RoboCop cost $130 million to make, and going by the inconsistent quality of the visual effects, one must safely assume that most of the cash went on the cast. Though individual scenes of RoboCop running around look great, it's the frantic action where things fall flat: the field test in which Murphy takes on a group of robots takes place in a warehouse with lots of unconvincing CGI railings up above. The CGI robots themselves don't look awful, but it's the jerky movements that fail to convince when they get flung around. The most offensive moment comes when Alex rides his motorcycle into the OmniCorp building at the end of the film, flying on top of an EM-208 and being hurled around like a ragdoll. Considering Alex is in what is presumably an extremely heavy robotic suit, it doesn't make sense that he floats around like a piece of paper in the air. Also, whenever there's a decent amount of movement taking place on-screen, these CGI figures are reduced to a scarcely comprehensible blur. Still, RoboCop's not alone here: a high number of action movies get this wrong, and in this day and age, is that really acceptable?
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