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Cain robot scared the hell out of me as a kid. Favorite CEO line “Behave yourselves!” 😂

The plot would have been really different if Cain was killed by Murphy and turned into Robocop 2 near the start of the movie. There would be parallels with Murphy (someone he killed returned as a robot). Would be interesting to have RoboCain work with the police, slowly losing it and becoming increasingly more violent, till the point where he regains his memories. Only at that point we would find out that his "fuel" is nuke and he would have a motivation for revenge against Murphy, going after his family. The whole "nerfed with idiotic programming" could also come into play here, since that would reduce Murphy's ability to deal with RoboCain.

Still a billion times better than the remake. It's like an entertaining comic book. It lacks the layers and the viscerality of the first one but still beats most modern action movies by a mile.

I've always considered the scene with his wife a closure of the first film. Yes he regained his humanity, yes he still cared for his family and tried to reconnect, but in the end he was forced to see how futile his efforts would be. His sort of regression is his brain trying to defend him from collapsing from all the mental torture. Or at least it's my interpretation of it.

I think from someone who grew up with these films, as soon as they made Robocop fly, they lost me. It was ridiculous.

For those who didn't know, RoboCop 2 had a rocky production. It was initially meant to be written and directed by Tim Hunter, who dropped out due to creative differences. Frank Miller was brought in to pen the script, with Irvin Kershner directing. Even then, the script was constantly being revised during production, with scenes being added and dropped as shooting went on. Lewis was originally around to lend Murphy a hand. Nancy Allen has said in interviews that the original script featured her character prominently, but the re-writes diminished her role. At one point, Lewis takes up a collection and visits the OCP headquarters to talk with Dr. Faxx about fixing RoboCop after being disassembled by Cain and his gang. Later, she helps her robo-partner snap out of it after he has a confrontation with his former wife. (Which I'll get to.) There was also a scene where RoboCop and Lewis break into Faxx's office and discover the blueprints for RoboCop 2. During the brewery shootout, Lewis gets into a fight with Catzo, Cain's right hand man. One deleted scene filmed had Cain and Angie visit OCP headquarters, and Cain's encounter with Dr. Faxx, and he stares face-to-face with the gray RC armor from the original movie on display. The original script also dove deeper into RoboCop's psyche. The movie attempts to explore how RoboCop has become more human since the ending of the first, but the subplot is quickly dropped. In the scene where Robocop is pulled apart by the gang, he visions himself visiting Murphy's grave with the scene cutting back and forth of him masked and unmasked in a surreal way. In the novelization that utilized the original script, we get a better explanation for why RoboCop is waging a war on Nuke. Seeing the crumbling state of the city and how so much of the youth is hooked on Nuke has him worried that his son will end up like Hobb, corrupted by vice and crime. The scene where RoboCop encounters his former wife at the police station happens much later in the book. After being told by the lawyers to stay away from her, RoboCop drives to a junkyard to ponder what he has become. "He closed his eyes and daydreamed, seeing himself frozen solid by rust. He envisioned the mighty magnets lifting his long out-modeled, creaky, corroded body toward the conveyor belt. The conveyor accepting the offering without question. The whining, flailing machine nourished itself on Robo's body, tearing it to pieces with rotating, razor-sharp teeth." Fortunately, Lewis arrives to snap RoboCop out of his suicidal thoughts and remind him of who he is. Also, in the aftermath of the fight between him and RoboCop 2, Murphy notices his son amongst the crowd, and does the TJ Lazer gun-twirl to let him know that everything's alright and smiles. There are so many scenes changed and altered that it made the sequel become a middle-of-the-road "meh" movie. You can tell the film had the right ingredients, but someone pissed in the recipe. It's clearly not a bad movie, but I feel it's just disappointing. And I think that hurts more than just being a bad movie; to see the potential put to waste. And the novelization/original script showed that potential. 😞

Playing the game right after watching the movies is a really neat experience…Rogue City takes place between 2 and 3 and the devs are really respectful of the lore and source material. 👏

The thing that really sold me on robocop 2 was robocop 3. You start to see the good in something once you see the absolute worst it could have been

That hesitant pause right before he electrocutes himself is golden His thought: This will either fix me or kill me. Either way, I'm free...

