“…has a nice push and pull going on, between nostalgia for a time gone by and a piercing, contemporary relevance.”

“A throw-everything-at-the-wall movie, in hopes that something – the romance, the action, a villain maybe? – might stick.”

“…at once too big for the intricate ideas it wants to explore and too small for the saga it’s taken on.”

“If you were worried about this reboot lacking the wit of the original, those fears are allayed as soon as the MGM lion opens its mouth.”

“As the years pass, RoboCop seems more prescient than ever.”

“…as nimble as a ballet dancer, even while dancing in muck.”

“Such ritualistic fawning makes for a thin cinematic experience, irrespective of how you feel about the military.”

“Just when the movie seems to be at its most plodding, it perks up to envision an element of Tolkien’s tale in a way that words could never capture.”

“…a well-crafted and superbly acted sci-fi dystopia that resonates with much of what’s happening in our current age.”

“…lets its central character’s vulnerability live and breathe.”