RoboCop (2014 film) 6pm to 7am. A spokesperson for MGM confirmed that the film was partially shot in Detroit. Pedro Bromfman, who collaborated with José Padilha on his "Elite Squad" films, composed the score. An OmniCorp website was set up in early 2012. A film-specific "RoboCop" site was launched nearer the release date. A rough trailer and some film footage featuring Samuel L. Jackson's and Michael Keaton's characters was shown at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. According to director Padilha, the first theatrical trailer was supposed to debut with "Elysium", but it was instead released online on September 5, 2013, and was
RoboCop 2 "reset" RoboCop's character by turning him back into the monotone-voiced peacekeeper seen early in the first film, despite his reclaiming his human identity and personality by the end of that film. Many were also critical of the child villain Hob; David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews stated, "That the film asks us to swallow a moment late in the story that features Robo taking pity on an injured Hob is heavy-handed and ridiculous (we should probably be thankful the screenwriters didn't have RoboCop say something like, 'Look at what these vile drugs have done to this innocent boy')." Janet Maslin