RoboCop

     RoboCop is back and stealthier than ever.  Luckily for us, he's on our side.  Unlike most 80's reboots Robocop manages to hold itself up from the structure of the original and update itself for the modern day.
     While the aspect of senseless violence desentizing society is gone, the threat of corporations taking over is as strong as ever.  OCP discusses how to brand their new machine, and market him to the general public with disreagard to Alex Murphy or his family.  They invent lies to build off more lies.  All in a days work.
     Then instead of the story of a man clawing his way back to humanity from death we're brought the story of a man having to fight for his identity.  Technology oversees the world and offers the illusion of control.  It's easier for mankind, but the threat of totalitarianism is never far behind.  Who is really in control?
     The new ideas are great, although some aspects are never fully fleshed out.  Enough of the movie is different enough that most people won't complain that it's the same movie, even some additions that you just know would have been in the original if the technology existed, but at the same time there are little nods to the original that seem out of place.  References just for the sake of references.  The rest of the movie plays out like an action movie.  
     If you're a fan of the Robocop Franshise check out the newest addition.  It's better than RoboCop 3.

3/5 stars.