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Robo Cop Film Analysis
When making a remake of a movie the people involved have to ask themselves many different questions related to what they are trying to do. Will this movie lives up to its potential, can we improve on anything, or will a remake even be a success? So when José Padilha took on the task of directing a Robo Cop remakes he stepped into the world of remakes where many directors had failed before him. But everything wasn't completely out of reach for him and his cast. They set out to create and remake one of Hollywoods most violent movies ever produced. The original Robo Cop was produced in 1987 and was directed by Paul Verhoeven. The movie was set around the city of Detroit and followed in the footsteps of Alex Murphy (Peter Weller). Alex …show more content…
The original movie used the idea of more is better and they weren't wrong in doing so. One of my favorite scenes from the original movie is when one of Boddickers henchmen drives his truck into a vat a toxic waste which ends up causing his skin to bubble up and fall off as he struggles to find someone to put him out of his misery. Another scene that I found super great, but also graphic was the scene where Alex killed Boddicker himself. The way the blood came shooting out of his neck showed that the director really wanted to put as much detail in graphics as possible. This however did not make it to the remade movie which focused more on the family and peoples perspective of the movie. Sure there were still a lot of great action and fighting scenes in this movie, but non were quite up to the same level as the original movie. So in the end looking at all of the information listed above it is safe to say that the 2014 Robo Cop lived up to the expectations set by the 1987 movie. Wether you look at the action and graphics of these two movies or the character build up, these two movies will not disappoint you. From there great and exciting action scenes to there inspirational and aw inspiring characters these two movies are full of exciting scenes and scenarios that will not disappoint. So now this leaves you with the question, would you buy that for a

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