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[supermarioworldE]

All the work Verhoeven, Neumeier, Miner, and Weller put into the touching humanity of the character was thrown in the trash for Robocop 2. It's solely for that reason that I can't love the film. But as a funny, ultraviolent blockbuster, I can find some enjoyment in it. Great effects, well directed action, spot on jokes, and glorious gore helped out alot. It's not enough to make me forget the convoluted plot, lame villains, and underutilized Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, but it's decent enough.

 

[Sapiens]

It's watchable but not the perfect movie the original was.

I appreciate it more for its technical aspects. I even like the score. But the writing and direction is shit.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

All the work Verhoeven, Neumeier, Miner, and Weller put into the touching humanity of the character was thrown in the trash for Robocop 2. It's solely for that reason that I can't love the film. But as a funny, ultraviolent blockbuster, I can find some enjoyment in it. Great effects, well directed action, spot on jokes, and glorious gore helped out alot. It's not enough to make me forget the convoluted plot, lame villains, and underutilized Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, but it's decent enough.

Agreed

Verhoeven was way ahead of his time and his social commentary was amazing

 

[Berserking Guts]

I thought Cain was fucking awesome when I was kid. The big guy scared me senseless.

Look at him. Robo who? Terminator what?

 

[Fancyarcher]

Didn't Peter Weller hated doing this film or am I remembering wrong?

He got tired of having to suit up in the role.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

He got tired of having to suit up in the role.

So he could wear no armour and be terrible in every other movie he was in

 

[VeryGooster]

Any 80s GAF ever watch the cartoon? Where the intro is a straight up G-rated version of Alex Murphy getting gunned down?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Any 80s GAF ever watch the cartoon? Where the intro is a straight up G-rated version of Alex Murphy getting gunned down?

This was a thing?

 

[AlexBasch]

Yeah, cartoon Boddicker and all.

 

[VeryGooster]

Yep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp8Ur8D8Obo

 

[Berserking Guts]

Hey, look at this.

 

[LastGamer84]

All the work Verhoeven, Neumeier, Miner, and Weller put into the touching humanity of the character was thrown in the trash for Robocop 2. It's solely for that reason that I can't love the film. But as a funny, ultraviolent blockbuster, I can find some enjoyment in it. Great effects, well directed action, spot on jokes, and glorious gore helped out alot. It's not enough to make me forget the convoluted plot, lame villains, and underutilized Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, but it's decent enough.

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

 

[Foggy]

Watched this the other day and it's quite terrible while still having its moments and being largely enjoyable. I'd probably feel better about it being a tonally weird oddity if we had one sequel before this that carried the spirit better.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Robocop is a 10/10 action flick.
Robocop 2 is an 8/10 action flick.
Robocop 3 is a 3/10 action flick and a 5/10 comedy.
Robocop (reboot) is a 2/10 action flick and a 10/10 endurance test.

 

[Just_myles]

Nothing to defend. One of the greatest sequels of all time.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I mean, compared to three the TV shit and reboot look at least passable.

Robocop 3 is my mother's favorite, my mother has really shit taste in movies that at some point turned around into mainly watching movies that made to appeal to eight year olds.

This was a thing?

Yeah, part of the weird 80s/maybe early 90s tradition of turning movies made for adults into cartoons for kids.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

 

[cj_iwakura]

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

One thing both films have in common, a perfect last line.

 

[Eskiboy]

As a kid, I always wondered why when they injected that nuke shit, it made that hiss sound.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

One thing both films have in common, a perfect last line.

Dead or alive you're coming with me?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

As a kid, I always wondered why when they injected that nuke shit, it made that hiss sound.

My young brain assumed that was a natural noise drugs made when you injected them into your neck

 

[BasilZero]

Out of the all the movies - Robocop 2 was the most memorable one of mine - loved every bit of it.

 

[Shanlei91]

Any 80s GAF ever watch the cartoon? Where the intro is a straight up G-rated version of Alex Murphy getting gunned down?

Watched it on weekend mornings with my Robocop figure. Love that this was a thing.

 

[Ichabod]

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

*slow clap*

 

[Jaeger]

Most people I have known love both 1 and 2. 3 is where it was actually bad, and no one talks about it.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Most people I have known love both 1 and 2. 3 is where it was actually bad, and no one talks about it.

3 is one of the most terrible movies put to film

Let us never speak of this again

 

[Bobby Roberts]

You kids giving this fucking trash 8/10s

It's manhandled studio garbage thrown at a theater screen and nobody involved had the common courtesy to even tie the top of the bag before launching it.

At this point the only pleasure to be gleaned from it comes from knowing someone gave Frank Miller and his script the high hard one.

 

[old manatee]

You kids giving this fucking trash 8/10s

It's manhandled studio garbage thrown at a theater screen and nobody involved had the common courtesy to even tie the top of the bag before launching it.

At this point the only pleasure to be gleaned from it comes from knowing someone gave Frank Miller and his script the high hard one.

7/10. Final offer.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'll go 4/10 at the highest.

Buy it for a dollar or dont

 

[lazygecko]

It's no ED-209, but it sure takes Robocop a lot longer to bring this piece of work down. (Hilarious stop motion animation aside, I think it's a pretty cool design.)

Best part is, the reason they made the design so over the top was to make it harder for bootleg toy makers to rip it off.

