WTF Happened To Robocop 2?

The 1987 sci-fi action classic RoboCop is one of those rare-perfect movies. Everything about it works just right. The satire. The violence. The characters. The design of RoboCop himself. And it’s difficult to follow up on perfection. This is evident in RoboCop 2, a movie that tried to carry on the story... But ended up feeling tonally inconsistent and a bit scattered. It’s a fun movie, but not on the level of its predecessor. And now, we’re going to dig into just what happened to RoboCop 2!
Written by: Cody Hamman
Edited by: Brandon Nally
Narrated by: Tyler Nichols
Produced by: John Fallon and Andrew Hatfield
Executive produced by: Berge Garabedian
SERIES SYNOPSIS: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: What Happened To This Horror Movie?
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[@anthonycharles9241]

Still better than Robocop 3!

[@debbiebrantley61]

Waaaaayyy better

[@shadowwarrior7218]

Is there even a comparison lol. I actually as though that piece of abomination does not exist. Robo3 is an abhorrent mess.

[@nintendive]

Exactly this.

[@Mr.Aficionado87]

That's a pretty low bar, but agreed.

[@andrewrichards9513]

Not hard to beat

[@BigMateo24]

"This could look bad for OCP Johnson. Scramble the best spin team we have." Meanwhile the robot down below is murdering everybody in sight. Best line of the film for me.

[@347Jimmy]

That and "BEHAVE YOURSELVES!" 😂

[@PathofCultivation]

"We'd need some proof" "Sir whether it exists or not I know I can find it"

[@АлексейСизёмин]

It's funny because its true to life.

[@OnePakkuMan]

Idc how 2 is criticized. The movie was awesome and Cain was terrifying.

[@patrickmepainlove]

Ganz genau💚💛💚

[@ben13th83]

I couldn’t agree more 👍🏻

[@chriscubbernuss3288]

Just ask Officer Duffy.

[@Healthy_Toki]

It's obviously cool, but it could have been even better if it were written with more of the heart of the first film and had some meaningful plot beats for Murphy.

[@vikinghammer87]

@@Healthy_Toki Idk bro Hollywood hasn't made a good scifi action rated R film in 30 years. They remade Robocop with a PG13 rating. That was way more detrimental to the franchise and the movie business as a whole than the great Robocop 2 did.

[@jamesmorant1406]

It's not better than the original, but it's a decent sequel. Cain was a good villain, and I love the 3rd act 7/10

[@Djp2987]

it is better tho.

[@MikeG82]

@@Djp2987 how? i can't wait to hear your answer to this

[@DevanteWeary]

Agree 100%. Not better but different. Not to mention Robo2 does that thing where it drastically changes the storyline midway through, which I always enjoy.

[@N1ceDreamsz]

@@Djp2987 I like 2 more than 1. Respect. But I understand why people like 1 more. But 2 is so well done and the Cain and Robocop fight is SO GOOD!

[@SignOfTheTimes008]

@@Djp2987 I think it gets a bad rap, and partly because it is a bit regressive. Murphy made all that progress getting back his identity and since the overshadowing plot was loosing yourself in private cooperations (or something), it misses that mark. And the old man went backwards to. On a plus note the RoboCain was incredible and so were the fight scenes.

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

Honestly, the relentless battle between Robocop and Robocain is still the best 20 minutes of any action film ever made IMO. I give Robocop a 10 out of 10 and Robocop 2 a 9 out of 10. Both movies are awesome 👍

[@plummet3860]

Yeah ive no idea what hes on about robocop 2 is awesome

[@6581punk]

It would be good, except for some strange reason they added road runner cartoon style sound FX which totally ruin the mood of the scenes.

[@CptDieHard]

@@6581punk You're right that was a bit silly but the way Kane blew them seats apart when shooting at Robocop is so damn cool! I wish that weapon didn't get taken out so quickly.

[@ggcade8896]

I freaking LOVE this movie. One of my favorite sequels of all time. It’s so underrated because most people won’t stop comparing it to the original.

