ElWormo SUIT #1: Hey guys... let's take an adrenaline-soaked cartoony slice of high octane, wryly satirical and funny ultraviolent 80s action, and re-imagine it as a slick, soulless, irony- free, pretentious, odiously self important emo fest that goes on for too long. Great idea yes?SUIT #2: You sir, are a genius.

Filipe Neto "Robocop" was one of the most remarkable trilogies of the eighties, and it marked the collective memory of those who lived that time. Even those who haven't seen the movies have surely heard of them. The story retains the essential structure that had been shown in the previous films, which makes me think about why they made this movie if they didn't show a new story. The answer is natural: profit. Anyway, there are some differences between this film and its predecessors. Most obviously, a major effort was made here to humanize what used to be a kind of unfeeling cyborg, that simply performed tasks for which it had been programmed. Another difference is that we watch the design and construction of the robot, as well as the motives and intentions behind it. It's clear the commercial interest, as well as the way the industry takes advantage of an injured man to conquer a new market. Another striking difference is the end of dystopian satire to urban society presented so far: the older films featured Robocop as a law response to a violent escalation of crime in an increasingly inhumane and savage urban world, while here he's only a mean to reach a new market by a large multinational.Joel Kinnaman played a decent Robocop, with some human traits but no emotion or obvious psychological conflict. Michael Keaton is a good villain, a self-seeking man who doesn't look to the means to achieve his financial goals. Gary Oldman is the most humane side of the industry who creates Robocop, and he manages to get out of the job even though there is no effort in betting on his inner or psychological conflicts. Abbie Cornish is the actress who has shown greater ability to demonstrate her psychology, but her character specifically serves this purpose. Samuel L. Jackson is a good actor, but I honestly didn't understand the purpose of his character. At a technical level, good CGI reigns in this film but that could be expected. Soundtrack, unfortunately, is quite forgettable.This movie, made for quick profit, is an unnecessary remake of a good trilogy of the 80's that isn't yet worn out by time. So its almost impossible not to make comparisons. Without much emotion or tension, the film lacks psychological depth and is utterly devoid of satire, though it weaves several harsh criticisms of how certain industries may be impersonal and inhumane. Curiously, one criticism the film doesn't do is that the robot is made in the new American mega-factory... China. We are well aware that companies (and not just US) like to exploit cheap labor of Eastern countries, but to see this on film is some bad taste.

masatief I watched Paul Verhoeven's film as soon as it was released and I was impressed by the violence but also by the script's intelligence. I confess that I was anxious to watch the new version of Verhoeven's film, even because director José Padilha is my compatriot (Brazilian). However, I was disappointed by the weak script, the superficiality of the characters and the drastic changes of the original film. You may accuse me of being old fashioned, but overcoming a classic lately has been an impossible mission. Another example is the classic Total Recall, also by Verhoeven.

Parker Lewis I really wanted to like RoboCop (2014), but maybe I was unfairly comparing it to the original which was entertaining, prescient and insightful. I know this reboot wanted to do things differently, and fair enough, but for instance RoboCop still keeping in contact with his wife and son (unlike the original) somehow took away the poignancy of Murphy.Maybe the reboot will appeal to people who haven't seen the original, and that's fine, that's okay. But the reboot seemed to be by the numbers, and it would have been better off as a TV mini-series or something like that.