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Rated: R; Length: 117 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-fi; With: Peter Weller
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By Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

In this dismayingly clunky sequel, director Irvin Kershner re-creates the broad sci-fi hooks of RoboCop without the first film's scalpel-edged satirical thrust. Once again, we're in 1990s Detroit. The city is being ravaged by a crack-like drug called ''nuke,'' and the corporate cutthroats at OCP now want to foreclose on the entire decaying metropolis and put RoboCop out to pasture. RoboCop 2 has its diversions, but it's a slack and rhythmless piece of work. When our hero finally faces off against a cyborg colossus with an implanted criminal brain, the movie turns into a shameless, thudding kiddie epic — a heavy-metal King Kong vs. Godzilla.


Posted Jul 06, 1990
 

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