I like the idea of Robocop going after Cain purely to protect his family as the city falls further into chaos. He's still holding onto his old life, to the point where he is purely motivated by defending it from danger. This is an admirable effort, but his inability to move on emotionally drives him further into turmoil, which is only worsened when OCP fucks with his programming at the midpoint. The scene between him and his wife should have been the last scene of the movie, ending it on a downer with him finally rejecting his humanity and embracing the machine part of him as OCP rolls in and takes control of the city. That way, you could have Robocop 3 be about him re-discovering his humanity again as he goes fully rogue to fight OCP in order to protect the innocent, which he could see as his new family.

Seeing how the first one ends with him recognizing his humanity, higher stakes in the sequel shoulda been a story about how a villain discovers Robocops identity and then goes after his family as a way to bait trap or control Robocop, then he is torn by the directives programmed into him by ocp by the emotion drive of his human side trying to save his family.

This is making me more convinced that action spectacle alone isnt enough. It needs grounding and context in thrillers or classic dramatic narrative to truly thrive.

There is only one Robocop movie.

That scene with the smoking guy who almost gets shot looks so good. Great acting, guy looks like he was really gonna die!

The way I'd describe Robocop 2 is that it's like binge watching a Netflix series. Every twenty or so minutes is its own episode with the main plot on the bookends.

Robocop is a great movie. One that isn't placed in top 10 movie lists enough. Definitely in my top 10

16:47 I think it make sense that Cain is his first thought once he recollect his mind, seeing how Cain is the one who dismantled him in the first place. In that way, it's still kinda a revenge action.

The ricocheting bullet off the wall scene was originally going to appear in the first movie for the rape victim scene until it was changed to a bullet through the skirt. The Ed Naha 1987 Robocop novelisation seems to confirm this.

Funny how people's opinions can vary so wildly. I absolutely LOVE this movie. For instance, you mention how they could have explored the story line of his wife, by her playing a more prominent role in the film. On the other hand, I was very glad they wrapped it up and provided closure early on, instead of dragging it's heels going over old and familiar subject matter again. Still, you put a lot of work into this and did a great job giving us your personal views.

Robocop: Prime Directives series is what you want. A four part mini-series. Everytime you describe how this movie could be better I had a flashback to that series. Well, the first two at least because that is all I can remember. Still, I remember it be decent enough.

I genuinely enjoy 2, it's somewhat of a guilty pleasure/switch my head over kinda movie. Obviously no where near as compelling as the the first film. But it has its own unique charm, oh and don't ask me why but I find the scene in the warehouse with the robo Cain stalking the mayor and Hobb to be quite suspenseful, something about being trapped with a "monster" that you are completely powerless against does it for me.

It makes sense that Robocop was more mechanical in RC2. He started to act more human than machine at the end of the first RC. The CEO witnessed that first hand and didn't like it. Had rc's small portion of Alex's Murphy's brain altered for more software so he can be controlled better.

The musical themes of Poledouris' musical score in the first film are so incredibly woven in with the stoic heroicism and tragedy of the protagonist. It's literally the other half of the identity of the film. When he appears again and operates in the second film, and all of that is suddenly replaced with a generic musical score, it's like a massive piece of the heart and soul of the character has been lost. That first iconic score has been so tied to his journey, and now it's gone.

Yeah, I think the summary of Robocop 2 is "Good Ideas with Mediocre execution." I like Robocop 2, yes, because of the action, the satire, and I just really like the stop motion effects of Robocain. That said, every time I watch it, it really does feel more like I'm watching a series of TV show episodes and while I love it it is, inherently, lacking. Robocop 3... god, that's gonna be a video. Also had some good ideas, but also had way too many bad ones. Waaaaaay too many.

