RoboCop Review

Producers: Marc Abraham

The Good

Overall this movie was enjoyable to watch. You can see many improvements to the original film.

The body of Robocop receives a much needed improvement. The design is sleek and even the color will grow on you. (Even though the original color looked better.)

The action of this movie was nice. The combination of the action sequences worked well with each other.

Samuel L Jackson in a role he was meant to play. His character was the best part of the movie. Each time he came on the screen you can’t help but smile. It reminded us of J Jonah Jameson from Spiderman in some ways.

The Bad

The functionality of the Robocop wasn’t great at all. Below are three points for this argument.

He required being plugged into a big device in order to survive. This could limit his capabilities if the facility was destroyed. The original film made it possible for Murphy to last outside with the use of baby food as a means to keep him alive.

Another thing that bothered us was the human hand. It served barely any purpose at all. They should have gotten rid of it.

The use of the control system just seemed silly. In the original movie Murphy couldn’t break the 3 rules. Those rules worked well for its time. The introduction to “free will” didn’t work out properly. They even included the system of the red marker which if any bad guy found one would make Robocop useless.

The plot for the movie felt like it lacked something. You can’t tell what they’re lacking but you know something is missing from it. They should have changed a few things around in order to make the movie more enjoyable.

Many of the iconic moments of the original didn’t find its way into this story. The biggest disappointment was not having the famous catch line by Robocop “Dead or Alive you’re coming with me”. (We really waited all movie to hear this line.)

Michael Keaton’s character didn’t serve much of a purpose. Nothing against Keaton but each time his character appeared in a scene you would scratch your head and think “why are you here?” Thinking about it now, it was the weakest link in the movie.

Originally published on the Bring On The Reviews Blogspot blog on April 6, 2014.

RoboCop (2014) Cast and Details

RoboCop (2014) is directed by José Padilha and stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson. It runs 118 minutes and is rated PG-13. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my Inception review.