Netquix: RoboCop 2 (1990)

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RoboCop 2 (1990)

Dir: Irvin Kershner

1 hour 56 minutes

A karaoke rendition of the original through a megaphone, RoboCop 2 is one neon and noisy son-of-a-bot. Unfortunately, with a script seriously lacking in focus (by Frank Miller of legendary Batman comic The Dark Knight Returns) and a drive towards the needlessly savage, rather than the savagely satirical, it’s a clumsily-executed re-tread with few of the light touches that buoyed its immediate forbearer.

Loosely threaded by non sequitirs and an apparent disinterest in the lead (who now walks, inexplicably, like he’s just shit himself) , the film is driven not by plot, but by a series of mostly ugly action sequences and a raft of dislikeable and unengaging characters. Missing both the pomp of its triumphant theme tune and much of the wit with which the original was woven, it’s not a terrible film, just a deeply unremarkable one. And nothing with “RoboCop” in the title should ever be that.

4/10