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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmTaking the original and successfully transplanting it into an ambitious new world, José Padilha’s english-language debut is an exciting, pacey and thoughtful sci-fi actioner.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithRoboCop is topically up-to-the-moment but stylistically it’s retro. Far from using the story as an excuse to string together cheap thrills and blowout spectacle, its hero has all the heart of the Tin Man.
- 67The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonThere are enough rough edges and interesting kinks across the two-hour running time that you come out forgiving it for the more generic elements, though we'll acknowledge that the flaws might stick out more on a second viewing, when you're not just pleasantly surprised that the whole thing isn't a stinking mess.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinIn some ways, the thoughtful, dense script marks an improvement on the original, and the cast is certainly tonier this time around. What’s missing is the original’s evil wit, amoral misanthropy and subversive slipperiness.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonThis is a slicker, shinier, admittedly inferior affair. But with a strong cast, a roaring pace and at least one genuinely unforgettable scene, it’s by no means a write-off.
- 40EmpireChris Hewitt (1)EmpireChris Hewitt (1)There’s nothing wrong, of course, with sci-fi films asking Big Questions, but the delivery doesn’t have to be — should never be, in fact — this tedious.
- 40New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAny improvements over the original RoboCop are mere window dressing, more a superficial function of technical advances in filmmaking than of any sort of storytelling prowess or fresh narrative ideas.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawA deafening, boring action pile-up that is more Call of Duty than Robocop.