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RoboCop 2
He's back to protect the innocent.
( Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 117 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 22, 1990   [USA]
 
Director: Irvin Kershner   [Director]
 
Writers: Walon Green   [Screenplay]
Frank Miller   [Screenplay]
Frank Miller   [Story]
Michael Miner   [Characters]
Edward Neumeier   [Characters]
 
Producers: Jane Bartelme   [Associate Producer]
Patrick Crowley   [Executive Producer]
Jon Davison   [Producer]
Phil Tippett   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Mark Irwin   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Armen Minasian   [Editor]
Lee Smith   [Editor]
Deborah Zeitman   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Leonard Rosenman   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Peter Jamison   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Rosanna Norton   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Sally Dennison   [Casting]
Justine Jacoby   [Casting]
Julie Selzer   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Orion Pictures   (US)
Orion Pictures Corporation
Tobor Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
Robert DoQui
Sergeant Warren Reed
Ken Lerner
Delaney
Jeff McCarthy
Holzgang
John Doolittle
Schenk
Angie Bolling
Ellen Murphy
Brandon Smith
Flint
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Chet
Tzi Ma
Tak Akita
Wanda De Jesus
Estevez
George Cheung
Gilette
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Matte World Digital
 
Tippett Studio
stop-motion visual effects
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$45,681,173
Color Info:
Color
Laboratory:
Du Art Film Laboratories Inc., New York, USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Quotes:

  • _:Cain: People want paradise, and they will have it.
     
  • [Robocop shoots at man with cigarette]
    RoboCop: Thank you for not smoking.
     
  • RoboCop: Dead or alive, you are coming with me.
    Kane: One of us must die.
    RoboCop: Dead, then.
     

Trivia:

  • The point-of-view shots from Robocop include references to MS-DOS, while the point-of-view shots from Robocop 2 feature a Apple MacIntosh-style interface, with a skull instead of the Apple logo.
     
  • A few of Robocop's new directives are:
    1. DIRECTIVE 233 Restrain hostile feelings
    2. DIRECTIVE 234 Promote positive attitude
    3. DIRECTIVE 235 Suppress aggressiveness
    4. DIRECTIVE 236 Promote pro-social values
    5. DIRECTIVE 246 Don't rush traffic lights
    6. DIRECTIVE 254 Encourage awareness
    7. DIRECTIVE 256 Discourage harsh language
    8. DIRECTIVE 258 Commend sincere efforts
    9. DIRECTIVE 261 Talk things out
    10. DIRECTIVE 262 Avoid Orion meetings
    11. DIRECTIVE 266 Smile
    12. DIRECTIVE 267 Keep an open mind
    13. DIRECTIVE 268 Encourage participation
    14. DIRECTIVE 273 Avoid stereotyping
    15. DIRECTIVE 278 Seek non-violent solutions
    16. DIRECTIVE 238 Avoid destructive behavior
    17. DIRECTIVE 239 Be accessible
    18. DIRECTIVE 240 Participate in group activities
    19. DIRECTIVE 241 Avoid interpersonal conflicts
    20. DIRECTIVE 242 Avoid premature value judgements
    21. DIRECTIVE 243 Pool opinions before expressing yourself
    22. DIRECTIVE 244 Discourage feelings of negativity and hostility
    23. DIRECTIVE 245 If you haven't got anything nice to say don't talk
    24. DIRECTIVE 246 Don't rush traffic lights
    25. DIRECTIVE 247 Don't run through puddles and splash pedestrians or other cars
    26. DIRECTIVE 248 Don't say that you are always prompt when you are not
    27. DIRECTIVE 249 Don't be oversensitive to the hostility and negativity of others
    28. DIRECTIVE 250 Don't walk across a ballroom floor swinging your arms
       

     
  • When Robocop is in the Arcade, the majority of the video games are created by Data East. Data East was the creator behind the Robocop video games.
     
  • In the scene where Robocop was being reprogrammed by Dr. Juliette Faxx, the following hex numbers scroll quickly up the screen: "50 45 54 45 20 4B 55 52 41 4E 20 49 53 20 41 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 47 55 59". Converted to ASCII text, it reads: "PETE KURAN IS A GREAT GUY". Peter Kuran was the special effects photographer.
     
  • Irvin Kershner makes a cameo when Juliette Faxx is going through death row inmates' files on the computer, the first picture you see is that of director Irvin Kershner
     


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