[@dmk42000]

yeah who would do this with a sequel, so crazy...

[@walterharris7421]

I TOTALLY AGREE !

[@gozinta82]

I agree. I personally like this movie way more than the first. The first is good, but i feel like the really good parts in 2 are way better.

[@humboldtnik]

Absolutely!! Love this movie. So good.

[@capitanbatata]

Absolutely.

[@reverenddmo8944]

The failed Robocops are worth the admission price alone, just like Emil's death-by-toxic-waste in the first film. Wonderful dark humour. Also Robocaine is one of Tippett's most striking designs.

[@FoxUnitNell]

I would think you haven't seen Tippet's Mad God (full feature stop motion film).

[@skepticalbadger]

@@FoxUnitNell They said "one of"?

[@FoxUnitNell]

@@skepticalbadger yet with mad gods, each creature is very disturbing - like if mad gods had 100 characters, robocaine would not top the top 100 striking designs. Tippetts work on his own self directed stop motion film; mad gods is the best and most modern of designs in his line of special effects and he never had to be confided to a vision too.

[@MrSmith-zy2bp]

"Behave yourselves!": The Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy) 😂

[@davec.3129]

Robocop Rogue City on Playstation 5 is the third film for me

[@macsmith2013]

Agreed! I just started playing two days ago and it's soooo good! Perfectly captures the spirit and feel of the original movie, best 20€ I've spend in a long time. The fact they got Peter Weller to voice act is insane.

[@ehenyor]

Nah, RoboCop: Rogue City on the Steam Deck is the real part 3.

[@lluccil9289]

​@ehenyor how dare you, Robocop: Rogue City for Windows is the obvious choice!

[@ehenyor]

@@lluccil9289 🤔

[@alejandrogarciameza5021]

My favorite!!! That line by RObocop at the end "We are only human"

[@SilentCheesedude]

Count me among the few that loved RC2. That kid was amazing, the effects were better, kept all the violent tones as the 1st, and i got what the director was going for. I would have enjoyed the scenes that were cut from script but Orion wanted a rushed job and they got better than what they should have deserved.

[@aaronschaefer4167]

Not few, most like this movie. It just has the unfortunate problem of being a sequel to a really really good movie

[@TheHeroExodus]

Parts of 2 was crazy.... the protag gets chopped to bits. He loses. Hard. And the "i thought you were just going to scare him" .... "doesnt he look scared?"

[@Cameleonbates]

"You said you were going to scare the ice princess." "She looked plenty scared to me!"

[@gozinta82]

"Have the kid leave, why?" LOLOLOL

[@ziplockcreations2313]

I was 7 when this movie came out. Some of the scenes scared the hell out of me, as a kid. Especially the scene where that one cop gets sliced down the middle with a scalpel. I need to rewatch it again, when I get the chance.

[@sceetsceet03]

Kane scared tf outta me as a kid😂 I love Robocop 1 & 2 equally ❤

[@LeeroyyyyyJenkinssssss]

Same!

[@elviscoso01]

To me Robocop 2 is ALMOST as good as the first one, and that's more than enough. Irvin Kershner was a great and underappreciated director.

[@zerocool5395]

It reminds me of Predator 2, the og one is so good that it makes the sequels look bad. But in reality they're good movies.

[@b-dalebarksdale348]

I thought RoboCop 2 and Predator 2 were good, can't expect stuff to be better than the original, sometimes the sequels are better, like The Terminator and Terminator 2 Judgement Day!!

[@IronMan3582]

He made the best of what he had to work with

[@Jagermonsta]

to me i think he replicated the style of the first film very well, so yeah I'd agree with that aye

[@robogreek3157]

Irvin kirshner is why the film struggled

[@Waccoon]

I think it speaks volumes about how far modern movie standards have fallen. RoboCop2 was critically panned in its day, despite being a worthy sequel that is quite fun, entertaining, and has aged well despite its flaws. I love it.

[@cannabiscovepnw]

❤ This was wonderfully done. Growing up on the series, I'll always go back to 1&2, and then the Alex Murphy Edition of the videogame. Well done Cody!!! Freakin love when you drop projects, buddy.

