After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion cyborg battles with grotesque weight
Writing
Frank Miller's script: bitter, biblical, unhinged
Direction
Kershner brings Empire Strikes Back dread to Detroit
Director
Irvin Kershner
Peter Weller
RoboCop
Nancy Allen
Officer Anne Lewis
Tom Noonan
Cain
Belinda Bauer
Dr. Juliette Faxx
Willard E. Pugh
Mayor Kuzak
Dan O'Herlihy
The Old Man
Felton Perry
Donald Johnson
Gabriel Damon
Hob
Galyn Görg
Angie
Stephen Lee
Duffy
Michael Medeiros
Catzo
Robert DoQui
Sergeant Warren Reed
Ken Lerner
Delaney
Jeff McCarthy
Holzgang
John Doolittle
Schenk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frank Miller's original screenplay was drastically cut; his unproduced version later became the comic 'RoboCop vs. The Terminator.'
The 'Nuke' cult deliberately mirrors televangelist scandals and emerging private prison profit motives—remarkably prescient for 1990.
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