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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA sly, self-mocking sense of humor is apparent even in Robocop 2's title, which identifies both the film's sequel status and its hero. And what a fantastic nightmare creation Robocop 2 is.
- 63Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonEverything in the first movie is pretty much redone again. But in this case, the repetition isn't a bad thing. It's par for the coarse. The original had such effortless, classic-trashy appeal, there's little reason to buck the self-made system. It works. It can continue. It does continue.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI didn't much like RoboCop 2 (the use of that killer child is beneath contempt), but I've gotta hand it to them: It's strange how funny it is, for a movie so bad. Or how bad, for a movie so funny.
- 50Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerLos Angeles TimesPeter RainerNastiness in a movie can sometimes be liberating and fun, but the nastiness in RoboCop 2 is no more authentic than its heart.
- 50Time OutTime OutKershner's direction is never more than adequate, and the story seems full of unfulfilled promise and tangled threads. It's also deeply, disturbingly violent in a way which is more manipulative than gory; unlike the original, with its prophetic vision of the future, this sequel seems to spend too much time glorying in the very horrors it has outlined.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonWith its desensitizing blood lust, RoboCop 2 contributes yet another ugly note to this already demoralizing season of sadism. If things continue as they have until now, the body count at the movies may reach into the millions.
- 50NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenKershner's accomplishment in the first half of RoboCop 2--which offers up the original's mixture of crunching action, dystopian satire and depraved villainy--is the genuine pathos this conflicted tin man evokes. But a curious thing happens to this sequel. It forgets what it's about. In the last third of the movie, the character of RoboCop vanishes behind his visor, the script loses its focus, and the special effects take over.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt's difficult to imagine a summer film programmed more cynically than this repugnant sequel. RoboCop 2 is all machine, and it's all vile.
- 25Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelThe story wanders all over the place without purpose other than to shock with violence.