[@m2y8v]

Robocop 2 is awesome.

[@nothingelse1520]

The RoboCain sequences were perfect for a junior high kid. Loved this movie.

[@ivorjawa]

1:55 holy christ that’s the plot of the current season of USA

[@Mr.Aficionado87]

100%

[@OnyDeus]

I read this before getting to this part. I was not disappointed.

[@DanielleSouthcott]

My comment exactly.

[@DuncanJackson-no3ht]

I was just thinking the same!

[@FromGototheGo]

What I thought instantly 😂🤣😱🫣

[@MLJ7956]

FYI - Peter Weller did play Robocop again (in voice & digtial form) in Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019 and Robocop: Rouge City in 2023

[@onetwo6039]

I just picked up Rogue City the other day. It's awesome, makes me feel like a kid again especially when the theme started playing in the opening level / scene.

[@daleshelden8394]

Digital

[@fatalframer87]

I love Peter Weller as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Dark Knight Returns animated adaptation

[@CaptainFantastik1]

Rogue City was a pleasant surprise. Great game that really captures the vibe.

[@SonnyK248]

It's baffling that Robocop was made for 14 million and 40 years later with all the technology, you couldn't make a movie remotely close to as good for a hundred mill. It should be the opposite. If you gave a guy 14 mill today he should be able to vastly improve the effects from that movie 🙃

[@thetalentof]

It's definitely possible, 'Godzilla Minus One' was made for $15m and 'Upgrade' was made for $5m.

[@MegaRayland]

Thanks inflation, silly regulations, the Hollywood unions, bloated ‘star’ contracts, jumping into production with little to no pre-production done, and very poor decisions by studio heads, for that logic being flipped.

[@ZackaryBall]

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[@iseeundeadpeople9]

CGI is a scam.

[@ottomattix86]

​@@thetalentofboth are fantastic too

[@blackdragon6]

I unapologetically LOVE this film. I love all of the plot points, the synthetic drug, the fact they're using dead cops as guinea pigs and them going mad, the design of robocain, OCP intentionally driving up crime, the child crime boss etc etc... Also rest in power, to the gorgeous Gaylin Görg.

[@347Jimmy]

There was a lot going on, but it was all awesome and a coherent story Idk why so many people complain about 2

[@ferox965]

I dug it. It's a really dark, mean flick.

[@Argedis]

If you guys love RoboCop then definitely play RoboCop: Rogue City It's essentially the true "sequel" to the first 2 movies in video game form. It's Amazing! The devs that made the game clearly love RoboCop and everything is true and genuine to the original movie

[@lanceturley7745]

I love all the little retro 80's details that make it feel consistent with the first two films. Like the bad guy uses one of those giant brick-style cell phones instead of a more modern smartphone, because that's what would have been available in the early 90's if Rogue City had been a movie.

[@Argedis]

@@lanceturley7745 They also recreated the police station by carefully analyzing the scenes in the movie!

[@faceman7966]

I liked Robocop 2 I remember as a boy watching it on a double feature with total recall that was one of the best days I had as a young boy

[@N1ceDreamsz]

I love Robocop 2 and actually prefer it over the 1st movie, I don't know why people make it out to be bad. The fight between Robocop and Cain puts modern movie cgi to shame.

[@LouieAbstract_nyc]

10/10/10 honest one of my top 5 favorite movies

[@kforcer]

What happened is it became arguably the greatest sci-fi action film ever. A movie about the nature of freewill, moral duty and the contrast between the power of programming and brainwashing as opposed to deep-seated moral obligations. When Robocop sees that all his prime directives are gone...and then gets up and proceeds to go on performing his duty and rallying the cops to do likewise, that's one of the most understated, unpretentious yet profound frigging moments EVER IN MOVIES! "Are we cops...?" he asks, to which the striking police respond that yes, they are cops, after all. Then, as he walks off, they ask where he's going and he simply says, "Cain. I'm coming for Cain." He wasn't Robcop because of OCP's programming, he was Robocop because of Alex Murphy's sense of duty and obligation.

