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ROBOCOP (2014)
Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish. Directed by JosÉ Padilha.

The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the centre of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years - and it's meant billions for OmniCorp's bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy - a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit - is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.

7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE
Starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Denis Ménochet, Lior Ashkenazi, Angel Bonanni, Juan Pablo Raba, Nonso Anozie and Mark Ivanir. Directed by José Padilha.

Based on the 1976 true story of four hijackers who took a plane hostage and forced it to land in Entebbe, Uganda, while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian terrorists. The ticking-clock thriller follows the hijackers and hostages as well as the political leaders trying to decide whether to negotiate or send an elite special forces unit on a dramatic rescue mission to free the hostages.

REVIEWS 7 Days in Entebbe - A political thriller missing a real human touch