Review of RoboCop (2014) by Remington H — 23 Jul 2014

Great movie! I loved that the story stayed true to the original film. However I felt that the central conflict about a man waking up as a machine was told not shown. I never got the feeling that this Alex Murphy was distraught about not having a wang to bang his wife with or literally being a piece of property.

I feel like they never trusted Joel Kinnaman with any real acting, instead leaving the real heavy lifting to Gary Oldman, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael Keaton. Otherwise the rest of the casting is spot on and serve their purpose well.

The action was great and never felt forced. Solid movie overall with a good, if a little hamfisted, message about the military industrial complex and how it affects us and the other countries the USA occupies.