[@J4mesB0nd-k9q]

This scene comes just after RoboCop electrocutes himself in order to erase the politically correct directives that hinder his work. Even at the risk of a second death, he decided that death was better than spending the rest of his life obeying idiotic directives.

[@kforcer]

@@J4mesB0nd-k9q That was such an awesome moment!

[@SimianScience]

the robocop/robocop 2 fight is still one of the best fights i ever seen

[@randymarsh27]

0:35 I couldn't unsee this as a kid 😬

[@transamrmw]

That was pretty rough.

[@nicholasbennett7367]

I love Robocop 2

[@cowboywaingro7259]

Kane is absurdly menacing A+ job like always Tom noonan

[@itchyomalley]

I disagree, he was brutal

[@philv2529]

Best thing about RoboCop 2 is they made him blue instead of silver

[@manganiaco]

It's a masterpiece. It has a dozen plot points and none of it comes out of nowhere. it all developes through the course of several arcs within a movie. Even OCP planning a hostile takeover on the city. By the time the movie is over it feels like you watched an entire series. It is fulfilling, leaves no loose lies, none of it is scuffed. I will allways look back at this movie as the most well delivered storyline with so much content in the length of a film.

[@donnydutchmen1284]

I thought it was a good movie. The child was a good idea, since we've never really seen something like that in a movie. And the fact that he died and Robocop actually cared, and held his hand while he was dying, was a good part of the movie. Also how they corrupted his system to make him all weird was a good way to show him in a new light. The fact that he electrocutes himself to go back to factory settings was a brilliant move. We have already seen complicated matters in the first movie. They were resolved and no need to drag something in there just because. Less is more sometimes. Let's not forget the part were they completely destroy him and throw him in front of the police station. That was awesome as well. And then the part with Caine was also very good. I think trying to use a criminal as Robocop 2 was well fitted into this universe, since OCP was always trying to find new ways to maximize and guarantee their control. And using a criminal addicted to drugs, he had to return to OCP and behave accordingly to be rewarded. Then there is the family part of Murphy that needed to be resolved. They didn't exploit that enough in this movie, but it was also not evaded. Enough so you could have picked up on it in a sequel movie. How the smashes the brains of Cain is totally awesome!

[@NeedlessJ93]

Has one of my favorite quotes ever. (putting the blame on Dr. Faxx) "Well, we'd need some evidence of that. -I'm sure I can find it Sir, whether it exists or not." Ah lawyers 😁😡

[@KRS2000]

Even Johnson replying, "She did choose the brain, sir." I get the feeling that when the Old Man left with Faxx, he was going to see to it that that was her last screw up with the company.

[@ericseitzler81]

That's funny in the original script they said a TV host became president 25 years later that's almost exactly right

[@gozinta82]

Just like idiocracy.

[@MalcolmTurnerKing]

​@gozinta82 There's only one word fo describe what's happened with the executive branch in the last four years, and guess what? It's...dfghfrqzw...df...and hey, guess what? Corporate greed. Misinformation disinformation. And hey, guess what? Poor kids are just as smart as white kids.

[@fibbs01]

Robocop 2 was exactly what it was supposed to be. I liked it. In the same vein as all the other 90s sci fi action flicks. It should have ended there though.

[@headshot6959]

I thought the guy who played Hobb nailed it. He was an anomaly, _how can a kid be that evil?_ His first line "Can't shoot a kid, can you fucker." Controversial because I guess the critics didn't know what to make of him. As a kid watching this, I just figured he was another bad guy. As a grown up? He makes my skin crawl!

[@treborkroy5280]

That kid was a great actor. He actually holds his own in scenes with grown ass men.

[@headshot6959]

@@treborkroy5280 I agree. He didn't just execute the role of a villain, he completely knocked it out of the park. The little shit had _power,_ you genuinely thought he was a evil little psycho! That scene where he stops them rescuing Cain from the hospital by threatening to withold nuke from her, _"You little bastard."_

[@treborkroy5280]

@@headshot6959 I like the scene when the kid is offering "fifty" to the Mayor and he isn't taking him seriously at first. "Fifty cents? Fifty dollars? That's cute!"

