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RoboCop 2 (1990)

 -  Action | Crime | Drama  -  22 June 1990 (USA)
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A corrupt businesswoman seeks to disable Robocop in favor of her own model of cyborg.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Magnavolt Salesman
Mario Machado ...
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Surgeon General
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Whittaker
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Hob
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Stef
Lila Finn ...
Homeless Woman
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Purse Snatcher
Gage Tarrant ...
Hooker
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Chet (as Tommy Rosales)
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Flint
Wallace Merck ...
Gun Shop Owner
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Storyline

After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer. But as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Kane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path uses Kane as the new subject for the Robocop 2 project, a living God. Written by Aldo Della Rocca

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Plot Keywords:

robocop | detroit | police | drugs | cyborg | See more »

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Even in the future of law enforcement there is room for improvement. See more »


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22 June 1990 (USA)  »

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RoboCop II  »

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$45,681,173 (USA)
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Trivia

One of the buildings shown at OCP's demonstration of their plans for Detroit is the Bank of America building located at 700 Louisiana in downtown Houston (the orange building in three triangles). See more »

Goofs

When Cain's Hench woman calls the mayor and he asks to turn down the TV set and they do a close up of the phone she is on you can clearly see there is no cord plugged in to it - and it's not a cordless phone. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Magnavolt Salesman: MagnaVolt - The final word in auto security. No embarrassing alarm noise, no need to trouble the police... And it won't even run down your battery!
Commercial Voiceover: MagnaVolt! Lethal Response!
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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits to the film; following the Orion logo, the movie launches straight into the Magnavolt commercial, part of one of the spoof Mediabreak news bulletins. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Showbiz Today: Episode dated 18 May 1991 (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

"THE KID GOES WILD"
Performed by Babylon A.D., Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
Written by DEREK DAVIS, JACK PONITT & VIC PEPE
Published by BMG Songs, Inc., Little Elvis, Musical Jack, Ponti Music, Perfect Pen Music,
Warner Bros. Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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Terrible reputation for a great film
18 July 1999 | by See all my reviews

I'm amazed at how bad this movie has gotten trashed over the years. The sequel to one of the best sci-fi movies ever, it was killed by critics and fans alike. I just don't understand why though.

In many ways Robocop 2 is better than its predecessor. For instance, the many subplots. We have the subplot involving Robocop getting put back together, the subplot of Robocop 2 itself, the subplot of whether or not Robocop is human or machine, the subplot of nuke/Cain and his thugs, and the subplot of overall power and corruption.

The mix of dark satire and graphic violence are once again showcased in Robocop 2 and in grander fashion. We get lots of jokes and lots of gore, mixed together flawlessly. All the performances are good. Peter Weller once again does a great job as Murphy, and Tom Noonan makes his Cain character a three-dimensional psychopath.

The score is much different from the score of the original. Instead of the dramatic/sad theme from Robocop, we get a much more heroic/dynamic theme from Robocop 2, and it works quite well with the movie.

Another thing I have got to comment on is the usage of stop motion. Once Cain is transformed into the monstrous Robocop 2 ( the title character ), we get an explosion of stop motion special effects that look fantastic! Stop motion doesn't get any better than this.

All in all, this is one of the best sequels of all time, but got a bad reputation because it was 'too violent'. Don't listen to some of the naysayers. Robocop 2 is a masterfully done film from the director of Empire Strikes Back and shouldn't be missed by any sci-fi buff out there. Check it out now on Widescreen for the DVD.

4 stars out of 4 ( reviewed by Scott Beams )


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