Movie Review: RoboCop 2014

Warning: Spoilers!  Not spoilers as in too many plot details, but spoilers about how this is yet another Hollywood Liberal Tomato.

When this movie came out in theatres I didn't go to see it because I thought it would just be another completely lame attempt to cash in on a popular movie.  The original 1987 RoboCop was a fantastic movie- any re-make would necessarily be much less.

I watched the new RoboCop by myself first to make sure it wasn't inappropriate for my kids and was pleasantly surprised. This really is a completely different story than the '87 RoboCop. And as entertainment it's not bad.  It's much more serious than the original, but honestly it's better written.  The dialog is better.

Unfortunately, RoboCop 2014 suffers from the rot of the liberal mindset much much worse than the original.

The basic premise of RoboCop 2014 is that the evil Corporation (backed by FoxNews) wants to replace policemen with Terminator-like robots, but Senate Democrats won't allow it. This is laid out in an early scene between the evil CEO of The Corporation and the heroic senatorial homage to Harry Reid and Barney Frank:

Senator Dreyfuss: I don't care how sophisticated these machines are, Mr. Sellars. A machine does not know what it feels like to be human. It can't understand the value of human life. Why should it be allowed to take one? To legislate over life and death, we need people who understand right from wrong. What do your machines feel?
CEO Sellars: Well, they feel no anger. They feel no prejudice. They feel no fatigue, which makes them ideal for law enforcement. Putting these machines on the streets will save countless American lives.
Senator Dreyfuss: You're evading the question.
CEO Sellars: No, I'm not.
Senator Dreyfuss: Yes, you're evading the question. I asked what do these machines feel? If one of them killed a child, what would it feel?
CEO Sellars: Nothing.
Senator Dreyfuss: And that's the problem. That's why 72% of Americans won't stand for a robot pulling the trigger.