RoboCop
1st Trailer
Watch It Here
Person of Interest: Joel Kinnaman is Alex Murphy/black-cladded Robocop, Gary Oldman as a bored scientist, Abbie Cornish as the whiny and bored Mrs. Murphy, Michael Keaton as the new OmniCorp chairman, Samuel L. Jackson as a TV host/political pundit(?), and a cameoing Jackie Earle Haley and Jay Baruchel.
Scene Pop: Nothing beyond the derisive decisions, such as the flip-top RoboHelmet and the light gun arcade-inspired shootout.
Briggs Breakdown: 1 officer down, 2 car explosions, 1 scientist choke, 2 robot kills, and a lot of Robo training.
Effective?: No. Not much action to entice the brain dead, not even with the fan service of ED-209.
Check it Out?: No. Wait for the reviews before dipping your toes. Why does it look so boring? There's no gore (PG-13 rating!), no violent death of Murphy (a car bomb? really?), and a distinct lack of humor. The only satirical element is how they play up the color swap of the RoboCop suit. My grave fears back in last October have seemingly come true and not even the delay to 2014 has produced anything worthwhile to behold.
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