I think you hit the nail on the head. For me, the biggest mistake of Robocop 2 was introducing the plotline between Murphy and his wife at the beginning and then never revisiting that plot line again.

I will always defend 2. So not as bad as people claim. I also made a fan edit where I rearranged the scenes with Murphy's family and I spread them out to appear more frequently in the film, and it makes for a much more emotional movie.

Robocop 2 is entertaining but it's definitely missing a lot of things that made the original a classic but still watchable. One scene I always remember from the Robocop 2 is the Hot Dog guy as I always thought it was Richard Pryor doing a cameo as a kid in the early 90s but I found out it wasn't him when I looked it up on the internet in the early 2000s.

i think the stalking the family bit would have worked better if his presence put them in harm, like they track him to their house and wind up shooting up the place. maybe she dies, but it would be better if she didn't so murphy could learn he has to walk away from her just to keep her and her son safe.

You're spot on with how ridiculous John Wick gets with it's sequels. The original had a grounded gritty nature to the fights and everything but by the fourth film he's just fighting goons with bullet proof armour and vests and falls down an entire staircase and quickly recovers without breaking a sweat. I mean I love the sequels (besides 3) but even I appreciate the original for being a very self contained story at the end of day.

The entire film could be made much better by making Hobb into Murphy's son. It gives him a personal stake as Kane has now stolen the last legacy of Murphy as a man, and would neatly tie all the disparate subplots together. I feel like this was the plan but the studio knew it would be controversial and made Hobb an unrelated, unlikeable character instead.

Holy crap. The Robocop game is way better than it has any business being! Love how impactful the combat/gunplay is!!!

Robocop 2 felt like a season of TV episodes jammed into one film. An episode about Murphy stalking his family, an episode about the police strike, an episode about the mayor vs OCP and their corruption, an episode about Robocop being reprogrammed etc. With the Kane/Nuke storyline as the ongoing arc.

I find it RoboCop 2 criminally underrated. The action scenes were terrific and the stop frame motion animation was the best I ever had seen at this point, before the helm of CGI.

When my boss asks for stuff I don’t have done I usually respond with “it took 2 days to download stocks from Cleveland! Lost the account.” To which I just don’t get a response

oooh, I like the idea of Cane being a bad cop instead of a criminal. That would've set up a better dichotomoy with Murphy, and had the ability to set up a way more interesting story.

Being about 7 when it came out, I was obsessed with this movie. To this day, it's my favorite of the 3 movies. Most of my peers feel the same way. I wonder if it was one of those "You Had to Be There" things?

The getting up and immediately going out to the transformer and grabbing it to reset his programing is 100% Alex Murphy though. That was an act of a man loosing his damn mind and being fully aware of it. I also love the bit where he's reading Miranda rights to a corpse and presses his finger tips together before stating that he is having problems.

Another idea could have been that Murphy's kid is the psycho kid working for Cain, maybe a little more toned down and re written, interesting angle, he fell into the wrong crowd and is now apart of the same people his father takes down, but could still be 50/50 about what he is doing

Great video and thoughts...and thank you for plugging our documentary too! Look forward to seeing your two cents on 3!

I remember the live action series. Robocop didn't kill there. Instead, he used the environment to hit the bad guys like shooting a lamp above their heads and make it fall on them

Another way to look at Robocop 2 is that even though he has rediscovered his humanity by the end of the first movie, he now faces a different challenge: OCP's attempts to erase his humanity in order to control and turn him into just another soulless product of the company. You see this in the OCP lawyer telling Murphy that he is just a machine. Then Juliette Faxx reprogramming him with hundreds of silly directives. It was only by electrocuting himself that he was able to bring his real self back, a form of rebirth if you will. You could say that in Robocop 2 Murphy was reasserting his humanity and not letting anyone take it from him. Aptly summed up by his closing line at the end, "We're only human."

