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.
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 Cain. 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 Cain as the new subject for the Robocop 2 project, a living God.—Aldo Della Rocca
Haunted by fragmented memories of his family after the events of RoboCop (1987), Officer Alex Murphy is back in action in nearly bankrupt, crime-infested Detroit. But with a highly addictive synthetic opioid sold on the streets and the giant OCP corporation on the verge of implementing its sinister plan, Murphy is fighting a losing battle. And as delusional psychopath Cain, the fanatical leader of the dangerous Nuke Cult, enters the equation, a technologically superior successor to the city's armoured defender emerges. This time, the odds stack against the metallic patrolman. Is the part-man, part-machine police officer ready for duty? Can the unstoppable RoboCop combat the massive crime wave that has swept Detroit?—Nick Riganas
Once again Detroit is ridden by a gang of drug dealers, and Robocop is the only one who can do something about it. When Cain, the chief of the gang, is killed during his confrontation with Robocop, OCP (the company that runs the police) transforms him into Robocop 2, a new android much stronger than the first. Now Murphy has to face him again, because Cain didn't forget who he was.—Chris Makrozahopoulos <[email protected]>
Sometime after the events of the previous movie, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) plans to have Detroit default on its debt so that OCP can foreclose on the entire city, take over its government, and replace the old neighborhoods with Delta City, a new community development which was already planned, but with the effectiveness of the RoboCop program, is now set in motion. Towards that goal, OCP forces a police strike by terminating their pension plan and cutting salaries. As RoboCop (Peter Weller) is legally the property of OCP, he cannot strike due to his secret fourth command, and continues on duty with the assistance of his partner Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen).
Meanwhile, the Security Concepts division of OCP continues to sink millions into the development of a more advanced "RoboCop 2." However, each project ends in disaster - all of the formerly deceased officers picked for the project have committed suicide. Dr. Juliette Faxx (Belinda Bauer), an unscrupulous company psychologist, concludes that Murphy's exceedingly strong sense of duty and his moral objection to suicide was the sole reason behind his adaptation to his program. Faxx approaches the Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy) to convince him to let her take over the project, this time using a criminal, with a desire for power and immortality, to the objection of the other executives on the project.
At the same time, a new designer drug named "Nuke" has been plaguing the streets of Detroit. The distributor, Cain, believes that Nuke is the way to paradise, and is obsessed with power. He is assisted by his girlfriend Angie, his juvenile apprentice Hob, and corrupt police officer Duffy, who is addicted to Nuke. Having beaten Cain's location out of Duffy, RoboCop confronts Cain and his gang at an abandoned construction site. However, they overwhelm Murphy and literally disassemble his body, dumping all of the pieces in front of his local precinct. Duffy is later killed by vivisection.
Dr. Faxx and a new team repair Murphy, programming him with over 300 new directives added for Public Relations, confusing his mind to the point of compromising his work since he cannot violently attack or take drastic actions among other restrictions. After the original RoboCop team realizes that he would need a massive electrical charge to reboot his system, Murphy grabs onto a dangerous power-line transformer to erase all of his directives, both new and old. The concerned picketing officers are then motivated by Murphy to aid him in raiding Cain's hideout. Cain is badly injured in the getaway when his truck flips over. With Cain immobilized, Hob takes control. Dr. Faxx selects Cain for the RoboCop 2 project, and turns off his life support, installing his brain into RoboCop 2.
Hob arranges a meeting with Detroit's mayor, offering to bail out the city's debt to OCP, but only if he agrees to a hands-off policy for the legal distribution of Nuke. Since this would hinder OCP's attempt to open Delta City, they send Cain to slaughter everyone at the meeting, so they could install their operatives and take control. Though everyone else at the meeting is killed, the mayor manages to escape. RoboCop arrives too late, but finds a dying Hob, who identifies Cain as the attacker.
During the unveiling of Delta City and Cain at a press conference, the OCP President unwittingly presents a canister filled with Nuke. Cain, whose brain is still dependent on the drug, loses control, violates every directive installed into him, destroys the remote control that arms his weapons, and opens fire on the crowd. RoboCop arrives and the two cyborgs battle, eventually falling off the roof and crashing through to an underground facility. As the rest of the police force arrives and engages Cain, RoboCop heads back to the OCP building and recovers the canister of Nuke. Seeing the canister, Cain stops fighting to administer the drug. While Cain is distracted, RoboCop manages to jump onto his back, punches through to Cain's brain and rips it out of the machine before destroying it, effectively killing him for good.
The Old Man, Johnson and OCP's defense attorney, Holzgang, discuss the company's liability for the massacre, and indirectly decide to use Faxx as a scapegoat, since she is the one who created the RoboCain project. Lewis complains about how OCP is escaping accountability yet again, while RoboCop insists they must be patient as "We're only human".
