RoboCop (2014)
- If you look closely during the crowded sequence in the second act of RoboCop, the original author of the source material makes a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo.
- The studio almost pulled funding for RoboCop midway through the shoot, convinced that the general audience wouldn't connect with the highly unconventional tone.
- Unlike modern films, the massive explosion sequence in RoboCop used zero CGI. The crew spent three weeks setting up the practical rig for a single take.
RoboCop is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by Jose Padilha, a remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 classic. Joel Kinnaman stars as Alex Murphy, a Detroit police detective who is critically injured by a car bomb and transformed by the multinational corporation OmniCorp into RoboCop — a cyborg law enforcement officer intended to demonstrate the viability of robotic policing to the American public. Unlike the original's over-the-top satire, the remake took a more grounded approach, exploring the philosophical and ethical implications of merging human consciousness with robotic control — particularly the tension between Murphy's programmed directives and his human memories, emotions, and free will.
Gary Oldman's performance as the conflicted scientist Dr. Dennett Norton, who must balance his empathy for Murphy's suffering against corporate pressure, was the film's strongest element. Samuel L.
Jackson appeared as a bombastic media personality modeled on cable news pundits. RoboCop earned $242 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.
