RoboCop 2 [1990] — 3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100502/

Ok after watching the first RoboCop I was not expecting much from this one. I did however know that it was inevitably going to be worse than the first one, but honestly it turned out to be just the same.

The intro was again way to long and boring. Also this movie jumped all over the place as far as plotline. There was a bunch of stuff that happened, but it felt more like 3 TV episodes back to back with almost no break. This movie actually had more of a storyline than the first RoboCop but even so it was by no means a good one.

First off there was no central storyline as in there was not a center plot with the exception of crime fighting. First off think about what’s the worst thing that could happen to a crime fighting cyborg. Then you think of it! It gets reprogrammed! Section 1 complete! NEXT! What’s the next worst thing that could happen? The criminals find a way to finally fight it and tear it into pieces. NEXT! Get a bigger cyborg to try and kill it. DONE!

Seriously, it was like the writer(s) could not think of which one to go for, so they chose option D. All of the above. Fucking shoot me. At least it didn’t hop between them all while you’re stuck trying to figure out the timeline of the movie. As I said it was like watching 3 back-to-back TV episodes. They could have done much better.

The make-up was just as good in this one as it was in the first, but it was hardly used. It was mainly stop-motion machine work thanks to the bigger cyborg. The bad part was that you could tell. Yes I know the movie has aged, but even when I was a kid and I watched the first one I could tell at certain points that the movement was wrong and not real. Seeing it nowadays just makes it even worse. But I try to avoid things like that because at the time it was probably the best they could do.

All in all I would be glad if I never saw this film again. Don’t watch it unless you have to do what I am doing and suffering through the Trilogy so that you can finally sell it without remorse.

Base Score = 4
-1 for no central plot
+1 for make-up
-1 for basically making 3 TV episodes.
=3/10

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