Post by Rob W. Case on Aug 18, 2014 16:08:14 GMT -6
I must admit, I was a little reluctant to see this movie at first, mainly because….
A. I like the original Robocop movies from the 80’s and early 90’s, and…
B. I’m tired of Hollywood making so many unnecessary sequels, prequels, and reboots of well known American movies just to either resurrect an existing franchise, or establish a new one.
However…. After deciding to give this movie a try, I ended up liking it very much.
The Story:
The film starts out where a TV personality by the name of Pat Novak (Samuel L. Jackson) introduces on his show the latest in droid technology. Serving to stabilize the Iranian Capital city of Tehran, the droids are shown that they can keep the peace, particularly after a series of terrorist attacks are unleashed in the town. With the damage at a minimum, thanks to the droids, Novak tries to make the case in favor of OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) to bring this technology to the U.S. However, a bill called The Dreyfuss Act, proposed by Senator Hubert Dreyfuss (Zach Grenier) prohibits the use of drones on U.S. soil, which goes into many directions and involves many political factors, one of which leads to the presumption that most Americans will not trust in a machine for their security, but Sellars proposes that people may trust a man (who has a sense of morality and carries discretion) working inside the machine.
Next we meet Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), who is in hot water for attempting to take down a crime boss by the name of Antoine Vallon (Patrick Garrow). The mission goes badly, and Alex’s partner gets injured. After visiting his partner in the hospital, Alex goes home to his wife Clara (Abbie Cornish) and his 10 year old son David (John Paul Ruttan). After hearing his car alarm blare, he goes outside to silence it, only to have his car blow up in his face. After the accident, Clara is met by Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman), who, through robotics, brings life back to those who lost limbs in war (or what have you), and whom Sellars hires to put a “man in his machine.” Norton asks Clara to sign over a legal release so that they can restore his life.
From there, the film gets really interesting, and goes into many different directions. As Murphy becomes “Robocop,” he is caught in the middle of a series of events and circumstances that involve him. Murphy is caught in the middle of the choices the Omnicorp makes on his behalf, , the business interests of Omnicorp, and the politics involving him and how they seek to use him to repeal the Dreyfuss Act. As this occurs, His memories begin to come back to him, and he seeks to pursue those who led to his circumstances. Murphy is torn between the morality of everything involved, the factor regarding his family, and the question of whether or not Alex Murphy is his own man, or if he is “owned” by OmniCorp. These questions, and more, cause this movie to be fast paced and interesting. Moreover, I think that the one thing that distinguishes this movie from the previous Robocop movies is that there is a larger emphasis on the “soul” factor which sets a moral tone for the story, and makes the series of events in this film even more captivating. That said, it is a movie that is very well done on a variety of levels.
Out of 4 stars, I would have to give this movie 4 stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs approximately 1 hour and 57 minutes.
To view the first trailer for this movie, please click below.
To view the second trailer for this movie, please click below.
Robocop is currently available on Blu-ray and DVD at your local video store as well as Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
For more information on this movie, visit:
www.robocop.com/
A. I like the original Robocop movies from the 80’s and early 90’s, and…
B. I’m tired of Hollywood making so many unnecessary sequels, prequels, and reboots of well known American movies just to either resurrect an existing franchise, or establish a new one.
However…. After deciding to give this movie a try, I ended up liking it very much.
The Story:
The film starts out where a TV personality by the name of Pat Novak (Samuel L. Jackson) introduces on his show the latest in droid technology. Serving to stabilize the Iranian Capital city of Tehran, the droids are shown that they can keep the peace, particularly after a series of terrorist attacks are unleashed in the town. With the damage at a minimum, thanks to the droids, Novak tries to make the case in favor of OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) to bring this technology to the U.S. However, a bill called The Dreyfuss Act, proposed by Senator Hubert Dreyfuss (Zach Grenier) prohibits the use of drones on U.S. soil, which goes into many directions and involves many political factors, one of which leads to the presumption that most Americans will not trust in a machine for their security, but Sellars proposes that people may trust a man (who has a sense of morality and carries discretion) working inside the machine.
Next we meet Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), who is in hot water for attempting to take down a crime boss by the name of Antoine Vallon (Patrick Garrow). The mission goes badly, and Alex’s partner gets injured. After visiting his partner in the hospital, Alex goes home to his wife Clara (Abbie Cornish) and his 10 year old son David (John Paul Ruttan). After hearing his car alarm blare, he goes outside to silence it, only to have his car blow up in his face. After the accident, Clara is met by Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman), who, through robotics, brings life back to those who lost limbs in war (or what have you), and whom Sellars hires to put a “man in his machine.” Norton asks Clara to sign over a legal release so that they can restore his life.
From there, the film gets really interesting, and goes into many different directions. As Murphy becomes “Robocop,” he is caught in the middle of a series of events and circumstances that involve him. Murphy is caught in the middle of the choices the Omnicorp makes on his behalf, , the business interests of Omnicorp, and the politics involving him and how they seek to use him to repeal the Dreyfuss Act. As this occurs, His memories begin to come back to him, and he seeks to pursue those who led to his circumstances. Murphy is torn between the morality of everything involved, the factor regarding his family, and the question of whether or not Alex Murphy is his own man, or if he is “owned” by OmniCorp. These questions, and more, cause this movie to be fast paced and interesting. Moreover, I think that the one thing that distinguishes this movie from the previous Robocop movies is that there is a larger emphasis on the “soul” factor which sets a moral tone for the story, and makes the series of events in this film even more captivating. That said, it is a movie that is very well done on a variety of levels.
Out of 4 stars, I would have to give this movie 4 stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs approximately 1 hour and 57 minutes.
To view the first trailer for this movie, please click below.
To view the second trailer for this movie, please click below.
Robocop is currently available on Blu-ray and DVD at your local video store as well as Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
For more information on this movie, visit:
www.robocop.com/