Ironically RoboCop 2 is the first one I ever seen so while I do enjoy this one more than the first. The First one was a Different Beast in a Great Way… But I’m also a fan of his Blue Armor here than the Silver one. I do wish we gotten Cain taking his Family hostage by him simply watching them everyday and Cain having his people keep tabs of him and notice this, and by taking him down only for him to return as RoboCain would have been Brilliant! We could have saved all the Mind Changing stuff for the Third film which probably would have made for a Better Third film, Murphy having to fight not only his Directives but also a “Rogue” Police Department no little girl hacking crap or anything like that. At this point of RoboCop 3 Murphy would have had his wife and Son by his side after the events of the second movie!

there is a production image of Robocop visiting his grave. There was a seed of a much better movie planted in Robocop 2 that never got to be. The family and identity stuff is the perfect next thing to explore

I was literally just like "Okay, Under The Mayo, I'll watch....

Robocop 2 is criminally underrated to me

A little trivia about the hundreds of directives. The data cable that's delivering the crap into Murphys head was a connecting hose from a toilet. Pretty apt.

The final showdown with Cain was cool. The stop motion is sublime. You make good points but I still enjoy RB2. Cain is a great monster. Really good design and action. I like the creepy way Cain bot moves. The first movie is perfect. Always tough to follow.

Good points. That said, I still love this film. It's like the original's awkward brother, not as talented or intelligent but there's an affability and personal charm that allows me to see past its flaws and enjoy it for what it is. Liked and subbed.

I love robo 2.... one of my favorite movies ever.

Totally agree on the fact that Murphy's personality is missing. I want to see Robocop be Murphy. His smile at the end of one was so strong. The scene in one when he goes home was heartbreaking and two lacked that weight.

i would add that the introduction of robocain was one of the most terrifying things seen in movies, next to the Terminator destroying the refugee camp or shooting up the police station

I'd add a scene after RoboCop beats Kane in the truck chase, where he, now with no directives decides to visit his wife and child, where he tells her to not try and sue OCP and assures her that everything would be alright, but this life is over now. After RoboCain attacks the meeting with the Mayor, he hears his radio go off. His wife tells him he doesn't have to go, he has no directives, only for him to reply "I do". I disagree that Robo doesn't act like Murphy though. He's not as chipper as the Murphy at the beginning of the first film, and he doesn't talk entirely human-like which I imagine was done because that's just how people associate with RoboCop. But his personality in 2 is different from his pre-discovery personality in 1, he's just serious business because he has stuff to do, and he's not going to crack any jokes because he's kind of sad, he doesn't have anything to be happy about in the beginning of the movie. In 1, before realizing he's Murphy he mostly does stuff with indifference, while in 2 he's pretty pissed when asking the guy where Nuke is made, he caresses the baby that he see's, say's shit like "we can't have that" when the guy tells him he's gonna shoot the baby, casually says "Lewis, hang it up". He's clearly very sad when the guy rips into him for thinking he could be a husband for Ellen. He just says "Dead then" in response to Kane saying one of them must die. He's very clearly Murphy to me in this film.

RoboCop 2 was my favourite movie as a kid. I always felt sad that Murphy didn't reunite with his wife in the end but as an adult I appreciated the path they took with the story. I like how he chooses to let go of his old life as a husband and a father for his family's sake and assumes a new identity that is defined by his vocation as a police officer- a defender of the innocent and an enemy of capitalism. This is the character arc that RoboCop 2 brings to the table.

I feel like the first 30 to 60 minutes genuinely felt like a natural progression from the first movie plot wise, but then it turned into chaotic schlock after that lol

In my opinion. If they had managed to keep Verhoeven as director the movie would have been stellar. I'm still a sucker for Robocop 2 and its still an enjoyable movie and for a sequel I still rate it. As you mentioned the amount of rewrites on Miller's script, its pretty much name only.

