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as Raymond Sellars, the ambitious CEO of OmniCorp.
However, for the cinephile or the fan of the original, the rating reflects a lack of innovation. The film is a competent remake, but as is often noted in the top user reviews, "competent" is a disappointment when the source material was "visionary." robocop 2014 imdb
Why? Because the 2014 film made a fatal error: it took the premise seriously. Verhoeven’s RoboCop was a vicious satire of Reagan-era capitalism, media sensationalism, and dehumanization. The 2014 version, directed by the brilliant Brazilian filmmaker behind Elite Squad , tried to make a slick, post-9/11 allegory about drone warfare, corporate control, and the military-industrial complex. as Raymond Sellars, the ambitious CEO of OmniCorp
