Although studio interference does prevent the film from reaching the heights it had the potential to do, Robocop is hardly just another unnecessary remake, but a firm worldbuilding experience and a new take on an iconic franchise that is done, despite the circumstances, quite well. I'll start with my problems with the film. The first 20-25 minutes of the film, aka the exposition, is a bit bland. There's nothing too original about that part of the film, and it honestly seems like the studio tried to make the story as simple as possible in order to not upset audiences- providing them with familiar structures as other big budget action films of this time, like the Transformers franchise. Besides that, I have almost no problems with the rest of the film. The acting, the performances, the worldbuilding, and the direction is all really good. I love the new look of Robocop himself, the CGI is spectacular for only 2014, and I really enjoyed the casting of Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy himself, who seems to be a great recast for the role required. I love Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton in the film as way, both playing almost peculiar opposites, but both providing an excellent job. I found it to be rather entertaining throughout, some of the action scenes are rather impressive, for at least past its exposition. In the end, Robocop (2014) is a surprisingly decent remake that has its flaws, but I wouldn't mind enjoying again sometime soon.
My Rating: 8.75/10
Review of RoboCop