I always thought Cain was such a missed opportunity like how would Eddie feel about seeing another person having their humanity stricken from them by the same organization that created him

Looking back Kane is actually a dark reflection of Murphy. Kane technically is the husband of the girl and psycho kid. Kane doesn’t give a shit about his family and even kills them. So I do feel Murphy wants to punish him because Kane took his family for granted.

Oh my this Robocop vid was amazing. OG Robocop is my favorite film of all time too. Going to watch that documentary tonight. Keep up the great work.

I can argue that him going after Cain is pretty Alex Murphy actually. While originally he was after Cain because of nuke, following his repairs, Alex is very clearly going after Cain for revenge after the gang tortured him and tore him apart, he sounds angry when when he tells that other cop "CAIN! CAIN IS BUGGING ME!" He wasn't there to get the bad guy, he was there (this time with backup / his homies) to get back at Cain for what they did. The final battle is also a revenge match, Robocop goes after Robocain because he learned from Hob that it's Cain and goes to finish the job. He doesn't say like "you're under arrest!" or something, he straight up goads the guy to a fight going "CAIN! LET'S STEP OUTSIDE!" What takes out of it is the fact that Cain has no lines as a cyborg which doesn't let the crew expand the bad blood between the two, the issue is also Cain's design; for me he is easily the coolest 90s giant death robot ever put to film, but you can't really see that thing monologuing or shouting at Robocop so I understand why the director chose to have him not say anything, but at the same time, the lack of lines prevented them from making it clear that the two giant robots are fighting because it's personal.

I saw Robocop 2 on theatrical release and was disappointed. One of the things that really bugged me was the lack of musical cues that were established in the first film are totally missing and replaced with a generic score. Robocops theme is nowhere to be found in Robocop 2. I didn't like that they made the OCP CEO somewhat of a villain this time around, which didn't make sense since Murphy/Robocop rescued him at the end of the first film. I agree with your criticisms 100%. The Robocop sequels suck!

I'd say that Frank Miller's influence was one of the sequel's problems: The man is way to much into nihilistic violence, but it's the"Murphy" side that made the original Robocop (movie and guy) great in the first place. As a kid I had RC comic in which Murphy faces a cyborg baddie - and adresses their lost humanity and shared trauma, which overloads and shuts down the baddie cyborg. I hope the Amazon reboot/sequel will focus more on Murphy as a person.

I like the fact that they gave us closure with his wife early on. I will agree that Weller seems more robotic in this movie and not as expressive as he was in the first movie. But it can also be said that he could be battling embracing his new direction leaving his family behind. Causing to find a balance within his conscious. Either way I love this movie. Cain always freaked me out as a kid.

3:52 There's a couple of caveats about Murphy's regression. As the man himself says "I can feel them, but I don't remember them". He knows that they were important to him, but not why. It seems obvious as well that OCP is attempting to treat the man as a machine.

It would have been a better story if Cain went after robocops wife and child and stirred up his emotions.

I like this movie just for the robocain

RoboCop 2 shows us that stop motion photography is far more terrifying than CGI.

man robocop 2 is classic. my fav in the franchise. I dont know why people hate on this movie so much. kept up with the storyline, same actors, lots of action. I love robocop 2. now robocop 3 is a tragic failure. that mess was straight trash lol

They could have had an angle where the bizarre kid crook element was actually his son whose fallen on the wrong path since his Dad was murdered which would have allowed for Murphy to be more invested in the Cain angle, perhaps only revealing it being his kid via a flashback near the end of the movie, maybe those directives could have been for him to stay away from his family? Maybe that telling off in the station could have been linked towards that too, which in turn caused the boardroom to go nuts with filling additional directives to play to the parental link undercurrent? Perhaps the electrocution on the breakers could have been Murphy's humanity desperately trying to get a grip on the situation, resetting his directives and thus 'taking the gloves off' .. Who knows what could have been..... I really don't have time for this movie in general, it's the one I've watched the least over the years, there's some good stuff here but it's not for me.

