Robocop 2 (1990) Houston Filming Locations

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Here are a few scenes from RoboCop 2 (1990) and their filming locations in Houston today.
Robocop 2 was filmed in Houston, Texas during the winter of 1989. While the first Robocop was shot in Dallas, Houston was chosen for the sequel because of its warmer climate during winter and lack of snow, unlike the more northern Dallas. Filming locations include many spots in downtown Houston such as the Wortham Center, the Alley Theater, and City Hall. Other scenes were filmed in Houston neighborhoods like the Fourth Ward and Hyde Park. I did not go to all of the locations featured in the movie.
Another difference from the first film is that Paul Verhoeven did not return to direct. Instead, Robocop 2 was directed by Irvin Kershner, who is probably best known for directing The Empire Strikes Back (1980). The screenplay was penned by Frank Miller, then known in the world of comics for The Dark Knight Returns and many other acclaimed graphic novels and comic book runs.

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@Nicomanism 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know this movie was filmed in Houston! Nice !

@GAURAV25855ify 2 жыл бұрын

First was in Dallas

@thelordofsalem3044 7 ай бұрын

Me neither! And you can't really tell that it was. I always thought it was actually filmed in Detroit

@skywind007 2 күн бұрын

There are other scenes that were filmed in Houston that this clip didn't show.

@ki5aok 2 жыл бұрын

The stockhouse scene is actually Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston. I remember my dad actually coming home from work (he worked in brewing at the plant) and he brought home two shells from discharged blanks that they used for that scene. One of them went to me, the other was for my sister.

@pellymods4773 7 ай бұрын

Pretty cool!

@karluz333 2 жыл бұрын

My whole life I never realized Houston downtown buildings on robocop 2

@375JayR Жыл бұрын

Looks like it was more fun back in the 90s than now.

@chasec4478 2 жыл бұрын

my grandma was the accountant at Birraporettis just a block over and a lot of the crew used to eat there. Knowing I was a huge robocop fan she got the scoop when they would film some action scenes from them. Got to watch some of the finale filmed from the parking garage across from Wortham!

@jaymChrist4ever Жыл бұрын

😮😎👍🏾

@JC_wonderland 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I’ve waited years for this I was downtown with my family when they shot this it was awesome

@AirwolfArchive 3 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thank you very much for putting this together. Houston looks worse now in some of those intitial areas, particularly the location for the opening scenes of the film. Too clean and modern, no character; the grit and tarmac road has gone. A real shame. City Hall (if it’s that where Mayor Kuzak is giving his “no effort will be spared” press statement before the cameras) needs a serious wash down and clean. Looks absolutely filthy. Glad to see the rest of the shooting spots have remained the same. Quite a few obstructing trees in the square from the finale. Can see why they were added and planted by Houston City Council, but would be better without. Don’t know which language track you used, but the original American one would’ve been better. Your KZbin account name is even American; why Eastern Europe dubbing?

@texanology 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I didn't get to film all the spots I wanted but this is probably the majority that still look similar. I agree RE the changes, lots of Houston is like that now. City Hall and the nearby Houston Central Library have been closed and closed off with construction blocking the sidewalk access so I couldn't get too close. About the dub, I don't have a DVD/BD burner or digital copy but I found someone uploaded a crisp BD copy to KZbin... but in Portuguese. I remember uploading it and listening going "damn I forgot to mute that." Was thinking about the clips I shot mainly. IDK if it's possible to edit now on YT. Didn't want to go through with deleting/reuploading. Was hoping not too many people would notice 😂 Yeah the original film in English would be best. Yes I am American... Houston, TX where Robocop 2 was filmed..

@AirwolfArchive 3 жыл бұрын

@@texanology No worries. Awesome that you live there. So, the finale locations; what buildings are those? Is Houston a big city? Did they have to travel much to shoot where they did? Where’s the industrial area in relation...

