The advertisements feel forced, kids are terrible actors with bad lines that don’t feel like legitimate kid talk, Robocop looks a little goofy and plasticy, score doesn’t have good music, Robocop doesn’t feel menacing, feels like they are trying to hard for the bad guy “Cain” to be super cool and chill but feels mediocre. Lewis is softened and isn’t as cool. The film is a little funny but doesn’t bring anything new to the table, rather contains similar themes that just lack in comparison to the first film. Still entertaining and a little fun, but just an overall disappointing sequel that shouldn’t of been made. I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar.
This film is a mess. The opening where Murphy is dealing with his past self starts out with some pathos and the film seems to have a tone and some depth... and then it just goes off the rails. Nothing really works, and it's just janky and kind of insane.
The score is insufferable in the same bombastic American propagandistic way as Executive Decision, and could be enjoyed ironically in a B-film sort of way if it just wasn't so banal. The design of the new "Robocop 2" unit is abysmal compared to RoboCop and the bipedal tank mech from the first one. And the stop-motion cannot help but evoke Celebrity Deathmatch. Unfortunately, there's really nothing funny here, intentionally or unintentionally.
I did like the scene where they showed the archival footage of their first attempts at making "Robocop 2". It was still played as slapstick with goofy sound effects, though, which doesn't really ever work when they try it.
Curiosity: The kid who shows up and inexplicably becomes a main character looks like what I would imagine Cara Delavigne looked like at that age.
RoboCop is known for its snarky anti-consumerist message and tepid criticism of privatization which made it enjoyable despite still being pro-cop and pro carceral justice. The sequel, RoboCop 2 is a pale imitation that seeks to reproduce the original's successes without any of its dark satire or charm. What we get is some of the most blatant, soul-crushing copraganda in sci-fi.
The movie begins with the OCP-owned police force on strike and as a direct result of their absence, seemingly normal citizens of Detroit have become craven, violent criminals. With no law enforcement authority to "put them in their place", the populous devolves into stabbings, muggings, robberies, and general mayhem. What seems to be the worst moral failing of all is drug addiction, in particular an addiction to Nuke, a narcotic that doesn't seem to be psychoactive or harmful at all but must be stopped at all (human) cost. The person responsible for its production and distribution is Cain, the soft-spoken cult-like figure played by Tom Noonan, who wants everyone to do Nuke all the time and give him money. This turns out to be completely unimportant to the story despite being an excellent foil for the unscrupulous CEO of OCP who has been orchestrating the deadly chaos in the city so that he can become its sole owner and authoritarian leader.
Even worse is the awkwardly brief subplot that has RoboCop himself being reprogrammed to take a "softer" approach to law enforcement. Instead of immediately pulling his gun out to blast some "creeps", he is a friendly and polite walking tank who acts like a loopy, senile old man. He was close to non-lethally disarming a gunman who posed no threat when his partner popped up to do an extrajudicial murder a heroic head shot. Just in case you weren't convinced that his brain is broken, he reads Miranda rights to the man's corpse! Haha, funny robot man is such a goof! His partner isn't having any more of it though, and asks RoboCop's doctor what it would take to go back to being a gun happy corpse junky. Lots of electricity, the doctor says, but it could kill him! Rather risking death than having to deal with restrictions on his power to violently enforce laws, RoboCop shocks himself with the building's mains. When he gets back up, he's his good old self again, murdering the baddies without even looking at where he's aiming like a super cool hero dude. Anyways, Robo mutilates Cain who then gets turned into an even bigger murder bot, murders his friends, and then embarrasses OCP by doing a public massacre before being destroyed.
The movie isn't at all interesting, save for Noonan's performance and the terrifying design of his robot form. I think we could have been better off without this sequel.
wtf is with 80s sequels and the "just add kids" formula? They all suck. Movie starts off entertaining, then the child actors come in and its down hill from there.
I enjoyed it, but I also like that eighties atmosphere. In my opinion it can't compete with the first film. Curious what Robocop 3 will deliver.
Going with my Terminator comparison, while T2 was a step up for Terminator in every way, RoboCop 2 is a step back. It is a bunch more of the same without adding anything notable or better to the equation. If you like the first, this is worth watching, but it is not one to choose over the first.
Rating: 3/5 - 75% - Worth Watching
The second part adds acidity and brilliance to the series.
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - This film was very entertaining and never boring.
My rating system works:
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:heart:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:heart: - Bull Shit.
Paul Verhoeven Isn’t the director unfortunately. Frank Miller writing the screenplay for Robocop 2, you’d think would be great.
However, he also wrote the screenplay for part 3. So if you watched part 3 first.you know to not expect something good. Though, if you watch part 3 first, it makes part 2 look like the first Robocop.
I remember being blown away by the trailer for part 2. It is however very disappointing next to the first film. Since without Paul Verhoeven its not entertaining in a trashy sort of way, it’s just trashy.
Nowhere near as good as the first. The story was boring and the characters were all bland.
Basically just more of the same, or at least trying to be more of the same. Still though, I adore this movie. So many great moments.
Better than the third and worse but the first, although it has the ads of the first
rate it as a 1990 movie not a 2016 movie
jesus, bucky is that u?
"You kinda look outta breath bitch..."
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RoboCop 2 is a pale shadow of the original. Co-written by Frank Miller, the story follows a drug war in Detroit and OCP’s attempt to develop an upgraded RoboCop model. Peter Weller and Nancy Allen return, and their performances are more or less adequate. However, Tom Noonan delivers a strong performance as the villain, Cain, who leads the drug cartel. The tone of the film is a lot more comedic, and it clashes with the darker themes. Additionally, the special effects have gotten appreciably worse and the violence has been toned down. Some of the concepts and story ideas are pretty good, but they’re execution is exceptionally poor. RoboCop 2 is a weak film that lacks a cohesive tone and a compelling vision.