“Android Cop” is The Asylum’s attempt to cash in on the hype around 2014’s “RoboCop” remake. For a film from The Asylum, it’s not actually that awful. It’s not good by any means but it’s not completely irredeemable like many of their pictures (“Transmorphers”, “Atlantic Rim”, “King of the Lost World”).

In a futuristic Los Angeles, Hammond (Michael Jai White “Spawn”, “The Dark Knight”) is a tough cop, who gets partnered with an android (Randy Wayne). The two don’t exactly get along but they’re going to have to learn to work together. They’re given the task of entering a forbidden section of the city to find the mayor’s daughter. However, they uncover a dangerous conspiracy.

Michael Jai White is a decent action star and he can certainly fight so it’s disappointing to see him in a low-budget flick like this. That being said, he actually gives a fairly good performance. The android cop he gets partnered with is just absolutely awful though. He’s not interesting, he’s not funny and he’s just a total bore. His outfit looks appalling too. Most of the time, he doesn’t even wear his helmet; he just looks like a regular guy. How can you have a sci-fi film with an android cop and have him just look like a regular person? None of the other characters are particularly interesting.

“Android Cop” is not terrible like many of The Asylum’s movies but it’s still pretty bad. The special effects here are an improvement from many of The Asylum’s other film but they’re still rather underwhelming. “Android Cop” also steals plot elements from other sci-fi films including “Ghost In The Shell” and “Firepower”. The sad truth is that this isn’t really that much worse than the 2014 “RoboCop” remake and it’s better than the abysmal “RoboCop 3”. Really, what I’m getting at is that you should watch the original “RoboCop” again.