When even Spiderman and Superman can be completely rebooted within a handful of years of the previous release, you knew it was only a matter of time before some of the older 80’s flicks saw new time on the big screen. Robocop is the newest remake, and if you can ignore some of the pretty rough acting at times, it is a great action-packed “man” movie.
The original came out when I was a kid, and I thought it was awesome. I was a classic 80’s boy, I loved robots and police good guy vs bad guy films, so it was the best of both worlds! I wanted to see this new one from the first trailer I saw, and it didn’t disappoint. Some of the plot points don’t flesh out well, but the action is superb throughout. It features some roll-your-eyes dialogue at times (Samuel L Jackson’s extremist news program, though this is on purpose) and what I thought some really over-acting by Michael Keaton, who plays the original Ronny Cox role as the diabolical head bad dude with the master plan. But you see a movie like this for the gun fights, and here this movie excels.
Not giving anything away when I say the ending sets up for a sequel, which will probably only be greenlit if this one brings in the money the studio is hoping for. I for one hope it does, and that it comes off better than the original movie’s sequels which were pretty hard to watch for the most part. Definitely worth seeing this one on the big screen if you can make it.
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