RoboCop
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 12, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
21
Negative:
6
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38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFeb 13, 2014
Yes, the technology has improved in the 27 years that have passed. But the ensuing years have also produced first person shooter video games which utterly preclude the need for this as a movie. Visceral, violent toys that they are, they still have more heart than this. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonFeb 11, 2014
Ultimately the film is, like the Faux News programming it caricatures at face value, a deck-stacking simulation of a dialogue it isn't even remotely interested in opening. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 12, 2014
The main thing wrong with Robocop is that it's dumb, and it's trashy, and it's both of those things in a not-good way. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayFeb 11, 2014
For all its playfulness, the new RoboCop can’t help but lack the novelty of the original’s jolting mixture of dumb-smart irony and visceral pulp. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 12, 2014
The remake of the 1987 cult actioner Robocop is a misguided failure — not only because its retooled half-man/half-machine hero now has emotions, but also because its “fear the machines” message winds up feeling creaky. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 6, 2014
A deafening, boring action pile-up that is more Call of Duty than Robocop. Read full review
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