RoboCop
2014, Sci-fi/Action, 1h 57m
221 Reviews 100,000+ RatingsWhat to know
While it's far better than it could have been, José Padilha's RoboCop remake fails to offer a significant improvement over the original. Read critic reviews
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Alex Murphy, RoboCop
Dr. Dennett Norton
Pat Novak
Raymond Sellars
Clara Murphy
Mattox
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Critic Reviews for RoboCop
All Critics (221) | Top Critics (58) | Fresh (106) | Rotten (115)
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[A]fter an opening sequence as promising as the one here, it needs at least an attempted follow-through, not the jumble of confused ideas and time-wasting effects that take up the bulk of the film.
February 20, 2014 | Rating: 2.0/5 | Full Review… -
Surveying the peculiar array of 1980s retreads clustered into release this week, I'm reminded of Marty McFly in Back to the Future Part II, traveling forward in time 30 years to discover that everything is still the same, only worse.
February 14, 2014 | Full Review… -
The Brazilian director José Padilha may be working for a Hollywood studio but he doesn't temper his critique of American imperialism, big business and political corruption.
February 14, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Padilha is Brazilian, and it's interesting that both RoboCops have been made by men whose non-Hollywood work focused on their respective countries' curdled politics.
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This Robo-reboot tries fiercely to update the satirical punch and stylistic perversity Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original. It's a futile gesture.
February 14, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
Cynical, boring, PG-13 retread.
February 13, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for RoboCop
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Jun 26, 2016lacking the horror and fun of the originals, however worth a single viewing if only for the shooty bits. some decent acting in it too from the lead as well as samuel l. jackson & old batman.Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
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Apr 25, 2016This remake and reboot of the Paul Verhoeven 1987 film "RoboCop" does not compare to the original. It expands and adds ideas that weren't explored in the original and maybe that would seem like a good idea, but ultimately it's not. Murphy's memories were erased in the original but in this one he is able to keep them until he has an emotional breakdown and is then erased. He then goes rogue and tries to solve his own murder. The doctor is portrayed as having a larger role in his development. And the president of Omnicorp just seems like he's not working in the public interest but working for the almighty American dollar. Samuel L. Jackson plays what I guess is a cable news pundit and I feel that's extremely unnecessary. Like most reboots or remakes, there isn't much that would satisfy fans of the original film, I doubt they are fans of the sequels. It doesn't have the bite or satire of the original.Joseph B Super Reviewer
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Mar 13, 2016The question of the necessity of a reboot aside, this isn't a bad attempt. The cast is great, the pace really fast and the effects pretty decent. The action is not particularly spectacular, and the bad guys die surprisingly bloodless, but the film is neither more shallow nor dumber than the original. Only the final scene leaves a bit of a stale taste in your mouth.Jens S Super Reviewer
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May 06, 2015In the olden days nobody gave too much of a hoot for sci-fi and so you had cheesy movies with 3 or 4 no-name actors carrying the whole thing, reciting the whole script. Nowadays, sci-fi is big money and so you have the opposite, and in this film you've got it in spades: practically the entire cast is a name talent, meaning everybody gets a line or two, but that's all, "don't be so greedy". This in service of a story with the money and tech to be really big, but because of the diffusion of talent, ya get diffusion of intent, diffusion of purpose and so an "ehh" where you should've got a "rrrrah!" Nonetheless, Jackie Earle Haley nearly walks away with the whole thing.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
RoboCop Quotes
| Rick Mattox: | I wouldn't buy that for a dollar. |
| Tom Pope: | I wouldn't buy that for a dollar. |
| Alex Murphy / Robocop: | What kind of suit is this? |
| Norton: | It's not a suit, Alex. It's you. |
| Raymond Sellars: | People don't know what they want most of the time until you show it to them. |
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