@texanology 3 жыл бұрын

@@AirwolfArchive There's a number of buildings listed as being used on IMDb and then some elsewhere I had in my notes (The Cullen Center, specifically 1600 Smith is OCP HQ). By finale I assume you mean the battle between Robocop and Robocop 2. When they get outside, much of it is around a few shots I did manage to get of the Alley Theater and Wortham Center right across the street. I didn't get around to filming those angles, but when Robo jumps on Cain's back, that's the side wall of the Alley Theatre. The interiors were shot at the George R Brown Convention Center, which was brand spanking new when they filmed it in '89. I think it's been closed to the public since the pandemic began and it's used as a shelter when we have things like Hurricane Harvey in '17 or that big freeze and no power just recently. It's no where close to the Wortham Center or Alley Theatre though. Exterior looks sorta similar to inside. No clue about those hallway scenes and elevator shafts. I think those are mostly props and fake backdrops when they get to the roof. When they land, that's back at the Wortham Center (I got that one). Houston's huge. 4th largest city in America. We're expected to eclipse Chicago's 3rd spot any second now. I think we might have been 3rd in the 70s. The area / land mass is large too, compared to most cities. Downtown Houston proper is kinda big, but the "Greater Houston Area" is a massive sprawl. A good amount was filmed Downtown, not too far from each other. Most other scenes are close to Downtown still (within the 610 Loop / Buffalo Speedway). A couple spots are out there though, like the Hiram Clarke Power Plant (the Nuke lab and I think it was used for something else) as well as some scenes ostensibly shot in Baytown (I think pickup shots down Texas Avenue but I'm not really sure where exactly in the film... maybe spliced at the start with shots of Main St. Downtown. There's also some locations vaguely listed on the IMDB filming locations page that I can't find. Like the Budweiser Brewery on I-10 and 610 that I pass by frequently as well as something on Post Oak Blvd. But that page is missing a ton of spots too.

@AirwolfArchive 3 жыл бұрын

@@texanology Hi there! Sincere apologies for not responding sooner. Your reply was quite long and my phone's screen is unresponsive. Can't tap any letters on the left side of the keypad...like 'a', lol. Only just got the laptop fixed. Thanks again for all the detail and info. about where they shot, etc. Didn't know about the Convention Centre being used for Harvey and the freeze. About Houston though, is the city centre as large as, say, New York or L.A.? Dallas, from what I saw, didn't seem that big. Kinda small, in a way...like Phoenix.

@texanology 3 жыл бұрын

@@AirwolfArchive No worries. Houston's not at all comparable to NYC, not too similar to LA either really. All the Texan cities, the big 4 at least (Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas) are pretty compact and square by comparison, just focusing of the downtown areas themselves. The outskirts span a HUGE area though most of the neighborhoods used in the film are close by minus Texas Ave. in Baytown and the Hiram Clarke Power Plant.

@TheSkipperVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, very interesting.

@IRLtrolls 3 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Thanks for the video!

@murphcoenterprises5598 11 ай бұрын

Gotta admit it looks very clean and safe in real life.

@jaymChrist4ever Жыл бұрын

I remember when they announced they were filming it. Me and my brother begged my mom and dad to take us but they wouldn’t. My aunt worked for the houston chronicle at the time and she got to see a lot of the filming. So lucky!

@GAURAV25855ify 2 жыл бұрын

Robocop was filmed in Dallas snd RoboCop 3 was filmed in Atlanta The remake in 2014 was shot in Detriot always though Robocop series was shot all in Detriot

@danielsnyder4114 Жыл бұрын

its pretty sad a Detroit based movie is made NOWHERE near Detroit. LOL

@WindElementor14 Жыл бұрын

OMG Robocop 2 was Filmed in my state and town?! Super Coooool!! ✨🤩

@crishernandez5043 3 жыл бұрын

I live 3 blocks away from the house were robocop’s family lived

@DiLorenzo04 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I grew up down the street from you! Marconi and W. Dallas 1987-1997. We had to move out after our property owner sold.

@siatelecomsltdLondon Жыл бұрын

Back in those days, the buildings looked much better.

@youllpayforthis4035 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video. Big robocop fan

@strumminandwrenchin9162 11 ай бұрын

Houston, Texas’ Los Angeles.

@alexanderm4394 3 жыл бұрын

homelessness is an issue in the city. vote red to change the city for better.