WOW!! SUPERBLY executed. What a comprehensive deposition that literally (and shockingly) gets it like I do. My all time favourite story. Thanks for this gem, now I can shove this in my geek pals faces as evidence I wasn’t just pulling this out of my ass lol

Maybe the best line in the movie and hits so well - "Dying Sucks" "Yes...."

I feel that the movie starts very strong, with the natural progression of Robocop being hesistant to meet his family. The main problem is that OCP forces him to become a souless robot for the rest of the movie, which is insulting to the character arc of the first film. I would have made it so that OCP, in order to distance themselves from Dick Jones mindless ED-209, actively support the humanity shown by Murphy. To make it harder to decide if the Old Man and Johnson are actually corrupt or in good intentions, they, along with Lewis encourage him to meet his family. This would lead to an emotional scene where Murphy reunites with his family. I think Cain could still see use in this film, and one day, an incident revolves with Murphy's family in a crime. In the process, Murphy and Lewis go to rescue them, obviously being a highly stressful situation, but Murphy is critically damaged and enters a state of comatose. After an unknown period of time, Murphy is restored, albeit in a damaged state to a city slated clean by the constructed Delta City. I think this would make for a good exploration film for Murphy to find what happened to his family, Lewis, the detroit police staff and OCP, you can really play up on the corruption of the rich buisnessmen, crime fighting and would show progression from the first movie. I think they could either reveal slowly that his family was killed by Cain or corrupted by the drug trade to fund Delta City. Then, you could reunite Murphy with Lewis and perhaps establish the resistance group to stop Cain. Maybe Cain was hired by an unknown OCP member to fool the Old Man into funding the corrupt Delta City.

Would of been interesting if kane corrupted alex' s son.

RoboCop 1 is a Timeless Masterpiece. Robo 2 having a different Director, Writer, with Re shoots , and Re writes . Hindered the potential of what the sequel could've been.. With that being said, i still enjoy watching Robo 2 overall.. But it's not nearly as good as the 1st film.. Other Sequels like Predator 2 actually got it right. Kept the premise , and narrative close to the chest.. While introducing the Audience to a new story , that is tangible, innovative, and intriguing..

Honestly, leave everything the same. But when Hob dies in the factory have it effect Murphy so much because it reminds him of his own son. Hell, they could even be the same age. Let Murphy have a flashback of his son while Hob dies which leads to ONE additional scene where Murphy gets closure with his wife and son. The reason the earlier scene with his wife falls flat is because there’s no resolution later in the movie.

Excellent commentary. I saw an interview with Weller reflecting how at the time he was indeed asking 'Where's the 3rd act?!'

I disagree with you on so many levels, robocop 2 is such a masterpiece

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Well Robocop 2 gave us one of the best movie villians. Cain is one of the few movie monsters that gave me nightmares as a kid. And I binged horror movies as a 12 year old. But yes the movie had issues. The way they portayed Robocop so weak and vulnerable in the second movie against humans was a bad choice. Using Cain as a stronger opponent used by the human crooks would of been better

It's gonna be interesting how the Game takes its new direction and story since apparently it takes place right after Robocop 2. Maybe Teyon could incorporate some of the good ideas the movies had and knowing they do their homework well,There maybe some hope. Nevertheless this movie is atleast entertaining to watch where as the Original is just legendary all around.

One way I'd improve Robocop 2 is tying Kane to Bodeger. That way there's more of a reason for Robocop to go after Kane beyond "drug dealer bad >:(" having Kane be Bodeger's unhinged drug dealing 2nd in command not only gives Robocop more of a motivation to go after him especially given what Bodeger and his group did to Murphy in the first one but it also gives Kane something of a vendetta against Robocop. The god complex angle is great and really baking that into Kane'a character to the point where he would have idolised Bodeger in some capacity, would have been great to see if they went with that direction. I love your idea on Murphy's wife falling into the Nuke addiction. I feel like it would justify Murphy watching the house 24/7 except he doesnt realise that her paranoia because of the Nuke in this hypothetical would heighten her anxiety even more and drive her further into Nuke. I loved the first movie, i didnt really have a lot of complaints with 2 but 3 is where i checked out. The reboot was ass cheeks though.

