Plot
In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) - a loving husband, father and good cop - is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.7/10 (15,674 voted)
Director:José Padilha
Storyline
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 - and it's meant billions for OmniCorp's bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) - a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit - is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for 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 pursuing justice.
Filming Locations: Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Box Office Details
Budget: $100,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $4,945,612
(USA)(13 February 2014)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Director Jose Padilha and actor Joel Kinnaman fought hard for an R rating, but due to the ever expanding budget, which went from a modest $60 million budget and ballooned to a $120 million budget, studio executives were forced to deliver a PG-13 rating in hopes to recoup the budget they had spent on the film. Throughout the course of filming, studio executives kept a close eye on Padilha, making sure he was going to deliver a PG-13 rating. See more »
Goofs:
Takes place in Detroit, Michigan but Toronto's CN Tower and Canadian flags are visible when Robocop is on his motorcycle on the highway. See more »
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User Review
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Rating: 5/10
Okay, so very few people were confident about this remake. The original
has such a huge fan base that a reboot seems like blasphemy to most.
So how does this hold up? Well, it looks like butter, it at times
tastes like butter, but brother, it ain't butter. Believe it.
The film lacks something and I think I know what it is; there is no
real villain. Instead of building up a super-villain for Murphy to
fight to the death with, it toys with different characters as his foe,
never really committing to one or the other. Kurtwood Smith is an evil
son of a gun in the original because he shoots Murphy to pieces. Its up
close and personal. In this, well, the guy that car bombs (lame) our
robotic cop gets about 2 minutes of screen time with very little back
story. Frankly, you just don't care.
The plot seems more concerned about Murphy trying to cope with becoming
an amputee and him and his family learning to accept his new
circumstances, which frankly, when you see what he looks like without
the armour, is just disturbing. Instead of being an awesome action
flick, you just feel bad for the guy. The reality of the situation is
just too harsh in its portrayal and you end up thinking maybe he would
be better off dead.
Do you want to pay good money to question your ideological values
towards quality of life or do you want to see robocop go toe to toe
with a man who shot him to s***? I know what I'd buy for a dollar.
Also, on a side note: Samuel L. Jackson needs to stop being in films.
While his appearance at first is welcome, by the end it feels very
cheap and unnatural. The anti-American war effort message starts to get
a little forced down your throat and before you start screaming that
I'm a flag loving American, I'm a Brit, and even I felt the satire was
a bit in your face.
The film shouldn't upset people too badly, it could honestly be much
worse and it does have some passable moments with a couple of good nods
to the original. Just don't get your hopes too high.
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