Robocop

The guy from the american killing is a cop once again and is cleaning up the streets of future USA. This is a problem for Michael Keaton who wants the policing to be done by his army of robots. The Guy manages to get blown up by some shifty criminal types and ends up losing about 90% of his body. This leads to Gary Oldman convincing Amber Heard to let them give The Guy robot bits and turn him into ROBOCOP!!! ROBOCOP!! then gets employed by Michael to clean the streets and become an advocate for a robot controlled police force. Guns, criminals and lots and lots of violence occur and ROBOCOP!! smashes the crap out of everything.

I've got to admit the remake sensation that is occurring currently in cinema is starting to grate on me. It is particularly irritating now as the fashion at the moment is to remake 80s classics and these are the films that were a big part of my youth and helped me to become the cinema obsessed nutjob I am now. Despite this prejudices I was willing to give this reboot a chance and I'm happy to say it isn't awful. The lead role is played pretty well by the guy from the killing but to be honest it doesn't require the most diverse acting in the world. Gary Oldman is always brilliant as is Michael Keaton and the both of them are joined by Samuel L Jackson who also raises the acting bar considerably. The story is OK but nothing groundbreaking and it does rely a lot on the ability of its cast. Now unfortunately whilst I can't say it's awful I also can't say it's amazing. The main problem is it has literally been done before and all it does is make you want to watch the original. Herein lies the problem with all of these remakes. The filmmakers can either make a shot for shot remake or change the story so that it is something new. Neither of these things are easy or sensible to do because both will make viewers miss the once great originals. Overall it's an average film that passes an hour and a half easily enough but will not make anybodies top ten list.

Verdict: 2.5/5