Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman were all in the same sci-fi film, and it’s a shame there never was a sequel

The 2014 Robo Cop reboot had one of the most impressively star-studded casts of any recent big-budget action film, and should have been successful enough to launch a franchise. Just over two decades later Robot Cop 3 was criticized as the worst entry in the Robo Cop series (and one of the worst films ever made), the franchise has been rebooted for a modern era of box office success. Elite SquadJosé Padilha took over as director, and original screenwriters Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner worked on the script.

Altered Carbon star Joel Kinnaman inherited the lead role of Alex Murphy from Peter Weller and he was supported by some of the world’s biggest movie stars in supporting roles. It had a huge production budget to bring the explosive action and futuristic spectacle to life, and a talented team to pull it off. THE Robo Cop the reboot seemed to have everything going for it – and was a surprisingly good film – but it still wasn’t a big enough box office success to earn a sequel.

RoboCop’s star-studded cast wasn’t enough to make it a success

An all-star lineup couldn’t save this film

The supporting cast of 2014 Robo Cop reboot features some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Michael Keaton plays the unscrupulous CEO of OmniCorp, Gary Oldman plays the OmniCop chief scientist who creates RoboCop, and Samuel L. Jackson plays a prominent advocate of mechanized crime control. The film also stars Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams and Jay Baruchel. But unfortunately, all that star power didn’t boost the box office. Grossed US$242,688,965 on a budget of US$100 million (through Mojo Box Office), which means they barely broke even.

RoboCop (2014) had problems, but was a promising reboot

It lacked the satire of the original, but was a solid action film

2014 Robo Cop Had his fair share of problems – It’s clear that there was a lot of studio interference behind the scenes to sanitize the violence and tone down the political themes – but it had some really cool ideas and was a promising reboot of the franchise. The RoboCop redesign was really interesting. It was criticized for taking off the helmet and showing Murphy’s face, but this allowed Kinnaman to really connect with the audience in the role.

The biggest problem of 2014 Robo Cop is that it lacks the satirical intent of the 1987 original. 1987 Robo Cop It’s much smarter than it looks; uses the story of a megacorporation that creates an obedient law enforcement machine to criticize capitalism, authoritarianism and corporate greed. This satire is mostly missing from the Robo Cop redo; It’s just a simple sci-fi action movie. But there’s no denying that it’s a solid action film.

Source: Mojo Box Office