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Summary: Daring Dark Satire: Live Like A Machine, Die Like A Machine
Review: In contrast to many other reviewers, I happen to think R2 has an astonishingly inventive script brimming with daring, dark satire. The satire is so dark however, that it challenges a viewer not to be merely "entertained", but enter into a dialogue with the film. I contend that R2 is in the tradition of such apocpalyptic satirical art as CLOCKWORK ORANGE and NAKED LUNCH which serve to warn humankind just where in hell its crazed heart may lead. Unlike most mainstream Hollywood films, R2 is deeply critical of humanity and its resulting civilization -- starting with the harsh market-driven economy of winners and losers (it is no coincidence that both the drug trade and OCP bow to the same economic models). By depicting a world of such dire human/social affliction coupled with all the high-tech tools required to increase its profit (and anguish), R2 challenges the viewer to separate from this "humanity". Like the best satire, R2 exists to crack our rose-colored glasses, bloody our noses, and tell us what's wrong, so there is precious little "good" to root for in either old or new Detroit. What's at stake in R2 is simply keeping the flood of evil from drowning everything all at once. The film's sharp satirical touches include: expanding the Reagan-era "privatizing" mania to that of OCP "owning" Detroit as a merciless send-up of free market philosophy; the 12-year old drug kingpin just a few tweaks from today's gun-toting teenaged gangbangers as a potent symbol for a suicidal civilization's nihilistic future; the telethon to "save" Detroit as a chilling parody of the fiscal/civil tensions between Democracy and Capitalism (in which, tellingly, the 12-year old drug dealer purchases Detroit's "freedom"); the designer drug, Nuke, as the corrupted escape-valve for society's traumatized, post-Ritalin citizens (and just wait until human genome research trickles down to the greed of the street); the domestication of Robocop into a platitude-whining ninny as a ridicule of pie-in-the-sky suburban values failing in a battlezone of urban realities (which the suburbanites' defection from the inner-city helped to create); and the Robocop 2 cyborg who sports a criminal mind determined as the best fit for our high-tech future. These and other barbs all serve to criticize society's faith that higher and higher technology will save us from human folly instead of high-tech being correctly seen as just the latest edition of that same human folly. Yes, the script may superficially suffer from its demanding ambitions with perhaps one-too-many a sub-plot (screenwriter Frank Miller's graphic novel background pushes the envelope here), but R2's postcards-from-hell humor and prescient social criticism are the diamonds wrought from such risk. R2 is a wake-up call for a society increasingly divorced from nature: he who lives like a machine will die like a machine.
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Summary: Ugly Sequel
Review: Of course all of the Robocop movies are dark, mean, ugly, and violent except the third one, (which I enjoyed the best.) But Robocop 2 was more entertaining, surprsing, and way better than the orignal, and Robocop tops off better than the Termanitor. But if your in the mood for a dark violent sci-fi action movie than this film is for you.
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Summary: not as good as the original but its still good
Review: ok first off i want to say that the first robocop was a better movie. it had a dark setting and was in every way one of those movies that everyone should see. robocop2 in a way ignored the first film with very few refrences to it at all. they also took out the original basil poledouris soundtrack that contributed so much to the first film's atmosphere. i still really liked robocop2 mainly because it had some good acting a fair script lots of action and great special effects for its time. Cain was a WOW. i really loved the robo and cain fight, that was very entertaining and is the highlight of the movie. after all is said and done, i feel that the only drawbacks to this movie are that it wasn't as dark as the first film and the soundtrack was weak.
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Summary: An interesting turn
Review: The original Robocop was a great movie, with incredible effects and brilliant dark humor. This second film of the trilogy is VERY dark, much more so then even the original, which I found refreshing. While this movie isn't exactly The Godfather, it is an interesting and impressive action movie which walks the road less travelled by. (Particularly when you see the men Robocop saved in the original have become more corrupt than their original enemies.)
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Summary: i love this movie!
Review: i know it is slightly 'less good' than the original Robocop, but it's still a great flick. It's a lot more violent than the first and it gives a much darker vision of the future. The boy who played Hob was amazing, he's one of the best child actors around. But this is filled with great performances. Peter Weller reprises the role he accepted in 1987. It's got a lot of gore, but also a lot of humor and great music. I loved the way they made RoboCop 2 (the robot, not the movie), with the cute stop-motion effects. This movie might look a bit dated, but it's its corniness that makes good. Corny humor combined with over-the-top violence is great!
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Summary: Powerful sequel...
Review: More violent and powerful than the first, ROBOCOP 2 was hard hitting and unjustly showed a lot of drug abuse. The series became very cheesy after this and a stupid TV series was made.
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Summary: Sad
Review: After the success of the first Robocop, most would think that a better sequel could have been made. That's not the case here. Character developement and a credible plotline are quickly forgotten for mind numbing inappropriate violence. Sure, the first one was louded with blood and gore but it also has a decent story backing it up.
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Summary: Horrid
Review: I must say I was disappointed with this movie. Character developement and a decent storyline are abandoned for over the top, mind numbing violence. It just proved were the Robocop franchise was headed: ultimate disaster
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Summary: love that robocop
Review: If violent movies is your thing then this is a good place to start. Non-stop gore with lots to spare this is a good one.
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Summary: Can't top the original
Review: Robocop 2 is a watchable and entertaining movie for those who saw the first.But it lacks freshness and some parts are just disgustingly violent.
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