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His brain is implanted into the new cyborg setting up a raucous confrontation Between the two metalheads. The violence in t Only gratuitous in every sense of the word it reaches sickening Heights. There s a scene where Rob Ocop is worked Over with a pile Driver Chain saw and sledgehammer All lovingly photographed in painstaking detail. There s another scene in which the camera lingers on a Skull a with the face still attached a that a just been Cut open to get at the brain inside. What a the Point of showing something like that other than to make viewers nauseous the action is non Stop but it seems like the movie gets duller each time the Decibel level is ratcheted upward. How Many geysers of red goo can you watch before your brain Short circuits you can a Lff a  a Joe versus the Volcano pm7 .  a Blue steel r7 . Say the handmaid s tale r7 . Rob Neon a a sumo a glory r7 . To a lethal weapon 2 r7 . We a the blood of heroes r. 7 . The driving miss Daisy pm7 . 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Say Joe versus the Volcano pm7 4 9 . Feel the desperation of the Guys behind the cameras to do something a anything a to keep you interested. There Are feeble attempts to revive the Tongue in Cheek tone of the first film As when a newscaster reports of a nuclear Accident that has damaged millions of acres of tropical rain Forest. A officials Are Labelling it a disaster Quot he intones. Quot Don t they always Quot smirks his twinkle blonde sidekick. But it does no to work. This flick represents most of what is wrong with sequels. Hard pressed to come up with a fresh twist on an original idea Hollywood settles for trashing it and cashing in on reputation. Yet the Public goes on consuming it at sky High prices As if it was a dose of nuke. And since none of the True villains such As the corporate ceo get their just rewards you re guaranteed another sequel. Rob Ocop 2 is All blood and no guts a cold plate of leftovers that rates a mediocre two stars out of four. A Chuck Vinch a staff writer hese Are the top 10 movies in the United states according to the latest tabulation from exhibitor relations co., with total sales since release. 1 Days of Thunder $215 million. 2 Dick Tracy $66.4 million. 3 Rob Ocop 2 $25.8 million. 4 total recall $91.5 million. 5 another 48 mrs $59.2 million. 6 ghost dad $4.8 million. 7 gremlins 2 the new Batch $294 million. 8 Betsy a wedding $101 million. 9 pretty woman $149.1 million. 10 Back to the future part Iii $63.9 million. A a sunday july 8,1990 to plus pm a Page 11