Director José Padilha reportedly called fellow director Fernando Meirelles during production to vent that the studio rejected nine out of every ten ideas he proposed. He described the filming process as one of the hardest professional experiences of his career.
Set in the year 2028, the narrative centers on OmniCorp, a multinational conglomerate at the forefront of military drone technology. While their autonomous machines are deployed overseas, domestic legislation known as the Dreyfus Act prevents OmniCorp from selling drones to American law enforcement. To bypass this legal hurdle, OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars decides to put a human being inside a machine to sway public opinion. imdb robocop 2014