|
| Short Circuit 2 | 
 enlarge | Director: Kenneth Johnson
Actors: Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael Mckean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.95
Buy New: $4.27
You Save: $5.68 (57%)
New (48) Used (12) from $4.27
Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 2302
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.6
MPN: COLD05995D
ISBN: 0767861493
UPC: 043396059955
EAN: 9780767861496
ASIN: B00005LK95
Theatrical Release Date: July 6, 1988
Release Date: August 7, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New and Factory Sealed Item Fast Shipping
|
| Customer Reviews:
 There needs to be more Johnny 5 in the world April 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What to do now there's no more Short Circuit movies to watch? Why was there never a third? And why, apart from Johnny 5, was Fisher Stevens the only original character brought back?
Those were only minor quibbles for a great movie. And the god awful cover art, which the more I look at, the more I hate. But then they could have done worse. It could have been a white background with the two main characters photoshopped in.
I really enjoyed the first Short Circuit movie. The second? Even better. With more fun from Johnny, including even more interaction with Ben (Fisher Stevens), and more fun-ness, including making the toy Johnny 5's dance, and more, Short Circuit betters the first.
I was kinda disappointed that Stephany didn't reappear for the second movie, she was a bit of a miss, and was only mentioned a couple of times, apart from a voice recording - but at least she wasn't completely forgotten about.
What's good about reading other reviewer's ... reviews is that the amount of people is saw this when they were young. I always seem to get introduced to these movies a lot later in life - for example I'm a nearly mid-twenty something and seeing this for the first time. What would it have been like to see it as a child? That, I can only dream about.
Short Circuit 2 pretty much follows on from the first, with Ben now in the big city, trying to sell his toy Johnny's on the street, next to a fake Rolex selling vendor. A toy buyer, Sandy, stumbles across a toy Johnny after it 'escapes' and brings it back. Talk of money is banded about, and next thing Ben knows, he needs to make 1000, in 31 days. With the fake Rolex selling vendor, Fred (Michael McKean) as his partner. But bad guys want to break into a bank to steal some priceless jewels, but how are they going to do it? The rest is predictable, but fun.
Jack Weston appears as one of the bad guys, who befriends Johnny, in order to get him on his side, finding out he is incredibly naive. For any eighties rom-com fan will recognise him from Dirty Dancing, as Max Kellerman. (For anyone who hasn't seen this or Dirty Dancing, boy do you need some education!) Short Circuit 2 actually appears to have been Jack Weston's last movie before he died from lymphoma in 1996.
I'm disappointed there was never another Short Circuit movie. And another one. And another one. And another one. It could have been a great franchise. But what's good is normally best left to a minimum, before it loses its glow. Short Circuit didn't pander to the major franchising deals, the endless mindless sequels, and instead left the world a different place with just the two films.
Now where do I buy a little Johnny 5?
 Johnny 5 March 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always loved this movie. It is even better than the first one!
Awsome!! January 28, 2008
I love this movie, it reminds me when I was a good. It's an oldie but a goodie! =)
Almost as good as the first January 20, 2008
This movie was not as good as the first, since the main characters aren't in it (other than Number 5 of course). It was still very cute though!
great funny movie January 19, 2008
not sure which one i like better, short circut 1 or 2, but both are funny. its bout this war robot who gets struck with lightning causin him to "malfunction" and gains human personality traits. he goes on wacky adventures in search of "input" (aka information) and hes also running from his creators Nova in the first movie. this second movie, we see his other creator pedeling small mini johnny 5 robots in NYC and one runs off and a toy developer finds one and wants one....so he gets drafted to make a ton, and trys but fails so asks his friends (the family of johnny 5)sends him to help and ends up goin on wacky adventures and input and foils a elaborate diamond hist scheme after helping
|
|
|
 Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
