Remakes.  Quite possibly one of the least creative ideas in film history, in which you take a pre-existing idea and just do it again.  Most people dread the release of a movie sequel, as that usually turns out to be a less good version of the original, but I feel as though a remake is far worse.  So, when I heard that one of my favorite action movies was being remade, I began to mentally prepare myself for the assumed horrors that would soon arrive on the big screen.  Thus, when I finally saw it, I was shocked to find that the movie isn’t horrible, but horribly mediocre.

I’m going to set up one rule right from the start:  no comparing this to the original.  If I were to do that, it truly wouldn’t be fair to the film, and the movie deserves a chance as its own film, not as a remake.  The plot revolves around the company Omnicorp, who attempts to repeal a US Bill, which denies the use of robots as law enforcement.  In order to gain popular support for the robots, they find a loophole in the system, by turning injured cop Alex Murphy into a robotic cop.  But, as Murphy begins to break Omnicorp’s protocols and tries to solve his own murder, he uncovers denizens of corruption in the corporation he was build by.

And this is where I have run out of things to say.  I’ve literally spent three days trying to formulate an opinion on this movie, and the only word that comes to mind is mediocre.  There is nothing substantial about this film, nothing to pull an audience in, or to push one away.  That’s it, that’s all I can say.  It’s that dull.  Go see it if you want, but there basically no point.  Just watch he original, or even the sequel.  Both of those have much more value than this throw-away action flick.