Robocop (2014) was a hell of a lot more cerebral than anyone expected, putting more thought into its script than did the gimmicky (but still quite classic) ultra-violent 1987 original.  The new film is high-concept science fiction instead of over-the-top satire, touching on everything from drone deployment overseas to free will to domestic surveillance.  The movie even gives a nod to the question of the existence of the soul.

It’s good, but it will never achieve the cult classic status of the original.  As much as I liked it, I could have used a few more action scenes.  This was a well made movie, but the kid in me wanted just a little more screen time for the ED-209’s, more bot-on-bot slugfests, or even a reappearance from one of the original franchise’s garish, comic book villains.

Still … this was well done.  It was sure better than anyone in the fan community thought it would be.  I’d recommend it.  And, really … can any movie come CLOSE to matching one that casts Red Foreman, the Dad from “That 70’s Show,” as the Big Bad?