Short Circuit 2

1988
PG
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

27K

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Fisher Stevens and Tim Blaney in Short Circuit 2 (1988)

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Quirky Comedy Comedy Drama Family Sci-Fi

Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

27K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
Producers wanted Steve Guttenberg to commit to the sequel without a script, but he declined. Twenty years later, Guttenberg expressed in an interview that he regretted turning down the chance to star in this film.

Goofs
A major sub-plot involves Ben studying to become a US citizen, despite the fact he previously worked at a top-secret US weapons laboratory, an extremely unlikely job for a non-citizen. Also in the first movie he tells Newton he is originally from Bakersfield (California) and that his family is originally from Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).

Quotes
Johnny Five: Los locos kick your ass. Los locos kick your face. Los locos kick your balls INTO OUTER SPACE!
Ben Jarhvi: [angrily] Number Johnny Five!
Johnny Five: Uh-oh!
Ben Jarhvi: Come on! I will clean you up. If you had a mouth, I would wash it out with soap!

Alternate versions
Early UK versions were cut by 5 secs by the BBFC to remove a shot of man holding nunchakus, and to edit 2 uses of the word "fucking" for a PG certificate (though some debate remains as to whether the swearing may have been misheard by mistake). The nunchaku shot was restored for the 2002 DVD release though the swearing remained cut. The BBFC finally passed the film completely uncut with a 12 certificate for the UK Blu-Ray release in 2021.

Connections
Edited into Muppet Babies: ...At the Movies (1990)

Soundtracks
Holding Out For A Hero
Written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford
Performed by Bonnie Tyler

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Featured review

One of the campiest movies ever

This movie takes the robot Johnny 5 on a magical whirlwind tour of New York. He meets up with his friend and creator Ben Jahrvi they have fun, and Ben falls for an uptown girl. Johnny 5 comes to the aide of his friend and rescues the bank from a heist that he helped! Sounds like a lot to pack into the film but Steve does a great job of getting everything it needs to be into the small amount of time that this film takes up in our small meaningless lives. If you haven't seen this movie, I suggest you rent it. Forget the blockbuster's and just rent this down to home comical romp through the lives or Ben and Johnny 5, I guarantee you will not regret it.