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- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
Summary Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Directed By: Irvin Kershner
Written By: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Frank Miller, Walon Green
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
RoboCop 2
42
7.0
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Summary Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Directed By: Irvin Kershner
Written By: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Frank Miller, Walon Green
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
42
23% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
23% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
42
23% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
23% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
For fans of violent but clever action films, RoboCop 2 may be the sultry season's best bet: you get the gore of Total Recall and the satiric smarts of Gremlins 2 The New Batch in one high-tech package held together by modest B-movie strings. [22 June 1990]
Everything in the first movie is pretty much redone again. But in this case, the repetition isn't a bad thing. It's par for the coarse. The original had such effortless, classic-trashy appeal, there's little reason to buck the self-made system. It works. It can continue. It does continue.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 78 User Ratings
7.0
55% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
38% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 78 User Ratings
7.0
55% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
38% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
I like this film more than the first because it shows that American fascism made Robocop to dominate society, it touches base on themes of Murphy becoming a slave for the police fascist state.
Murphy also comes to the realization that he is just a slave.
The negatives are that it basically has no ending.
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This is a great sequel - there is no question about that. It is as good as the first film but the question is whether it is better? It is everything that the first film was and maybe a little more. A highly entertaining, violent and worthy sequel with great action. There is suitable complexity in the enthralling story and the compelling characters. The special effects look dated but I appreciate and enjoy that they are real (not CGI). I appreciate the violence and that it goes far to not over the edge. This is a must watch for those who have seen the first film as this is the perfect complement to it.
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If you can imagine a relatively solemn take on this theme, RoboCop 2 is it. Though Irvin Kershner's direction is competent, there's not a whole lot of eye-twinkling in evidence. [22 June 1990, p.2D]
Kershner's accomplishment in the first half of RoboCop 2--which offers up the original's mixture of crunching action, dystopian satire and depraved villainy--is the genuine pathos this conflicted tin man evokes. But a curious thing happens to this sequel. It forgets what it's about. In the last third of the movie, the character of RoboCop vanishes behind his visor, the script loses its focus, and the special effects take over.
Nastiness in a movie can sometimes be liberating and fun, but the nastiness in RoboCop 2 is no more authentic than its heart.
RoboCop 2 is every bit as sadistic as its 1987 predecessor but considerably less effective.
It's difficult to imagine a summer film programmed more cynically than this repugnant sequel. RoboCop 2 is all machine, and it's all vile.
The critic score of 42 is undeserved for Robo 2 while its true that unlike the original Robocop 2 fails in every way to create the gravitas of the original and feels like a sequel being pumped out for the sake of a sequel there is still elements of the film that are plenty enjoyable and Peter Wellers performance as Robocop was right on point and never failed to enthrall.
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So to begin smoothly the movie starts with a triple car explosion to make sure everyone knows why they are watching this and what to expect of it.
Acting is cool. The maire's acting (Felton Perry) is awesome. The villain is incredible even if a stereotyped a lot. However he loses all of his credibility as soon as his brain is transplanted into the robot. The idea of including a bad guy as a kid is really original and wonderful. His personal acting is amazing and well-balanced between making it too much and realizing he is just a kiddo immersed in an awful violent adult environment. It is crazy how he is often more intlligent and resourceful than armed thugs. However I can't rationally explain how he managed to almost kill a well-trained police officer. I hope it was not made to underline the fact that women and children can have a comparable strenght... I think it **** that the movie is not centered anymore on Nancy Allen (Anne Lewis). We see more often Robocop and his opponents. And when she appears it is always and only to look totally useless next to the main character.
Sound effects are often too much and especially the robotic sounds when Robocop moves quiclky become unbearable. Some other sounds are totally inadequate in the scenes they are used on.
Scenario is quite lame. Why would a betraying cop come to a drug party with his cop uniform on? How come he is so dumb? I hope it is not linked to the facts that he is fat and addicted to drug... Some jokes are truly funny and especially the ones when Robocop goes out after being remastered by OCP company. The fake ads and flash news ideas remaining from the first Robocop movie are still here and really enjoyable. The major flaw of this movie is that it loses its coherence from the middle of itself. At the end the story is incomprehensible and the plot is totally exploded. For example the parallel quest of Robocop trying to find his humanity and wife and kid back is totally eclipsed as the plot moves on. It is sad because it would have been really interesting.
Obviously the end has to be a huge gunfight in town. In 'DummyTown' of course because people can't prevent themselves to stand up and run while two robots are shooting everywhere. But clearly this movie has an issue with guns: each and everyone use them against Robocop even if he constantly appears to be immunized to bullets. Maybe that's the point of the movie: showing how much America hides behind guns to try to solve problems requiring something else than violence. Mmmh, I'll meditate on that. In conclusion it seems like the movie had great and deep original ideas but they were completely erased when the director chose to make it a stereotyped action movie. Intelligent characters become dull since they don't know how to join the fight with guns, drug or rockets. All these ideas so seems to be replaced by other ones. Other ones looking really malicious and insidious. For example what I recall from this movie is that the lady cop is unable to arrest villains and even loses in a bare hands fight against a kid! How perverse is this? I remembered her to be a strong and powerful woman is the first movie!
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Poor compared to the original. This sequel, like many others, is nothing in comparison to the first movie. Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, the movie's two primary actors, are there, but it doesn't have the same energy as the first one. I am a huge fan of Nancy's and would be inclined to enjoy this, but regrettably, it just doesn't measure up to the original. It's possible that the idea of Robocop is no longer novel to me or surprising. I'm not sure. Both performers perform roughly equally well, and I believe the scenario to be as plausible as the first (i.e., not very plausible). Just not as good. Sorry.
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