Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2
by Kenneth Johnson

Short Circuit 2
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Actor: Cynthia Gibb, Fisher Stevens, Jack Weston, Michael McKean, Tim Blaney
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Brand: Sony
Producer: David Foster
Producer: Eric Allard
Producer: Gary Foster
Producer: Lawrence Turman
Producer: Michael MacDonald
Writer: Brent Maddock
Writer: S.S. Wilson
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Unknown; Portuguese (Dubbed), Unknown; Spanish (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of Short Circuit 2

Movie Review: How do I feel? I feel aliiiiiiiive
Summary: 5 Stars

Short Circuit has long had the misfortune of being unfavorably compared to its predecessor (aka Police Academy with Robots) I'm glad that it's been getting more positive feedback nowadays; then again, it was only a matter of time considering the many, many memorable quotes ("Los Locos kick your...")

My mom still likes the original, though. Okay, so you got Austin Pendleton and Ally Sheedy....but Guttenberg?? C'mon!

Much of Short Circuit's 2's success is owed to Fisher Stevens, who steps awkwardly in the forefront but quickly wins you over. His character, Ben, is no longer psudo-racist comic relief -- evidenced by the change of his surname from "Jabituya" (subtle) to Jahrvi. He will never receive the acclaim he deserves thanks to political correctness, but hey, if we let Lawrence Olivier get away with playing Othello, then surely we can't fault a Caucasian guy for playing an Indian guy, right? Stevens endows Ben with a lot of heart and plays him as a sort of human counterpart to Johnny Five; both are good-hearted but lack people skills. The script still overuses Ben's tendency to mispronounce English ("How time is fun when you're having flies.") Lame.

Also worthy of praise is Michael McKean as the shifty Fred Ritter. He does surprisingly well for a brand-new character and makes a great foil to the ?ber-scrupulous Ben. The scenes where Ben grows increasingly outraged by Fred's complete lack of morals still make me snicker even though I can pretty much recite the entire movie by memory. Luckily, Ben and Fred's opposing natures make them a good team.

It's hard to describe, but the movie seems packed with events even though not much is happening in it. There's a trio of goons who want to rob a bank with Johnny's help, but it kind of pales to the impending peril of Johnny Five's military overlords in the prequel. Johnny's trials are a LOT more personal in this one, however; his ambush by axe-wielding thugs is outlandishly brutal and arguably out of place in an otherwise PG-rated movie (big warning there). Mingled with the attack is a real sense of betrayal, too, as Johnny's naivete leads him to trust a truly vile individual.

I saw this movie before Short Circuit 1, and it didn't hamper my enjoyment at all. Go. Watch. NAO.

Summary of Short Circuit 2

Robot johnny five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/24/2007 Starring: Fisher Stevens Cynthia Gibb Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Kenneth Johnson

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