 

[Shanlei91]

7/10. Final offer.

 

[mariachi507]

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

This is a good post. I've already said the same thing as the majority in regards to a Murphy's humanity, that being that two ignored the progress made by the first film. It wasn't until my RoboCop 2 rewatch last month that I realized exactly what you are saying, the film wasn't ignoring it, Murphy was.

 

[draetenth]

I liked this film for it's cheesiness. I think I'm one of the few who actually likes 3 though (1 > 3 > 2). Though, I do tend to enjoy "bad" films more than others (Resident Evil series, Hobbit, Robocop 3).

I still need to see the reboot though...

 

[LinkAndEpona]

I loved Robocop 2 because of the other robot guy, it was so badass.

 

[katsubento]

It's better than Robocop 3.

 

[TAJ]

Hey, look at this.

That brain and the 5' tall tank that it was floating in just got auctioned off by Phil Tippett a few months ago. It went for $10,000.

 

[Fancyarcher]

This was a thing?

Yeah, and Rambo had his own cartoon & Alien almost had its cartoon at one point. Making animated shows based on hard R film franchises for kids was a thing back in the 80's, and 90's.

 

[Nerdkiller]

This was a thing?

This was also a thing.

Yeah...

 

[Badlucktroll]

I love Robocop 2. I still have a scar on my left ring finger that happened when i was 9 and slipped sharpening a knife for cub scouts while watching Robocop 2!

 

[mechashiva]

Just watched it for the first time in a long time the other day. Something's I didn't care for.
I think if they wanted OCP to act like the way it did in this one someone should have replaced the old man. He was acting a bit like Dick Jones. Should have been a little corporate takeover or something.
The reprogram is funny but resolved way to quickly.
Nuke is a great drug and Cain is fantastic. As Pinter out the Robocop 2 prototypes are the best.
I don't like when sequels spend the whole movie getting the character back to the end of where they were at the first movie. I had the same issue with Ghostbusters 2. I'd rather see them acting at peak proficiency for a whole because we already saw the beginning.
There's a couple good commercials and he kids of being Detroit being the worst was fun.
The Murphy still stalking his wife stuff should have been cut. I'd buy that for a dollar should have still been a thing.

 

[zma1013]

But what about Robert Cop 2?

 

[massoluk]

RoboCop 2: Better than RoboCop 3

I knew it, I'm the only person on Earth that like Robocop 3. He had jetpack, shot rocket and there were robot ninja damnit T_T

 

[Robdraggoo]

Avoid Orion meetings? Lol

Kushner must have been crying for help

 

[Shogmaster]

Loved Robocop 2. Directed by Irwin Kershner, who also directed a little movie called Empire Strikes Back.

 

[Jazzem]

I really hate 2 I'm afraid, the story/action/comedy do nothing for me and I can't get past it being such a piss poor sequel :/

The stop motion at the end is a remarkable feat though aye

 

[Coin Return]

Shout Factory put out a special edition Blu-ray a few weeks ago, lots of great extras. Highly recommended.

 

[HStallion]

It at least gave us a cool boss fight in Robocop Vs Terminator

 

[G-Fex]

Nope. Cannot agree, and I've touched on this before.

Robocop is about Murphy reclaiming his humanity.

Robocop 2 is him realizing that despite reclaiming said humanity - he can never go back to his old life. He becomes bitter AND more robotic because he thinks he has nothing left. He starts to act like a machine - subsequently getting his ass handed to him by Kane. It isn't undermining the original film, it continues it by pointing out (unlike the terrible reboot) that Murphy cannot get back what he lost.

After getting rebuilt and nearly driven insane by OCP treating him like a machine, he pulls a desperate move to clear his head - literally. His talk with the psychiatrist reflects this, he wants to move while he's stuck in the chair, he wants to go do things - but he has no reason or motivation to do so. When OCP monkeys with his brain and turns him into a literal robot, he struggles against it. He realizes his humanity is part of his strength and rallies the other cops to take down Kane. He uses his ability to think like a human to take down Kane. The motorcycle vs van scene demonstrates this. He knows Kane is an ego maniac and won't back down. Kane ironically doesn't use his head - he could just avoid Robocop and continue running. But no, Murphy taunts him, goading him into a game of Chicken, and Murphy knows he can win that game. His machine half is all logic and procedure - his human half is about intuition and cunning.

A machine would never have thought to try to drop Kane from a 10 story building, or lure Kane into a trap with the Nuke. Hell, he uses the power of continuity to remember "Hey, I've got this cannon from before I used on ED-209, probably good if I bring that along."

There's a reason the last line of the movie is "Patience Lewis. We're only human."

This.

This is a great post. Thank you.

You kids giving this fucking trash 8/10s

It's manhandled studio garbage thrown at a theater screen and nobody involved had the common courtesy to even tie the top of the bag before launching it.

At this point the only pleasure to be gleaned from it comes from knowing someone gave Frank Miller and his script the high hard one.

We can't have that

 

[jmdajr]

This was like one of the first Rrated movies I ever saw. It has a special place in my heart.

 

[invaderzim69]

I like Robocop 2. There were some memorable scenes in the film that I enjoyed very much, even more memorable than the first Robocop. I thought Robocop 2 was a great little film in its own unique way. I still can watch it again. Where's the popcorn? Lol.