Editing RoboCop 2 (section)

{{short description|1990 film by Irvin Kershner}}
{{about|the film|the video game|RoboCop 2 (video game)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = RoboCop 2
| image          = Robo2poster.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Irvin Kershner]]
| producer       = [[Jon Davison (film producer)|Jon Davison]]
| screenplay     = [[Frank Miller]]<br>[[Walon Green]]
| story          = Frank Miller
| based_on       = {{based on|Characters|[[Edward Neumeier]]|{{quad}}Michael Miner}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Peter Weller]]
* [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]]
* [[Dan O'Herlihy|Daniel O'Herlihy]]
* [[Tom Noonan]]
* [[Belinda Bauer (actress)|Belinda Bauer]]
* [[Gabriel Damon]]
}}
| music          = [[Leonard Rosenman]]
| cinematography = [[Mark Irwin]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist |
* [[William M. Anderson|William Anderson]]
* Deborah Zeitman
* [[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]
* Armen Minasian}}
| distributor    = [[Orion Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1990|06|22}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $25–30 million<ref name="AFI film-58672">{{AFI film|58672}}</ref><ref name="Battle of the Biceps">{{cite web |title=Battle of the Biceps |url=https://people.com/archive/battle-of-the-biceps-vol-33-no-23/ |website=People Magazine |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040539/https://people.com/archive/battle-of-the-biceps-vol-33-no-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Texas Monthly">{{cite news |title=Texas Monthly |date=April 1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bi4EAAAAMBAJ&q=robocop+2+1990++%2425+million+budget&pg=PA96 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711213507/https://books.google.com/books?id=bi4EAAAAMBAJ&q=robocop+2+1990++%2425+million+budget&pg=PA96 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT HEAT MAKES THINGS">{{cite web |title=SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT HEAT MAKES THINGS |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-05-18-9005160736-story.html |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=May 18, 1990 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206202322/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-05-18-9005160736-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross          = $45.7 million (US)<ref name="mojo">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=0100502 |title=Robocop 2 |access-date=February 16, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite The Numbers |id=RoboCop-2 |title=RoboCop 2 |access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''''RoboCop 2''''' is a 1990 American [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[superhero]] [[action film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v41703|title=RoboCop 2 (1990) - Irvin Kershner|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=December 16, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331043925/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v41703|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Irvin Kershner]] and written by [[Frank Miller]] and [[Walon Green]]. It stars [[Peter Weller]], [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]], [[Dan O'Herlihy]], [[Belinda Bauer (actress)|Belinda Bauer]], [[Tom Noonan]], and [[Gabriel Damon]]. It is the sequel to the 1987 film ''[[RoboCop]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-16-ca-239-story.html|title=RoboCop 2: Entertainment, Yes but Also a Hero for Our Times|last=Kershner|first=Irvin|date=1990-07-16|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2010-10-13|archive-date=February 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213141755/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-16/entertainment/ca-239_1|url-status=live}}</ref> the second entry in the [[RoboCop (franchise)|''RoboCop'' franchise]] and the last to feature Weller as [[RoboCop (character)|RoboCop]] until he returned in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' (2019), ''[[RoboCop: Rogue City]]'' (2023) and other media; it is also the last film Kershner directed before his death in 2010.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-irvin-kershner-20101130,0,1523496.story |title=Irvin Kershner dies at 87; film director |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 30, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182114/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-irvin-kershner-20101130-story.html |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite web|author=Weber, Bruce|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/movies/30kershner.html?scp=2&sq=irvin%20kershner&st=cse|title=Irvin Kershner, Hollywood Director, Dies at 87|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dichiara |first=Tom |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1653143/irvin-kershner-director-of-the-empire-strikes-back-dies-at-87/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616125523/http://www.mtv.com/news/1653143/irvin-kershner-director-of-the-empire-strikes-back-dies-at-87/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2015 |title=Irvin Kershner, Director Of 'The Empire Strikes Back,' Dies At 87 |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2015 |work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref>

Set in a [[dystopia]]n Detroit, the plot follows RoboCop (Weller) as he becomes embroiled in a scheme made by Omni Consumer Products to bankrupt and take over the city while also fighting the spread of a street drug called "Nuke" and its gang of dealers led by Cain (Noonan). The film was shot on-location in [[Houston]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2015 |author=Craig Hlavaty |title=When 'Robocop 2' came to Houston |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/When-Robocop-2-came-to-Houston-6344343.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625212208/https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/When-Robocop-2-came-to-Houston-6344343.php |archive-date=2015-06-25 |access-date=2020-08-04 }}</ref>

The film received mixed reviews upon its release and earned a moderate box office return, grossing $45 million domestic, compared to the previous film's $53 million gross on a significantly smaller production budget. It was nominated for three [[Saturn Award]]s, including [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]], [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]] (for Damon), and [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]] (for [[Phil Tippett]], [[Rob Bottin]] and Peter Kuran). A sequel, ''[[RoboCop 3]]'', was released in 1993. Miller would return to write the comic book sequel ''[[RoboCop Versus The Terminator (comics)|RoboCop Versus The Terminator]]'' in 1992 and [[Steven Grant]] adapted his original screenplays for the second and third films into the comics ''[[Frank Miller's RoboCop]]'' from 2003 to 2006 and 2013 to 2014.