Why do many people don't like this movie?

I enjoyed it as much as part one, 2 is slightly my favorite, although it's not a better overall film.

IMO, Robocop 2 is one of those sequels that will get unfair criticism, not always because of how bad it is, but because of how it's a sequel to a movie people are so attached to. Even people that made the movie are often vague when discussing their dislike for it. I've seen criticims about Robocop 2 having too much violence, action, comedy, and Robocop showing too much or not enough personality, the first film gets praised for those things. 3 lacked those qualities. Some say that Robocop 2 tries to hard to be the like first, others say that it's not like the first one enough. It is flawed and some gripes are understandable since the first one left off with reasonable expectations. Robocop 2 had good continuation, still portrayed Lewis as one of the more skilled and dedicated officers, had numerous clever lines and references to Robocop's humanity. The commercials throughout part 2 were more enjoyable to me than the ones in 1 and 3. The music didn't bother me, it suited the film well, probably more than the original theme would have. My only gripe was one of Cain's top henchman being absent without explanation.

The story with his wife being dropped didn't bother me. It created sympathy for his wife (it's one of the saddest moments in the series for me), while also showing that OCP made him neglect her and his own humanity. Early in the movie he was hesitant in doing so, afterwards he made numerous references to his humanity.

There was too much to focus on the characters. Robocop & Lewis had extra obligations since the other cops were on strike, they had to deal with Cain, the villains had to be focused on, there's also the issues among OCP and the mayor. Wanting more characterization is understandable, I thought the film did well considering there was so much to cover.

Robocop's directives being erased had a purpose. It became personal between him and Cain so he didn't have to take it easy on him or follow rules when apprehending him. Also, he didn't have tolerate OCP or his superiors as much.

Agreed that Dr. Faxx wanting to use Cain's brain sounds silly. Her motives still made some sense. Numerous other prototypes with the brains of former officers had failed. Cain could be controlled because of his addiction to nuke. Robocop even used that to his advantage. Also, she probably wanted someone with limited values. That came in handy when they had Cain attack Hob's crew and the people with the mayor. All 3 films continued using ED-209 after the malfunctions they had.

It was always easy for me to believe Hob being a top guy in Cain's gang because I grew up in a neighborhood with teenagers like that, and kids that acted bigger than they were. I agree with another poster that it's becoming common these days. Hob taking over and controlling Angie after Cain was gone was a stretch though.

Reboot, restart or re-imagining is another word for remake

I don't get why people bad mouth the score. The choir chanting "robocop" over the main theme itself is silly yes, but I love the music during each individual scene especially the robocain scenes, the chase etc.

I agree with another poster that says people who criticize this film are often vague. While I agree story-wise it isn't as solid as the first movie, I still enjoy it. I like Robocop 1 and 2 about the same, but for slightly different reasons.

It's a absolutely awful film, I'm amazed it has a 5.5 on here.

I liked it,but hated the kid villian and the sequence where Robocop is reprogrammed.

Seeing him die was the reason I give it 4 instead of 3.. Just saying.