian Butcher | Rocky Anderson | Dalias Blake | Barry Nerling | Dean Redman | Demord Dann | Darcy Hinds | Sean Francis | Steve Wright | Kirby Morrow | David Harcourt | Kevin Hare | Carlyn Burchell | Markus Parilo | Jessica Booker | Joe Merritt | Raiden Eastman | Aaliyah Cinello | Meghan Hoople | Prince Massey | Sharon Canovas | Tommy Chang | Raven Cinello

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Viewing Notes

It clanks like the original, but it’s no subversive masterpiece. It’s far better acted than the average remake/reboot—Gary Oldman is masterful, and Joel Kinnaman and Abbie Cornish made me wish they could be teamed up in a comedy (?!)—but a lot of just feels like, “Well, since you’re going to make this anyway, MGM, here’s what I would do to make it my own.”

Not better, just different. Jose Padilha’s direction keeps it from ever becoming entirely boring, but an air of routine competence quickly settles over it like a thick cloud.

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