Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, June 25, 1990, Page 4, Image 4

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    A&E
‘RoboCop 2’ good, but not up to original
By Brian Bloch
Robot h) p is l>iii k 11 n lllr
streets ill Drlmil (ins lime li.it
tling .1 sin iet\ throw n inlu i h.i
i is iiv .1 h igldv iiililu t i\ i• drug
I’.i 11 m.in |i.irI mni him-.
Robot a ip ll’i'ti'i W i'lli’i l. t.H t*s
tile seemingly mipiissihlr task
ill ridding his i itv id its addn
linn In Nuke m Irvin kei slinei s
KiiIhiI up
Movie Review
I'he ding is indy out- of Ins
problems With the othei i ops
on strike the i itv in pnnde
mon i u m .i ml I lie i omp.i ny
(Omni ( onsiimei Products m
()( I’l pl.iv mg u ilh Ins i m nits
our hero has plenl\ to do
I)( I’ headed again l>\ the
Old M.iii |Daniel ()l leiliiiv■ I. is
i overt I \ toiling the pid ii e
sli ike m an attempt to buy up
llit* i it\ lor il . cm n gain \\ i(!i
mil till" i (>ps nil ililt \ I let! (ill i
overrun with looters 11r< >■>ti
1 Hies .mil drug dealt'!s
Meanwhile thr 11 n |i ,| I d
Kubitl up and Ins partner Anne
lewis (N.i n< v A lien! .hi' hitting
thf stri'i'ts tr\ ing to tr.n k dow n
thr i entral drug ting i unlrolli'd
In ( .on (Tom Noonani I hi*
ring plans to market Nuke, ulli
mutely addii Iing the entire
i it\
I'lii* had guys are prt'dii talih
i mu ei tied about KoboC.op s
new interest in then business
ventures and retaliate, taking
him temporarily out of serve e
I he i nuipaiiv henotilmg from
the lily's turmoil is relm taut
to repair Kobot op and when
they do. leave hull with the
prow ess of I eli \ I ngei
I he mixed up Robot op risks
his life to shake the reprogram
tiling and returns ready deal
with the di ug img and the
menac mg Robot op ^
Mu ilt by (Ml' in polit' ■ the
i 11\ when it s rebuilt under
their ownership. Rubor op J is
tuns and improved Die giant
i vbwrg is run In tlir i riminalh
twisted brain of lam), who has
i an ii'd bis addii lion to N'uhe
into bis met hanir .il bod\
rile i Innas leatures a bloods
d il I- 1 bet w e e n the two
Robot ops after No 2 goes on a
drug indur ed killing rampage
I ans ol the first movie will
(mil as mm 11 violent r as m the
original I'lie at Non is last and
el let I i vel y relentless, only
slowing when si 11 pt does
Robot up 2 does just it e to tile
flavor ol the original, it s famil
lai Iv sjiu ed w ith a \am al TV
i omriien ials and not so subtle
labs at the late ol the world
I be movie also tom lies on
the intriguing part ol Robot op
that remains otfii ei Alex Mm
pll\ and Ills battle to find some
kind id idt'iititv outside Ins pro
gi .1 mm i ng lJofo rt unatel y
those tangents aren't explored
thoroughlv and leave the v iew
ei wondering win thei were
ev en mtrodiK ed
There are other instant es iit
the storv leaving itself lor
seeminglv worthless tangents,
almost as d tliev tried to jam
too mm h into one storv and
left the seams jagged
I rom there, the mm le sin
i eeds There's plenty of fire,
bullets explosions and great
one liners to make this movie a
winner Robot .op the t harai
ter. carries the storv through its
stalls and tangents making the
movie tun and undouhtedlv
i aptm mg v'our attention
It von liked the original or
lust hungei tor a mm le that
docsn I pull anv punt lies
/iiiM'n/i J won t disappoint
v on
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Continued from Page 3
minuii's to choc k In-, liiiiii
drv. iind returned to find his
w .diet and $ I (i in i .isli slo
ten
• t 'nkiimvn suspei Is broke
the front ot ,i vending m.i
(hint* in the ! niversilt Inn
on |nne I. .uid took S1 5 >(•
worth of enndv bars
• Ol’S reports unknown sus
pci ts smashed the driver's
side w iildow ot <i vehii le
[larked in tile Bean ( simplex
parking lot June 4. stealing a
( ompac I dis( plaver and a
( assetie plaver The owner's
i ar alarm reportedh went
olt, but no one responded
I lie total loss to the owner
w as S'IIMl
• In addition. ( ll'S reports
nine bikes stolen, and none
re< overed
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