Today, we're going to review Jose Padilha's re-imagining of the character.
It's not technically a reboot, but a re-imagining of the character, just like what I said earlier. It has a great ensemble of cast, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Jay Baruchel, among others. Jose Padilha made a respectable remake of the movie in a way that he tried to differentiate it from the original movie but also pay some respect to it.
While some die-hard fans don't like the remake, some--myself included-- think that this is decent, not terrible, and is a masterpiece on its own right.
Just so you know, this is the second Verhoeven movie to recieve a remake, the first one being Total Recall.
Joel Kinnaman did a good version of Alex Murphy/Robocop. The cast did good. And it's glad to know that Padilha somewhat retained what Robocop made itself Robocop, the media. And in this re-imagining, Samuel L. Jackson is the media portrayed, and instead of just a news program, this media is somewhat a political commentary program titled The Novak Element.
In short, this is one of the most decent re-imaginings one can make.
ROBOCOP, now in theaters.
