Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: RoboCop 2 had the 2nd highest body count for a film in 1990, with 58 deaths. It was beaten only by Die Hard 2, with 162 deaths. (They cheated by having an aeroplane blow up, of course).

Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: The auditorium used for the scenes at the end of the film was the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: The abandoned hospital used in RoboCop 2 for Cain's death and brain removal scenes was the former Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas. The building was demolished in 1999, and the property where the hospital was once located was sold off to the U.S Federal Reserve for $23 million.

Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: When Cain escapes from the drug factory at the beginning of the film, he shoots a Chinese woman who is hiding in his car. She was actually speaking real Mandarin to him and she said, "Take me with you, if not the police will catch me."

Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: At the start of the film when the gang break into the weapons store we see two of them argue about the cops coming to get them. If you look closely at the gun rack on the far left of the screen you will see a Beretta M93R-AG gun. This is the slightly unmodified version of the Auto-9 gun that RoboCop uses.

Padzter

14th Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: The Nuke drug holders are actually old tape cassette holders. The small capsule containing the Nuke is actually applicators for the drops that go on contact lenses, with water and red food colouring in them.

Padzter

3rd Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: The films screenwriter Frank Miller makes a cameo appearance in the film. He plays the part of Frank, Cain's drug maker.

Padzter

2nd Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: The films director, Irvin Kershner, appears in the film. When Dr. Faxx is screening candidates for the RoboCop 2 brain, the very first face seen on the screen is that of Irvin's. (00:42:12)

Padzter

2nd Jul 2003

Robocop 2 (1990)

Trivia: RoboCop's 'robovision' interface has references to MS-DOS, and RoboCop 2's 'robovision' interface has references to Apple Mac.

Padzter

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