Short Circuit 2 (1988)

So much average

Simply Perfect

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This movie isn't as good as the first Short Circuit movie but it is still very funny. Steve Gutenberg is gone but Fisher Stevens is still here with Michael McKean instead and they're both great.

The worst part about this movie is the repeat performance of Fisher Stevens as "Ben Jahveri". His fake accent is atrocious and his "hairy" facial makeup makes him look like an East Indian Wolfman. (He's not even of that nationality.) A real dumb storyline: Ben is a down and out computer genius selling miniature battery operated toys based on the Johnny Five design. He meets up with Fred Ritter (Michael McKean) and they devise a way to sell hundreds of them to Simpson's (Sears of Canada) as a Christmas toy. So, they send for Johnny to assemble them. It's supposed to take place in NYC, but it sure looks like Toronto, Canada to me. (Look for the Canadian-spelled signs) There are two major bad guys: 1.The loan shark's goons that keep breaking up the factory. 2.Oscar Baldwin (badly played by Jack Weston) who plots to break into his bank's vault to steal priceless diamonds. It's actually better than it sounds, as Johnny Five is the main character of the movie, and his giant "Muppet-Like" persona and actions are amazing. So many plot holes I could drive a double-decker bus through them: 1.The Army would certainly notice the robot is still alive and reclaim him. 2.An artificial lifeform would not quality for U.S. citizenship. 3.The background for the ceremony doesn't look American at all. Often "thrown in" as a double feature DVD along with the original "Short Circuit", which I like much better. Kids will watch it for the robot alone and not even notice how silly the whole thing is.

Short Circuit was a great film. I think that Short Circuit Two is an amazing sequel that is a little better than the first film.Benjamin gets a job in making toys that resemble Johny Five. He makes a deal with a toy company and gains a business partner named Fred. They start to have problems with production so Johny Five gets sent to them to help them out. However as he discovers that he is in a huge city Johny Five needs a lot of input but also begins to learn a lot of good and bad things about the human race.Johny Five once again makes the film. He is an entertaining and highly amusing character and may be the best robotic character that I have ever seen in a film. He is just as great in this film as he was in the first one.Benjamin is back and that is pretty cool. He gets to do a lot more in this film than he did in the first. The love story in this film is much better than the one they tried to do in Short Circuit.I think a key to this film is that it has a great message. Johny Five feels like an outsider because he is not human, despite the fact that he is a living thing. So I think the whole struggle for belonging is something that helps viewers to sympathize and root for the character searching for belonging.There is also great action in this film at times. Johny Five gets to do a lot of awesome things in this film. The humor is just as funny in this film, mainly due to Johny FIve gets to travel through the city and gain lots of input. Input need Input!!!! So this is a great sequel. A little better than the first film in my opinion. Recommend it greatly.

Film sympathetic but nothing Almighty. One of many'80s films, very cheerful and ironic that ironizzava the saga of robocop. Film certainly for the family created specifically for the saga of movie about robots much in vogue in anni'80. The robots continue to pleasure, even though in reality do not have a well-known commercial use. One of the recent film about robots "Trasformers" has had some success even though the robotic charm is quite declined in recent years. The'80s were a period full of ideas even if the film fumettistici and many were absurd. This film for this period was suimpatico. Try to be more lenient dui towards films that period starting with horror films. They were from laugh but had a certain charisma.