Short Circuit 2

Johnny Five heads to the big city to lend a helping microprocessor to his pal Ben Jahrvi's toy business, only to get hijacked by a gang of crooks looking to turn him into their very own mechanical Frankenstein. A cheerful little fable about making friends with machines, though it somehow forgets to explain why anyone would keep a walking power strip as a best friend.

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Kenneth Johnson directed Short Circuit 2 in 1988. See Kenneth Johnson's full filmography, where to start with Kenneth Johnson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kenneth Johnson.

Short Circuit 2 was released in 1988 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.