[@headshot6959]

@ I would put Hobb's immediate reply to the Mayor in this comment, however I imagine YT will take it down. 🤣

[@treborkroy5280]

@headshot6959 hah, I was already thinking the same, at least I didn't have to elaborate on how funny the scene was.

[@Booma151676]

Really loved that Robo 2 got a video. I feel like it’s underrated. Also really wish we got Miller’s full vision.

[@Hotdogbuns69]

IIRC, a comic book adaptation of Miller’s script came out in the 2000s.

[@Booma151676]

@@Hotdogbuns69 yup would’ve been nice to see it on the big screen

[@tgs7515]

As a kid watching Robo 2, the part where Kane crashes the warehouse meeting between Hobb and the Mayor was terrifying. This giant unstoppable cyborg stomping around in the nearly complete darkness, hunting down and killing everyone was the stuff of nightmares.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I totally get why people love the first more but I have always loved 2. I loved Juliette Faxx using Nuke to try and control Cain. I also loved Hob, the way he confidently and remorselessly empties the rifle magazine. I like the action too.

[@annoyedok321]

Ebert was wrong about the kid. His character was needed to have some of the gritty realism of the first one. You're not suppose to be happy he's living in a violent world.

[@347Jimmy]

Exactly, Hobb was a product and victim of the brutal world he lived in

[@CaptainFantastik1]

No dude the kid was awful. Just lame as could be. And he couldn't act for shit.

[@treborkroy5280]

​@@CaptainFantastik1That kid was 1000 times better than the obnoxious girl in ALIENS.

[@reconsoldier135]

Don’t care what anyone else thinks about this movie I like it Also that first draft sounds like mountains of cocaine were snorted during the writing process

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

I saw robocop on day one in the theater. From the front row I stood up before the film started, turned around to the crowd and said in a robot voice “I am robocop” Nobody said anything.

[@MrXHCx]

How old were you?

[@ExaltedDuck]

IMHO that original draft of Robocop 2 sounds amazing.

[@mtjaws209]

I was thinking same. Might never happen but I was thinking exactly, if same team from the 87 first movie were to proceed that premise home goodness that would be something for my childhood time capsule. Could you just imagine the combination of substance and cinematic presence

[@garrettbot143]

I grew up a Jehovah's witness so seeing a kid be a drug dealer was mind blowing. Scared me enough to know thats what happens if your worldly. Born and raised in that cult for 25 years glad to be free.

[@indianikitlathon8095]

Dang i noped out when i turned 14

[@daleshelden8394]

You're

[@keepthechange2811]

For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. Not of works lest any man should boast.

[@daleshelden8394]

@keepthechange2811 REGE SATANAS!

[@DanteBC]

Welcome to the other side.

[@theriddleofsteel2479]

When I was a little kid my first reaction was to not like the movie. I remember telling my mother that I thought the movie sucked and got in trouble for saying it LOL. Put a few years later the movie grew on me after I got to watch it on VHS instead of off TV and got to see it in its full glory. I actually like the movie better than the original. I like that it showed failed attempts to make different robo cops. And I thought Kane's cyborg was absolutely frightening.

[@dazwildoutdoors.3782]

Best robocop ever made

[@anibalsantos-maldonado582]

The scene were RoboCop gets his revenge on Cain after being torn apart was the best part.

[@jokerincgaming2730]

There's one bit in this movie that used to freak me out as a kid, when robo is broken to bits and dying 😢😂

[@pormoua3771]

Not gonna lie, I rewatched robocop 2 more than the original.

[@bozalini]

I was a huge Robocop fan when I was a kid. I loved Robocop 1 and 2. They were so violent. In Part 2, I loved the kid villian. I thought we was so cool😂😂😂😂

[@misanthropicattackhelicopt4148]

The first introduction of Kane as the robot was terrifying when I watched it as a kid.

