Directed by:
Irvin KershnerCinematography:
Mark IrwinComposer:
Leonard RosenmanCast:
Peter Weller, John Glover, Belinda Bauer, Nancy Allen, Mario Machado, Dan O'Herlihy, Gabriel Damon, Felton Perry, John Ingle, Tom Noonan, Mark Rolston (more)VOD (3)
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When Detroit's descent into chaos is further compounded by a police department strike and a new designer drug called Nuke, only Robocop can stop the mayhem. But in his way are an evil corporation that profits from Motor City crime and a bigger and tougher cyborg with a deadly directive: Take out Robocop. Containing the latest in gadgetry and weaponry as well as the brain of the madman who designed Nuke, this new cyborg isn't just more sophisticated than his predecessor...he's psychotic and out of control! And it's going to take everything Robocop has- maybe even his life-to save Detroit from complete and utter anarchy. (official distributor synopsis)
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Less blood, more bullets, a more tangled plot, more characters, brutally overwrought and at least two or three classes worse than the first one. A film that falls into the sequel syndrome in a classic way: there’s more of everything, but in the end it’s less. Verhoeven knew why to stay away. Kershner just embarrassed himself. Two points for the fast-paced action and some technically skillful sequences.
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A typical "sequel" of the 1990s, in which everything had to be bigger, grander, and more bombastic. But the plot doesn't deal with anything, sending the individual motifs, which had been otherwise very promisingly played out, into a corner after a while, only to move on to a tragic finale with a robot on drugs. The action scenes are fine, but everything else gives the impression of an unfinished work based on a promising outline. I don't know if Kershner fucked with Miller's theme on purpose, or if what he received was already this leaky. Either way, I expected a much better result from a collaboration between the two.
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Very stupid and bad. I don't think any of the people involved can be proud of this film. Even animator Phil Tippett, who made the robot villain move perfectly, and yet the result of his work still looks ridiculous, because the direction simply didn't know its bounds. In addition, Robocop has lost its satirical undertone and has become a mere over-the-top action nonsense that just plays on the style of the original film.
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It's a sequel, and you can really see how it mimics some aspects of the first film. There are some interesting elements here that might work well in a comic book, but they don't translate as effectively to the screen. Frank Miller wrote a screenplay that would work as a comic book story, but for a film, or even a series, it needs a bit more. However, it's visually impressive with its special effects.
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