this movie be a fine example of what happen when a studio want to get a sequel to a fine movie out of the gate at all cost . only with this movie and it truly be a near miss . everything seem in place for robocop 2 to be a worthy followup to the groundbreaking first movie . the complete original cast ( apart from the casualty and naturally ) return and give it their best . too bad a hackneyed script and an incompetent director as good a neutralize their effort . irvin kershner might have be the ideal go to guy for george lucas to direct the empire strike back . for a pedestrian filmmaker like kershner there isn not much to ruin in lucas charmless film series . a worthy successor to a classic like robocop would have need either paul verhoeven to return and or a director with enough brass to give his own spin on it . kershner doesn not know how to give his own spin on anything ( lucas hire him for that ) and he surely no verhoeven . so what we get here be a movie that go through all the motion to replicate the first movie and but with none of the freshness and humor or dare the original have . kershner probably think he could top verhoeven by add more gore and gratuitous violence and but instead he reveal how much he be at work a a director for hire instead of a passionate filmmaker . and that a shame and since everything be in place to make this another classic . a mention the actor give it their best and but phill tippet delivers some groundbreaking stop motion effect and there be some great idea in the story by frank miller and who be bear to write a robocop movie . if only the studio have hire a director who be competent enough to make all the potential come through .