[@markula_4040]

Zero mention of Robocop showing up at a WCW PPV to promote the sequel? For shame

[@msscott22]

It's funny how the passage of time works. When Robocop 2 came out, no one liked it. Now it's built up a pretty good cult following. I personally love it. It's absolutely insane.

[@610Hobbies]

As a kid I remember liking it, but the scene where Robo is broken into pieces was just haunting, RoboCop 3 was complete garbage since even with my incredibly low expectations as a child I was like _"wtf is this?!"_

[@anibalsantos-maldonado582]

I did have one coworker that thought this movie was a masterpiece. So it definitely has its fans.

[@cosmoissleeping]

Robocop 2 did not follow up on the original. It ignores the ending where Robocop understands his history, family and what happened to him

[@csj9619]

I agree with your assesment, but the Cain cyborg was terrifying and made it worth watching. The cyborg suicides were something I'd not seen before and left an impression on my 12 year-old self. I really miss the days of practical special effects.

[@TheApplestick]

Robocop 2 was great

[@feliperdz1883]

I saw Robocop 2 in the cinema at age 6 here in Mexico City, a brutal movie for one so young, but I completely loved it. I hadn´t even seen the first movie, which is even more violent, but they remain as a great memory from my childhood

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

I grew up on robocop2 it’s my guilty pleasure

[@RealRoknRollr3108]

Miller really loved that word Nuke. He created a comic villain for Marvel with the same name

[@JVenger]

I actually enjoyed Robocop 2. Sure, not as great as the first (which rarely is) it's nowhere near as bad as the Robocop reboot that I despise.

[@DeltaEcho303]

The scenes with ultra-PC Robocop were hilarious. "And now a word on nutrition..." [Kids run out] "I wasn't finished."

[@atomblack8144]

Robocop 2 is a movie making fun of sequels like TMNT2. It makes fun of corporations taking apart the original to make it more kid friendly and even adds the young kid trope but turns it on its head by having the kid me the most violent & vulgar one in the movie. It’s amazing

[@wstine79]

"Say, isn't this a school night?"

[@Cameleonbates]

I honestly do love this movie! Grabbed it in 4k when it came out last year. My favorite interpretation of this film is that it is an allegory about corporate forced sequels. Also, Robocain is my favorite stop motion thing ever. Got myself a little figurine and everything!

[@tekservices8699]

This movie had all the right ingredients but I feel like was a victim of its time. The bad guy was honestly bad ass. It should have been released later and with a bigger budget

[@landwand]

I love the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" guy!

[@bigtrajik1]

Robocop 2 isn't so bad. OCP are pretty much big business Democrats. They are the real monsters behind Detroits downfall

[@TheBroz]

‘OCO are pretty much big business democrats’? Do you have a head injury?

[@MrXHCx]

I think you mean the mayor is a biz dem and ocp is the big business

[@robertprice5243]

Cane is one of the most overlooked villains of all time for sure.. I mean he was even a junkie come on guys

[@deployedkitty]

one of the worst crimes of robocop 2 was ditching the first movie's theme and having something composed that sounds like what your dad would be humming in the shower after watching robocop

[@caseytodd7632]

I agree with the others - this movie is one of my favorites. The rundown Detroit scenery, the underground cult drug addicts, the humor that comes with Robo’s reprogramming and most of all, just how menacing Robocain was. As a kid, his scenes TERRIFIED me, akin to the foot chase at the end of the first Terminator.

[@jcawthon99]

Robo Cop 2 is leagues better than that abomination of a remake we got

[@gabenickelson3029]

Robocop 2 was a great film. Not as good as the original but it's up there. Robocop 3 was a disaster. If anyone wants to jump back to Robocop 1 and 2 flashback check out the video game Robocop: Rouge City. They did a great job on that one.

[@sithlordslim547]

Ngl, it was the battle between cyborgs I wanted to see, my heart sank when that lil' bastard part 'n quartered him though. The back lore was awesome, thank you.

