When José Padilha’s RoboCop reboot hit theaters in February 2014, it did so under the weight of an impossible verdict. The original 1987 Paul Verhoeven film wasn’t just a sci-fi action movie; it was a satirical, hyper-violent masterpiece. How do you improve on perfection?
IMDb user Quicksand wrote in a top-voted review: “RoboCop without the gore is like The Terminator without the chase scenes. It’s a corporate product about a corporate product, and it forgot to be angry.” That review has over 2,000 upvotes. According to IMDb’s “StarMeter” and biographical data, the film’s cast is objectively excellent: Gary Oldman (a true chameleon), Michael Keaton (in his post-Academy Award cool-down), and Samuel L. Jackson as a bombastic, Glenn Beck-style TV host. The problem? The man inside the suit. robocop 2014 imdb
Why? Because the 2014 film made a fatal error: it took the premise seriously. Verhoeven’s RoboCop was a vicious satire of Reagan-era capitalism, media sensationalism, and dehumanization. The 2014 version, directed by the brilliant Brazilian filmmaker behind Elite Squad , tried to make a slick, post-9/11 allegory about drone warfare, corporate control, and the military-industrial complex. One of the most-cited complaints on IMDb’s user reviews is the rating. The original was famously unrated (but essentially an R). The 2014 version was a PG-13. For a character who famously asked, “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me,” a bloodless, shaky-cam execution felt like a betrayal. When José Padilha’s RoboCop reboot hit theaters in
These new reviews praise the sleek production design, the nuanced performance of Gary Oldman (as the guilt-ridden scientist, Dr. Norton), and the prescient themes. In 2014, drone ethics felt like a stretch. In 2024, it feels like a documentary. The 2014 RoboCop is currently the #1,768 top-rated movie on IMDb. That puts it just behind The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and just ahead of Terminator: Genisys . That’s not exactly a hall of fame, but it’s also not the graveyard of forgotten reboots ( R.I.P.D. sits at 5.6). IMDb user Quicksand wrote in a top-voted review:
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