@eltoro8143 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, voting red for communism will solve this deterioration caused by capitalism. Stay strong comrad.

@RealDixonPeter 3 жыл бұрын

Democrats = socialism = communism on steroids.

@loona_mew 2 жыл бұрын

@@RealDixonPeter you are very wrong

@nikita2332 2 жыл бұрын

@@eltoro8143 😆Well played El Toro

@Danilo111 2 жыл бұрын

Republicans are the ones that take all Houston tax dollars and give it to small country towns

@theamused8705 2 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget all of those OPC flags everywhere

@ferrarig1763 2 жыл бұрын

I used to walk to Gregory Lincoln Education Center down that street growing up in the 90s

@11022013mm Жыл бұрын

It's a rarity that we see a movie on Texas that isn't a rural area in cinema.

@Guitarkwondo 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap how can it look worse than in Robocop? That’s terrifying

@jlobiafra Жыл бұрын

Man as someone who grew up in pasadena Texas a suburb of Houston I always heard most of these scenes were filmed in downtown pasadena. I'm disappointed 😞

@ScarsdaleTexas Жыл бұрын

Lol fuck pasadena

@jlobiafra Жыл бұрын

@@ScarsdaleTexas lol where are you located?

@8Jallin Жыл бұрын

Pasadena is way too ugly sorry

@josepaz859 4 ай бұрын

STINKYDENA

@mattchacko8266 5 ай бұрын

I know - home of the brave Right ! 😊

@skywind007 2 күн бұрын

I didn't see the George R Brown Convention center scene.

@texanology 2 күн бұрын

@skywind007 I think they might have been shut down when I shot most of this during covid or closed for renovations or some other such reason, IIRC. But yeah there are number of other locations from the film that i never got around to, such as the Hiram Clarke Power Plant and some stuff in Baytown, among other locations.

@jd138 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@DrunkmansTattoo Жыл бұрын

The Houston I grew up in.

@dollasignmic18344 Жыл бұрын

Things should be left original but I know stuff don’t last that long and they need renovation but I think they should leave it alone keep them memories kicking 🏢🏠🏡

@BlackEgypt 2 жыл бұрын

Robocop was shot in my City?

@fr.victorperez7714 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I have a correction. The scene of the boy on the bike passing Vermont Street on McDuffie is a trick shot. The house is not on the left side but on the right. Look at the shadow of the bike in the two shots, coming from the intersection and when he pulls onto the sidewalk (that was from the opposite direction). According to Apple Maps,1811 McDuffie has not changed nor has the house to the left of it or beyond it or the first house he passes before it. It is still there as it was but blocked by trees. Look at Apple Maps and "look around." They did this so that the other two boys could turn off into the other street since it is the closest intersection. So the last shot with the big red brick house down the street is the same house that he passes from the opposite direction, but it is not included in the shot. I just went to this area for a dinner engagement.

@texanology 2 жыл бұрын

I fail to see what you are trying to say here. The only thing shown today from that scene is the house (now a lot), at 1811 McDuffie, whose address is indeed what's on video (at least as of two years ago). The intersection was not photographed. The house has the same address on Google Maps as it did two years ago and moreover it is physically posted on the property if you walk up to it.

@fr.victorperez7714 2 жыл бұрын

@@texanology I wasn't correcting your photography of the intersection. Just commenting on how the movie was made. It appears in the movie to be on the left side of the street when in reality it is on the right side. I apologies my iPhone apple maps is wrong and outdated.

@raymondrochajr9621 Жыл бұрын

Love mayor Turner but he needs to power wash the city hall building!

@josephedwards3579 3 жыл бұрын

houston got worse

@GAURAV25855ify 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah look at Chicago and Philadelphia as well then even Atlanta and New York you walk on streets there no more without protection thats how bad the big apple has gotten once more.

@GAURAV25855ify 2 жыл бұрын

I Understand but has Houston gotten worst other then The heat. Has crime risen that high gas prices or unaffordable homes? I thought was a republican run city With the oil tycoons there and Businesses in oil gas construction.