RoboCop is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by José
Padilha.
With a $130 million price tag on this film reboot , Colombia
Pictures has hedged heavily on this reboot .
With no stinger or extras
during the credits , one does wonder about a sequel . But all $130
million is seen on the screen , special effects are good through out the
film .
Almost undetectable except in battle sequences between the hero
and his large counter-part.
The story remains the same as the
1987 with some modern twist , the updates make the hero far more aware
as they begin , but his awareness and emotions is faded in the middle by
order of the evil bad guy , and a turn of heart leads to RoboCop rescue
and victory in the end .
Does the story of man or machine , still
ring through today ? In 1987 many could barely understand computers ,
far less dream of the Internet .
In 2014 RoboCop is nearer to reality
than fantasy , and this give far rise to the more moral questions that
are scratch on the surface, and fail to have the deep moral discussion
that could have been explored.
Actor Joel Kinnaman is the wounded
police officer transformed into the Crime-Fighting Cyborg, to say the
acting by him was emotional or wooden in parts , is only to say he did
exactly what was required of him in the script.
Actor Gary Oldman is
once again amazing , did not recognize him until after the film was over
and the credits rolled.
While Samuel L Jackson must have been pissed , spending days
in front of a blue screen , only interaction was with Michael Keaton .
At
the end of the day , the truth is , the special effects are the star of
the film , and as a result the story feels like it suffered . In 1987
where more of the action was done in real , the 2014 digital special
effects add to the excitement , and the dialogue to establish character
and story-line was not there .
An opening sequence, with the occupation of Tehran by American force , don't expect a box office bump from it's release in IRAN.
With
a run time of less than two hours , I felt a lot more could have been
included , and I hope to see much more in an extended DVD . But
definitely a must see on the big screen , if just for the roller coaster
ride of action , car chases and special effects .
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| Digicel Imax, WoodBrook, Port-of-Spain |
