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RoboCop 2 (1990) - Movie Review

Official Score = 4 Devils
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!


Galaxis (1995) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_390" align="alignright" width="178"]Official Score = 1 Devil Official Score = 1 Devil[/caption]

If you’re like me, then you will generally tend to find B-Movies to be rather fun… especially B Science fiction films. I mean I know that technically B-Movies are considered to be, ‘Bad’ Movies, but for my money, there are more than a few B-Movies that are not that bad!

On that note though, there are the Hollywood A list films that are supposed to be the best of the best when it comes to films, then there are what I would say, ‘Good’ B-Movies (Basically those B Movies that never got enough of a chance, but are genuine classics.) Then there are crummy B-Movies…

Now when I mean when I say, ‘a crummy B-Movie’, I am talking about a movie that is so bad, that there is little to no redeeming quality to it… And that was the case with, Galaxis (1995)…

Written by: Nick Davis (DNA), and Directed by: William Mesa (Darkening). Starring: Brigitte Nielsen (Cobra), Richard Moll (House), Craig Fairbass (Hijacked), Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), John H, Brennan (SeaQuest 2032), Fred Asparagus (Dragnet), Roger Aaron Brown (Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Cindy Morgan (Tron), Michael Paul Chan (Falling Down), Richard Narita (Murdered By Death), and Kristin Bauer (True Blood).

This movies tells a sort of confusing tale of how a group of Aliens (that look like humans) called the, ‘Centaurans’ are being chased by another human looking Alien by the name of Kyla (Moll)… Now the reason for this is that Kyla wants a magical crystal that as it turns out is the whole reason for the existence of this civilization!

Anyway, Kyla ends up sending his forces to the Centaurans last stand, and take over the colony as well as their precious stone… But just after Kyla delivers the fatal blow to the leader of that species, ‘Lord Tarkin’ (Fairbass)… Lord Tarkin’s sister, ‘Ladera’ (Nielsen) comes back and discovers her brother on the ground and that the only way to save her race is to go to Earth and find the second weird magical diamond (and this is where I am a little hazy, not because I forgot this part of the movie, but that was how the movie was made), but that it was either on the Earth of the present, or it was on Earth in the past, or it was in another dimension… I can’t say for certain…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Jed Sanders (John H. Brennan) & Ladera (Brigitte Nielsen) as they try to work together![/caption]

Either way, Ladera travels to Earth in search of it, and comes across Jed Sanders (A.K.A. Jett Centers… Don’t ask me why, I really could not tell you) who as an antique importer/exporter has actually come across the diamond in his travels! The only problem is that even though he has it, he also happens to be in trouble with the mob, (and possibly the Police)…

So when he and Ladera team up, of course they lose the diamond and have to find it before Kyla does… the only problem is that to do so, they have to get passed the mob, some cops… And possible the Chinese Triads…

In the end this movie is pretty awful, the story has some merit in its concept, but the script was so mediocre, that the idea could never really be realized. Surprisingly enough, they got more than a few great actors (again they were overshadowed by the mountain of crappy actors and actresses they got to fill the gap.) As a matter of fact, the only thing that I thought the good outweighed the bad on was the special effects… Those I will admit were pretty good for a B Science Fiction Film.

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