RoboCop 2
A corporate-controlled Detroit turns its war on a godlike drug kingpin into a violent experiment in rebuilding RoboCop.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- sardonic
- visceral
- absurd
- action movie night
- cyberpunk marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sequel technically impressive and action-packed but unfocused, excessively violent, and weaker in its human and satirical dimensions than the original.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
OCP exploits Detroit's bankruptcy and urban crisis to expand its control over law enforcement and city government.
RoboCop's human personality is suppressed as OCP tries to restore him as a monotone corporate peacekeeper.
The film contrasts militarized cyborg technology and corporate laboratories with a collapsing, lawless Detroit.
The sequel expands corporate absurdity, narcotics, failed robotic prototypes, and ultraviolent criminal spectacle around the RoboCop concept.
Films like RoboCop 2, and why
RoboCop
Shared cyberpunk dystopia, corporate power, cyborg identity, and satirical action violence.
Total Recall
Shared police-centered science fiction, corporate dystopia, transhumanism, and brutal technological spectacle.
Judge Dredd
Shared cyberpunk urban decay, drug-fueled criminal violence, and corporate control of public life.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Shared violent science fiction action, machine-human conflict, and bleak corporate futurism.
Movie Details
- Director
- Irvin Kershner
- Release Date
- 1990-06-22
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (2216)
Cast
- Peter Weller
- Nancy Allen
- Tom Noonan
- Belinda Bauer
- Willard E. Pugh
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Felton Perry
- Gabriel Damon
- Galyn Görg
- Stephen Lee
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is RoboCop 2 about?
- A corporate-controlled Detroit turns its war on a godlike drug kingpin into a violent experiment in rebuilding RoboCop.
- What is RoboCop 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of RoboCop 2 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is RoboCop 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in RoboCop 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of RoboCop 2?
- Critics broadly found the sequel technically impressive and action-packed but unfocused, excessively violent, and weaker in its human and satirical dimensions than the original.
- Which films are like RoboCop 2?
- Films with a similar feel include RoboCop, Total Recall, Judge Dredd, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- How long is RoboCop 2?
- RoboCop 2 runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch RoboCop 2?
- In United States, RoboCop 2 streams on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
