RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Dan O'Herlihy
- Old Man
- (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
Willard E. Pugh
- Mayor Kuzak
- (as Willard Pugh)
Robert DoQui
- Sgt. Reed
- (as Robert Do'Qui)
Thomas Rosales Jr.
- Chet
- (as Tommy Rosales)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scene in which RoboCop opens fire around the head of someone who is smoking, after which he says 'Thank you for not smoking', was actually licensed and run as a public service announcement ahead of several different films in many non-smoking movie theaters during the summer movie season that year.
- GoofsAn Asian woman in Cain's limo pleads for her life during the Nuke factory bust at the beginning of the film. When Cain shoots her and throws her from his car, a Caucasian woman in different clothing is seen falling out of the door in a subsequent shot.
- Crazy creditsThe title of the film does not appear until the end credits.
- Alternate versionsThe UK VHS video release features a number of cuts for violence:
- A carjacking technique is missing
- A hooker pokes the a thief in the face with the heel of her shoe
- Duffy's face being smashed in glass is less shorter
- Duffy's death is shorter, including a line of dialogue spoken by Angie being lost
- Anne and Robo shooting bad guys and bloody exit wounds is missing
- Angie's death is less graphic. Robocop 2 breaks Angie's neck; this was cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Unlikeliest Star (1990)
- SoundtracksThe Kid Goes Wild
Performed by Babylon A.D., Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
Written by Derek David, Jack Ponitt & Vic Pepe
Published by BMG Songs, Inc., Little Elvis, Jack Ponti Music, Perfect Pen Music,
Warner Bros. Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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Could have been so much better...
There was no way this was ever going to be as good as Robocop but they could have done so much better. What's really missing is Basil Poledouris' wonderful fanfare theme tune. In its place we are giving some appalling brass'n'percussion with a chorus singing a ridiculous 'Robocop' theme on top. It's amazing how much music can change a film, and really, a decent score would have improved the film immensely.
Also, Rob Bottin's ultra-violent effects were sadly missed. The film is full of violence but it's mainly of the long-range bullets-hit-bad-guys type: the only thing close to the original's over-the-top nature was the brain removal and the stomach-slicing.
Phil Tippett is on hand, luckily, to deliver some entertaining stop-motion action scenes which really liven up the final scenes of carnage.
Sadly, the bad guys never come across as meanly as Clarence Boddicker did in the first, OCP seem unnecessarily annoying and the little kid is just annoying. It's not a TERRIBLE film but we really could have expected more from the man who brought us 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
Also, Rob Bottin's ultra-violent effects were sadly missed. The film is full of violence but it's mainly of the long-range bullets-hit-bad-guys type: the only thing close to the original's over-the-top nature was the brain removal and the stomach-slicing.
Phil Tippett is on hand, luckily, to deliver some entertaining stop-motion action scenes which really liven up the final scenes of carnage.
Sadly, the bad guys never come across as meanly as Clarence Boddicker did in the first, OCP seem unnecessarily annoying and the little kid is just annoying. It's not a TERRIBLE film but we really could have expected more from the man who brought us 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,681,173
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,145,411
- Jun 24, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $45,681,173
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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