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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 11 Feb 2014

Any improvements over the original RoboCop are mere window dressing, more a superficial function of technical advances in filmmaking than of…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 11 Feb 2014

Ultimately the film is, like the Faux News programming it caricatures at face value, a deck-stacking simulation of a dialogue it isn't even…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 Feb 2014

For all its playfulness, the new RoboCop can’t help but lack the novelty of the original’s jolting mixture of dumb-smart irony and visceral pulp…

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By Soren Anderson (264) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 11 Feb 2014

There are plenty of high-tech gunbattles in this Robo, which make it a real pulse-pounder…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 10 Feb 2014

A neutered movie that is constantly battling itself, ROBOCOP 2014 eventually reveals itself to be a hunk of junk, as inert as a robot cop when…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 10 Feb 2014

Padilha's remake has some ideas to explore but he never embraces the broad theatricality necessary to make them spectacular entertainment…

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By Isaac Feldberg (119) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 10 Feb 2014

RoboCop is a sleek, vastly enjoyable remake that fires on all cylinders, blending a subversive script with strong acting and exhilarating action…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 10 Feb 2014

Jose Padilha's update employs many of the same moves, but not the original's sly, subversive humour…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 10 Feb 2014

No black humor. No satire. No point. But hey, check out the 1987 catchphrases dropped in at random…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 09 Feb 2014

Glad to report that this expensive RoboCop rehash is a worthy reworking of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 action flick…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Feb 2014

While the remake may not be groundbreaking, at least it appears to have been made by someone who understands what made the original great…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 09 Feb 2014

Strangely boring, which would seem impossible when you're talking about a half-man-half-robot cop running around shooting things for nearly two hours…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 09 Feb 2014

It arguably takes a satirical look at its own conception and production…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 07 Feb 2014

José Padilha's film has contemporary resonance and is different enough to the original, but unfortunately fails to distinguish itself from…

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By Ali Gray (310) for Film4 (1,522) on 07 Feb 2014

As remakes go, this is no RoboCop-out. Sleek though it may be, it's not hard to imagine how much better a version for adults would have been…

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By Anthony Morris (102) for The Vine (179) on 06 Feb 2014

You'd expect the cast to be having more fun in a Robocop movie, but with the exception of Jackson everyone here plays it totally, boringly straight…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 06 Feb 2014

While Padilha and his team are to be admired for bringing the concept up-to-date and addressing concerns about drones [etc.]…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 06 Feb 2014

There is plenty of crowd-pleasing action, for the right kind of crowd, and for those seeking more depth, some existential questions about what…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 06 Feb 2014

Leadenly manufactured - or perhaps from binned leftovers of the alloy used for biomechanical policemen - RoboCop is the remake no one needed…

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By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 06 Feb 2014

A hybrid creation that isn't quite sure which it really is - an original entity or a manufactured automaton. Very much like…

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