It’s been promised for days (with even a couple of sneak peeks here and there) but now it’s finally here! Yes, if you were impressed by the first full trailer for Jose Padilha’s remake of the classic ultra-violent sci-fi classic, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
THE ELITE SQUAD director’s new vision of the future of law-enforcement sees The Killing‘s Joel Kinnaman don the metallic super suit in the role previously played by the great Peter Weller. However, Padilha is not willing to depict the same scenario and Sony’s reboot seemingly offers a refreshing new spin on the doomed Detroit cop Alex Murphy and robotic transformation. His clever creation coming from the greedy OCP organisation desperate to get their military hardware out on the streets. Unfortunately for Alex, following an attempt on his life, he’s test subject number one… but at what cost to his family?
In RoboCop, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.
The only thing worrying us? The US PG-13 rating.
ROBOCOP stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Michael Kenneth Williams. It stomps into cinemas from the 7th February 2014.
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
