I never saw the original Robocop back when I was a kid because, well, it was named Robocop. This newest string in a lineup of reboots though seems kind of promising and may just have enough of the right ingredients to get audiences in seats. Sony and MGM have just released the first trailer for this remake from director Jose Padhila that stars Joel Kinnaman as the titular character and it actually looks half-way decent.
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.
Take a look at the trailer and see if this half-man, half-machine defender of the law is something you’d pay to go see in action.
Robocop is directed by Jose Padhila and stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jennifer Ehle, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael Kenneth Williams and Michael Keaton and will hit theaters on February 7, 2014.
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By: Matt Oakes
Started blogging about film in college when the university paper wouldn’t have him. Dislikes your consensus film Twitter favorites. Devotee of horror movies that make him die a little inside. Catches films at festivals when he can. Proud SFCS and OFCS member and Tomatometer-approved critic. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.
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