Short Circuit

About Short Circuit

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does.

Short Circuit (1986) is a comedy science fiction film directed by John Badham. Released in May 1986, it runs 98 minutes.

Ally Sheedy takes the lead as Stephanie Speck, Steve Guttenberg as Newton Crosby, Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya, and Austin Pendleton as Howard Marner. Written by Brent Maddock. It comes from PSO, The Turman-Foster Company, and TriStar Pictures.

Shelv files it under artificial intelligence (a.i.), military, robot, and lightning. American members can watch it on Hulu.

It is most often saved alongside Inception, Avatar, and Forrest Gump. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 1,703 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.