RoboCop

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RoboCop

PG-13

Released Feb 12, 2014

1h 57m

Sci-Fi

Action

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In 2028, OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. While its drones have long been used by the military overseas, their use is forbidden in American law enforcement. However, OmniCorp gets a golden opportunity to crack that market when Detroit cop Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is critically injured in the line of duty. By transforming Murphy into a cyborg, OmniCorp executives hope to rake in billions for their shareholders, but they forget one thing: There's still a man inside the machine.

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Critics Consensus

While it's far better than it could have been, José Padilha's RoboCop remake fails to offer a significant improvement over the original.

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

[A]fter an opening sequence as promising as the one here, it needs at least an attempted follow-through, not the jumble of confused ideas and time-wasting effects that take up the bulk of the film.

Rated: 2.0/5

Feb 20, 2014

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Surveying the peculiar array of 1980s retreads clustered into release this week, I'm reminded of Marty McFly in Back to the Future Part II, traveling forward in time 30 years to discover that everything is still the same, only worse.

Feb 14, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

The Brazilian director José Padilha may be working for a Hollywood studio but he doesn't temper his critique of American imperialism, big business and political corruption.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 14, 2014

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James Croot

The Post NZ

What could have been a depressing assault on the childhood of those who grew up in the 1980s was instead one of the best action-sci-fi movies since Minority Report over a decade earlier.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 4, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It isn’t as provocative as it wants to be. It isn’t as clever as it tries to be. It isn’t as witty as it needs to be. But it is more fun than I ever expected it to be.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A smarter-than-average actioner that may not be as fun or edgy as Verhoeven’s, but manages to do what remakes so often strive and fail to accomplish: It achieves a new take on an old classic and does so with enough innovation to warrant its existence.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 18, 2022

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Vincent W

It’s extremely boring at times, the Godzilla reboot of the same year is way better

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/25

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John W

I liked the film and Robocop is cool. But the plot is predictable and not really innovative.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/21/25

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Ian R

I don't know why anyone thought this needed to be remade. There were some good opening scenes, pardon the pun, but it descended into heavy-handed dialogue that made me detest half of the characters. I'm Australian so I'm fascinated with Abbie Cornish. Samuel L Jackson just pissed me off again in a token role. Definitely missed the awkward clunkyness of the original classic. Don't bother with this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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Frans B

Significant improvement over original. José Padilha did good with this one. Whole cast manages to convince in character. Great cinematography and nicely written. Lots of action, twists, dilemma, drama and emotion. Loved it

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/25

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Nicolas Y.

It wasn’t bad it definitely had an update to it from the original but it left me wanting more. A good fun watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Slick R

Just found this remake on Prime Video. It had such a good cast but such a boring script. They obviously made it PG-13 just so kids could watch this version. But what they did not realize was that the sheer absurd violence from the original Robocop was what made it so good. In the 1980s version Alex Murphy died an excruciating death where they shoot off his left arm with a 12 gauge shotgun, after they shot him 25 times with his body armor on. In this version they were so lazy they used a car bomb to give him his injuries. I get that they aren't going to show the bad dude melting from toxic waste but come on TV shows have more realistic blood and violence than this movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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José Padilha

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Gary Oldman

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Samuel L. Jackson

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Raymond Sellars

Abbie Cornish

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Synopsis

In 2028, OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. While its drones have long been used by the military overseas, their use is forbidden in American law enforcement. However, OmniCorp gets a golden opportunity to crack that market when Detroit cop Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is critically injured in the line of duty. By transforming Murphy into a cyborg, OmniCorp executives hope to rake in billions for their shareholders, but they forget one thing: There's still a man inside the machine.

Director: José Padilha
Producer: Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Screenwriter: Joshua Zetumer
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Strike Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Frenetic Gun Violence|Brief Strong Language|Intense Sequences of Action|Sensuality|Some Drug Material)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 12, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.6M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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