[@LSMGinc]

How come the original Jo blo doesn’t have this many views? Love these guys

[@grumpyoldwizard]

The first Robocop was the best. I must have watched it at least 50 times over the years.

[@shadowwarrior7218]

Just 50??

[@KRS2000]

I lost count of how many times I watched it.

[@aaardvaaark]

Robocop 2 blowing the legs off of that bystander so they couldn't run away was so hilarious.

[@gailspooner1540]

I feel like this was a solid sequel. I like it. The Scene where Robocop comes face to face with his wife, and he says he doesn't know her and her husbands likeness was used to honour his sacrifice. To me, this was an important scene, where Alex realises he cannot give her what she needs, and lies to her to let her go. As for 3? I watched it once. Never again. It's awful.

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

_The_ _Corporate_ _Wars_ script was oddly prophetic. 😥

[@matthewpage8313]

Frighteningly so, I'd say.

[@retroworld8090]

Robocop 2 is still great.

[@supravlieg]

A real classic. So many memorable scenes.

[@shahfacekillah]

Robocop is a cinematic masterpiece. Nothing with the Robocop name in it will ever be as good.

[@Doubledeepfried]

In the videostore the desk person said: you already rented RC2 last year. Yes I know, i want to rent it again to see it again

[@henhowell2433]

Giving such a short window to come up with a script and then penalizing them if they were to fail, what kind of script they really think it was going to come out of that.....

[@davec.3129]

Its a perfect sequel. Frank Miller doesn’t mess around

[@SellavinAtoms]

When I was a kid I grew up watching the robocop movies, i love them very much, later as an adult I realized the deeper meaning, the first one being a dark tragic story, the second one, he faced the enemy of a drug worshipping cult as well as the enemies inside OCP, the third one the whole city is going to hell, and he fights for the resistance, there's also the 2014 reboot but we don't have to talk about that😅

[@IronMan3582]

The draft of RoboCop 2 The Corporate Wars was adapted to the pilot episode of the 1994 Live-action TV series as a feature length TV movie, with the original writers getting a credit. It actually flows better than the original draft with the revisions made and set the tone for what the TV series would be with it's near-future cyberpunk world Also Cain is an Amazon War veteran, and people are speculating that he created Nuke as his means of coping before his was dishonorably discharged and started selling it on the street (you can see this when Dr Faxx is reviewing his profile later in the movie). The Amazon War was also an underlying subplot in the 1994 TV series, and people also speculate that Murphy was going to be sent to fight in the theater, similar to what happened in the Marvel Comics series in the late 80s

[@batman88ironman]

I loved it as a kid. I was about 5 or 6 years old when I saw this movie for the first time and I got to say it stuck with me and watching it as an adult. I think it's a fine movie. I like it. I like the blend of satire and humor and brutality and horror.

[@gozinta82]

My friend and I still joke about the part where the informant cop gets caught spilling the beans to Robocop, and when hes in the back room, the doctor says "shouldn't we have the kid leave?"

[@davidkoenig8592]

I loved it. At the time, I seriously thought it was most violent film that I ever seen (until I saw John Woo's The Killer, soon after). Great stop motion effects too. For me, Kershner then had two great sequels to film classics. I didn't know it was his last film, gotta say that is a good way to go out.

[@Football__Junkie]

It’s safe to say, they didn’t tone down the body horror in Robocop 2

[@rickastley2308]

I still can't decide if this is a good movie or a bad movie. Definitely fun and entertaining.

[@cdupla1]

One of the dudes I went to Junior High with was an extra in the arcade scene. He told anybody who listened...

[@quantumparadox2518]

Saw it in the theater, loved it, still do. It’s underrated and over hated

[@joseayala8506]

The first one will always be the GOAT. It was ultra violent dark and gritty. The second one however, I felt it had a more creepy vibe because of robo Cain. I was 9 when this movie came out and remember watching it in theaters with my dad and at the brain in water scene I’d have all sorts of questions in my head like wtf.. Is he actually seeing himself get butchered up on the operating table? 😅😅😅