Short Circuit 2

About Short Circuit 2

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

Short Circuit 2 (1988) is a comedy science fiction film directed by Kenneth Johnson. Tim Blaney stars as Johnny Five (voice), Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahrvi, Michael McKean as Fred Ritter, and Cynthia Gibb as Sandy Banatoni.

It runs 110 minutes and was released in July 1988. Written by Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson. It was produced by The Turman-Foster Company and TriStar Pictures.

Shelv files it under robot, gang, helicopter, and ranch. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel. It scores 6.2 out of 10 from 697 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Trail of the Pink Panther, and Heat make useful companions to Short Circuit 2, all filed under police and robbery. It belongs to Short Circuit Collection.