RoboCop (2014 film) film, respectively, for a tentative 2010 release. The film was delayed numerous times, and Padilha signed on in 2011. In March 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (successor company to Orion Pictures until September 11, 2014, the studio that released the original film) announced an August 2013 release, but that was then changed to February 2014. The principal characters were cast from March to July 2012. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, with additional locations in Hamilton, in Canada, and Detroit in the United States. The film was released in the United States on February 12, 2014. "RoboCop"
RoboCop 2 of "The New York Times" wrote, "Unlike "RoboCop", a clever and original science-fiction film with a genuinely tragic vision of its central character, "Robocop 2" doesn't bother to do anything new. It freely borrows the situation, characters and moral questions posed by the first film." She further adds, "The difference between "Robocop" and its sequel, [...] is the difference between an idea and an afterthought." She also expressed her opinion about the Hob character, "The aimlessness of "Robocop 2" runs so deep that after exploiting the inherent shock value of such an innocent-looking killer, the film tries to capitalize on