RoboCop 2 RoboCop 2 RoboCop 2 is a 1990 American cyberpunk action film directed by Irvin Kershner, written by Frank Miller and Walon Green, and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. It is the first sequel to the 1987 film, "RoboCop" and the second entry in the "RoboCop" media franchise. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, the plot centers around the eponymous RoboCop (Weller) as he becomes in embroiled in a scheme by Omni Consumer Products to bankrupt and take over the city while also fighting the spread of
RoboCop 3 rates the film as 2½ stars, stating, "The best one could hope for is a movie that's not an ordeal to sit through, and on that level, "RoboCop 3" certainly excels. When placed side-by-side with the original, the film doesn't quite hold up. But, at the very least, "RoboCop 3" works as a popcorn movie—something part two couldn't even manage." Other points of criticism in this movie include curtailing the graphic violence of the first two films (deliberately done in order to be more family friendly), less humor, and the absence of Peter Weller in the title role. RoboCop 3