Take Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop, then strip away all the fury, the violence, the satire, the groundbreaking visual effects, and the unique storytelling style, and what you’re left with… is still a pretty good story.
That may be the lesson we have to learn from José Padilha’s RoboCop, a by-the-numbers comic book version of what was once an ingenious fever dream. Padilha’s interpretation isn’t…
