If you were to ask me to make a list of movies that never need a reboot, this would be near the top. The 1987 “Robocop” is exemplary of not only a specific genre, but also of an era. There was that weird period in the 1980’s when big dumb movies were released, but once you saw them you realized they managed to make big dumb fun into great movies. “Robocop,” “Die Hard,” “Predator,” “Commando,” “Road House” (yeah you know it was awesome) – these late era films, for folks of my age particularly, defined what made an action movie awesome.
So why fix something if it’s not broken? I’m wildly torn on the idea of reboots, but will admit that on most occasions I have enjoyed the modern takes on movies of my youth. Have a gander at the trailer below, and then we’ll talk about why I will undoubtedly be in the theater on opening weekend.
There are a select number of performers who belong to what I like to call the Fart on a Snare Drum Club. That translates roughly as “if you tell me they are going to fart on a snare drum for ninety minutes I would probably still pay ten bucks to see it.” Samuel L. Jackson and Jackie Earle Haley are members, and Gary Oldman is the president (see also Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, and Chiwetel Ejiofor). So yea tho’ I know with all my heart this movie is completely unnecessary and if you ask me if I think it will actually be good I will probably only cock an eyebrow… I’m down. I’m so down.