RoboCop 2 (1990) - Movie Review

Official Score = 4 Devils 

Alright, so there has been one general theme that seems to be true of most forms of action packed entertainment... That is the fact that when the studios are doing the sequel to a successful movie, the production usually calls for the movie to be bigger, with more explosions, bigger story lines, bigger A list actors, etc... etc...

There is only one problem with that... That being that most of the time these movies, for lack of a better reason generally tend to be worse then their original movie!

Now this is not always true, (although it is most the time,) a great example of a movie that I would say was on par with the original was the sequel that Rob Zombie did of the, 'Halloween' remake series... And another example that I would say is universally accepted as being better then the original movie, is: Star Trek 2: The Wraith Of Khan (1982)... And yet another example being: RoboCop 2 (1990):

One of those few movies that I would say is better then the original.

Written by: Frank Miller (Sin City), Walon Green (Eraser) & Directed by: Irvin Kershner (Eyes Of Laura Mars), Starring: Peter Weller (Startrek: Into Darkness), Belinda Bauer (Timerider), Tom Noonan (Manhunter), Roger Aaron Brown (Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Nancy Allen (Carrie) & Dan O'Herlihy (The Last Starfighter).

Alex 'RoboCop' Murphy as he is just starting to take down, 'Cain's' drug ring!

After the events of the first movie, Alex 'RoboCop' Murphy (Peter Weller) has been accepted in to his department as one of their own, and not just as a piece of equipment... He has even made a friend in his partner, 'Lewis' (Nancy Allen)! The only problem is that as his old memories of his life before being a Cyborg begin to surface... Murphy begins to spend time watching his old family...

And OCP... Well... They are up to their old hijinks of course! There next robotic monstrosity... A cop to replace Alex 'RoboCop' Murphy! And in the end, instead of looking at reviving a duty driven cop... They will find some one far worse!

In the end, it will be up to Murphy and Lewis to once again stop the latest OCP mistake, before that mistake destroys the rest of the city!

RoboCop VS... RoboCrook? 

In the end I am going to say that, RoboCop (1987) was a truly exceptional movie, the one thing that for me I kind of liked that was missing in the first movie was the one thing that most of the time sequels tend to get wrong... This one had bigger and better special effects, big talent... But the kicker for me was the fact that the odds against Murphy and Lewis were bigger, with them basically being alone against an even more dangerous OCP... I also have to say that the ending was pretty amazing!

In the end the first movie had everything going for it pretty excellently, but if you haven't seen the second one yet... You should, you might really like it!