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Samuel L. Jackson plays Pat Novak, a bombastic media pundit clearly modeled after figures like Bill O'Reilly, who champions the Dreyfus Act—a law preventing the use of droids on American soil. The film posits that Americans are fine with robots killing people abroad, but they still crave a "human element" at home. This setup provides the cynical motivation for OmniCorp, the film’s antagonist corporation, to create a product that puts a man inside a machine.
It is not a classic. It lacks Verhoeven’s anarchic soul and brutal poetry. But as a cerebral science fiction film about the horror of losing your humanity to efficiency, RoboCop 2014 is a quiet masterpiece of discomfort. robocop 2014
When MGM announced a 2014 reboot, purists (rightfully) sharpened their knives. The idea of a PG-13 RoboCop set in a sleek, futuristic world sounded like sacrilege. Upon release, the film was met with a collective shrug. Critics called it "soulless" and "unnecessary." Samuel L