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Robocop Review


What I liked: The scene going after the mob boss was pretty cool. The warehouse was pitch black, the bad guys had one kind of night vision, robocop had another kind of night vision, and the camera could see in normal color by the muzzle flashes. A cool sequence but not for anyone with epilepsy. The robocop cycle was cool but not as cool as the batcycle.
What I didn’t: In the 2 hour movie there were approximately 15 minutes of cool robocop shooting stuff. The rest of the film was a larger than life attempt to examine issues of consciousness, choice, media, security, and privacy. While all of these are important issues it made for a very long boring movie when you are expecting to see explosions. Other important points: Who hired the evil corporation’s publicity crew? Clearly they were not doing their job very well because all of the things that the company was upset about with robocop were the things that would be a hit with the public: pausing to consider before shooting, being a family man, having an emotional response. Why did the billion dollar corporation not invest in lightbulbs? Everything is dark all of the time. If the company can’t get it together enough to pay the powerbill you probably don’t want to let them do brain surgery. Why would they even make the retractable panels to let you see his brain and lungs? There is nothing functional about that. Who let the doctor pass his bedside manner class? Why weren’t there more explosions? Why didn’t mace windu have a lightsaber?
Who should watch this: Possibly one for a philosophy or ethics course.
Would I watch it again? The nightvision fight scene was worth seeing once. Skip the other 115 minutes.
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