RoboCop 2 story
Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, the plot centers around the eponymous RoboCop as he becomes embroiled in a scheme by Omni Consumer Products to bankrupt and take over the city while also fighting the spread of a highly-addictive street drug and its leader, the cult-like Cain.
15 total · 8 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| corporation interfering in politics | major | The OCP megacorporation plotted to bankrupt the city of Detroit and then step in to take it over. |
| crime | major | We are made to think about what to do when a city is plagued with crime and how it became that way in the first place. |
| cyborg | major | RoboCop was a cyborg. Cain was also made into a cyborg. |
| dystopia | major | The film was set in a future Detroit that was a dangerous, crime ridden slum. |
| illegal drug trade | major | Cain's gang was dealing the highly addictive drug Nuke in Detroit. |
| personal identity | major | RoboCop struggled with reconciling his human and machine natures. |
| quasi-religious cult | major | Cain was the leader of a drug dealing cult-like gang. |
| the business world | major | We were given a view into the inner working of the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products. |
| drug abuse | minor | People were addicted to the drug Nuke. |
| labor strikes in society | minor | The police force went on strike. |