The first trailer for the Robocop remake wasn't exactly warmly received by most fans of the original, who were turned off by the glossy blandness of the material. This second trailer has a bit more bite to it — but will it be enough to convince anyone that this remake was really necessary?
Unfortunately, the beginning of the trailer is also the best part of the trailer. Michael Keaton answers Jackson's called by pitching "something that knows what it feels like to be human." That turns out to be Robocop: A human/robot hybrid played by Joel Kinnaman, who undergoes an extensive R&D process on his way to becoming the future of law enforcement. From there, the trailer devolves into a dizzying blur of CGI-heavy action scenes — but scenes that aren't too violent, because that would threaten the remake's PG-13 rating. Add that to the rumblings of creative trouble behind the scenes, and fans have plenty of reason to be skeptical about this seemingly unnecessary remake — but we'll hope the Robocop can surprise us all again when it hits theaters next year.
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