Short Circuit 2 (1988)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writers:

Brent Maddock (writer)
S.S. Wilson (writer)

Release Date:

6 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Some say he's nuts. Some say he's bolts. But can Number Five make it in the big, bad city? Keep your wires crossed.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Street Vendor | Street Gang | Reverse Footage | Model Airplane

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tim Blaney	...	Johnny Five (voice)
Fisher Stevens	...	Ben Jahrvi
Michael McKean	...	Fred Ritter
Cynthia Gibb	...	Sandy Banatoni
Jack Weston	...	Oscar Baldwin
Dee McCafferty	...	Saunders
David Hemblen	...	Jones
Don Lake	...	Manic Mike
Damon D'Oliveira	...	Bones
Tito Núñez	...	Zorro (as Tito Nuñez)
Jason Kuriloff	...	Lil Man
Robert LaSardo	...	Spooky
Lili Francks	...	Officer Mendez
Wayne Best	...	Officer O'Malley
Gerard Parkes	...	Priest (as Gerry Parkes)

Also Known As:

Short Circuit 2: More Input (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

David Foster Productions

Trivia:

The location of the city of the film, while never spoken, is hinted as being New York City through statements of the characters. Furthermore, as Sandy is using Ben's impromptu musical cues to locate him, the song "On Broadway" is played, a familiar street of the Big Apple.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sandy wakes up with the guitar in her hands, she places it on the couch, strings down, over the back of the couch. In the next shot, the guitar has flipped over, and is now resting on the armrest.

Quotes:

Johnny Five: Frederick, I have an important question. Why do humans not like me, call me "craphead"?
Fred: They like you. They like you. Craphead is a compliment.
Johnny Five: Oh...

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Muppet Babies: ...At the Movies (#7.14)" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Holding Out For A Hero

Call me sunshiner!!!

I first saw this film when i was in short pants and comfortable shoes with a singular pink sock eating from my Texas chili bowl and it is still as vivid in my memory now as it was back then! Looking back on it now I realise that Benjamen was obviously a god amongst mere mortals and johnny or john as i call him was a Christ type character, Oscar, the devil incarnate.

The scene when Oscar and his boys take an axe to poor johnny's metallic but yet life like face is far worse than anything you see in Saw, Hostel or the Passion of the Christ or any of those films. It truly is one of the most graphic and upsetting scenes in cinematic history, but johnny has none of that, with the inspirational Holding Out for a Hero in the background Johnny Five indeed is alive Better than the first one because this doesn't have Guttenberg in it...