Amazon.com: With the surprise success--both critical and commercial--of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. --Marshall Fine
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Rating: - A good film, but the first film was better
Set one year after the first film, another crime-wave has hit Detroit, this time fuelled by the availability of the new designer drug, Nuke. Robocop (Peter Weller) is still on the job, but the rest of the police department is on strike because mega-corporation, OCP, who owns the Detroit police department, has dramatically cut their pay. Meanwhile, OCP is in the process of developing another robot-cop, Robocop 2, to replace Robocop.
Considered on its own, "Robocop 2" isn't too bad a movie. Its main problem lies in the fact that the original "Robocop" is just so much more fun. Whereas ... Read More
Rating: - Rewiew of Robocop 2
Good movie, but as often happens the first is the better one. Haven't seen the third but i've heard that's a lot worse
Rating: - Reviews are for Robocop 2
Just wanted to say all the reviews below refer to Robocop 2. Not this chapter in the mini-series.
Rating: - Not all sequels are THAT bad people........
Okay, okay, we get it! This isn't the first film. It's not ever going to be the first film, nore can it ever match up to the first Robocop. All of you hardcore "elite" fans need to get a life. Robocop 2 is a good sequel that follows the original the best it can. What people don't seem to understand about some sequels is all the trouble they can go through during production. Robocop 2 does have it's flaws here and there but no more than any other movie sequel. For the most part, it follows up from the original better than expected. You just have to put aside your expectations and just watch ... Read More
Rating: - "Patience, Lewis. We're only human."
Though Paul Verhoeven's original "Robocop" didn't beg for a sequel, or even ask for one, as a very successful science fiction film made in the 1980s it comes as no surprise that one (and later two) eventually popped up. Seeing as Verhoeven wasn't attached, it also comes as no surprise that "Robocop 2" is not the masterpiece that its predecessor was. "Robocop 2" has its strengths, in fact a good deal of them, but its flaws prove stronger.
At the helm is Irvin Kershner, unquestionably a seasoned director, who most famously directed the second "Star Wars" film (widely regarded as the best), ... Read More
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