Thank you for not filling your video with cutaway gags to pad out time for the algorithm. You will be rewarded in the long run.

I saw this film when I was about 8 years old. I had proper PTSD from the violent scenes (the murder of the girlfriend and the brief torturing of the cop)

Despite Robocop 2 being inferior to the first film. I really like this one a lot. Especially using Cain’s brain in the “Robocop 2” machine. There are alot of great aspects of this film. They tend to be downgraded or overlooked when put up against the original

To be honest, I love all RoboCop movies, including TV shows and reboot movie. Because in my opinion they are all good in their own way. And I wish that we could get a sequel to the reboot movie. Sadly, because of rating, that will never happen. The only media that I can go critical about RoboCop is video games because, we don't have a lot of good RoboCop games. Sure, new game could be actually good but that is just one game in a long time. But before that we didn't had any good RoboCop games. Sure, there is some arcade games, that is good and few home versions, including new game but that is as far as we can get with RoboCop games. But as for the movies, like I said, I like them all.

The worst crime of this movie is the fact that it doesn't even feature the goddamn theme song!

That robocop toy with the caps was cool as hell

Robocop 2 is a masterpiece. It's a parody of the making of itself. It's as brilliant as the original, just in a completely different way. Whereas the original movie is more a hero's journey with the emotional lows and highs, Robocop 2 is pure satire, parody, and insanity. Think of it like this, OCP is Orion, trying to make a sequel to Robocop while not understanding why it worked in the first place so they hire a hot shot up and comer Frank Miller/Dr Fax to lead the program/movie. When you think of the movie as referencing itself the entire time, it really is brilliant and insane.

Excellent analysis Mayo; a very fair and balanced view on what is a very odd film for me. I agree with you that it wasted a lot of good potential and ideas but ultimately isn't a bad movie. I'm glad it wasn't just me who remembered thinking that it felt like Murphy had regressed from where he was at the end of the first movie to where he is at the start of this one - that always bothered me and no-one else could see it! Looking forward to your critique of Robocop 3 in due course😁👍

I love this film. It's my personal favourite. Robo 1 was a masterpiece, but somehow I choose this one to rewatch more often.

I *choose* to take all the flaws in 2 as a satirical jab at sequels, and presto... they no longer bother me when viewed from that perspective.

I always thought a great idea for the sequel would be to turn Lewis into a lady Robocop... Remember at the end of Robocop she's all shot up and she says "Murphy, Im a mess!" And he says "They'll fix you. They fix everything". That would have been so awesome. Murphy and Lewis robocop team.

Robocop is awesome but I really enjoyed Robocop 2. 3 is unwatchable. 👍

it is important to distract yourself after trauma, so I can see why Murphy has a hard on for Cain.

I've tried to watch Robocop 2 at least a half dozen times over the years, and I've never gotten beyond the 15 minute mark.

This was such a let down compared to the first, that is in my top 3 favourite movies of all time and it just went massively downhill

Me and a school friend used to always throw out the lines Robocop came up with while under the DLC directives. Faves include "It's the thought that counts" , "I'm having trouble". That, and every now and then just throwing out a madman assassin "Nuuuke!"

This is what I needed before I play the new game tomorrow. I watched RC1 in the 90s ALOT. Never saw 2 or 3. Only KZfaq clips. Thanks for this

Robocop is my favourite movie as well! I’ve followed you for a couple of years for your doom eternal content, but I never knew about your movie stuff

they made a comic with the original script, and yes, is more of a mix of robocop 2 and 3. like you say at the end. I think robo 1 is more a classic tale, and this one is a modern take, with a bunch of stuff that happens until it ends. like a 3 stooges short. in this one robocop takes the ed209 role of malfunction robot, and gets replaced by robocop 2, so hes got to stop it, not only because he is the bad guy, but also he is gonna replace him