*batteries not included

Tiny alien RVs land on a doomed apartment block where the tenants refuse to sell, until little maintenance bots show up and start renovating in their own insistent way. A greedy developer gets a mechanical comeuppance when his demolition plans attract more help than he bargained for. The only thing recyclable here is the phrase lift with your legs.

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Matthew Robbins directed *batteries not included in 1987. See Matthew Robbins's full filmography, where to start with Matthew Robbins, or where to go after you've seen everything by Matthew Robbins.

*batteries not included was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.