Movie Night: Short Circuit 2.

Review #376: Short Circuit 2.

Cast
Tim Blaney (Johnny 5), Fisher Stevens (Ben Jahrvi), Michael McKean (Fred Ritter), Cynthia Gibb (Sandy Banatoni), Jack Weston (Oscar Baldwin), David Hemblen (Jones), and Don Lake (Manic Mike) Directed by Kenneth Johnson.

Review
Well, what do you know, I'm reviewing another sequel to a film long ago here, 288 reviews ago and 473 days to be exact, which was (#088) Short Circuit. It had some creativity, and while it didn't exactly make me laugh a lot or really be any good, it had a spark of entertainment, for all its weirdness. And so, once again, the qeustion is asked is does this film live up to the first one? Eh...yea. Johnny 5 is allright, once again having some decent lines as...a person robot? Made weirder by the fact he is actually declared a citizen at the end, I'm not kidding. Fisher Stevens is back once again, in a way promoted from sidekick to Steve Guttenburg to mostly-main character. Guttenburg and Sheedy from the first film don't appear (though it is explained they are in Montana. Okay?), and the depth (or there little of) is replaced with...comedy. Strangely enough, the film has a revenge sub plot and even tries to be tear-inducing at one point. In the end, the film isn't horrible, it's just...okay.

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Overall, I give it 6 out of 10 stars.

Movie Night: Men in Black II.

Review #212: Men in Black II.

Cast
Tommy Lee Jones (Agent K), Will Smith (Agent J), Lara Flynn Boyle (Serleena), Johnny Knoxville (Scrad), Rosario Dawson (Laura Vasquez), Rip Torn (Zed), Tony Shalhoub (Jeebs), and Tim Blaney (Voice of Frank the Pug) Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Review
Greetings, fellow reader who clicked the hyperlink from the review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Enjoy this review from 2012. In retrospect, this is an okay sequel that doesn't really strive to do anything too special that the first film hadn't done, although I still found it to be decent entertainment, mostly because of Jones and Smith. The third film is the best of the two sequels, ultimately. 

Five years after the success of the first film, this was released. And it works for the most part. It's a decent enough sequel that has some of the stuff that made the first good in the first place: Good effects, with a good enough cast fit into a usual run-time. It has some laughs and is worth seeing at least once for anyone. Ten years after this, there would be a sequel (at the rate of time they're going, the next will be in 2027/2032). All in all, this is a pleasant sequel and one of many successes for Will Smith.

Overall, I give it 7 out of 10 stars.

Movie Night: Short Circuit.

Review #088: Short Circuit.

Cast
Ally Sheedy (Stephanie Speck), Steve Guttenberg (Newton Crosby, Ph.D), Fisher Stevens (Ben Jabituya), Austin Pendleton (Dr. Howard Marner), G. W. Bailey (Captain Skroeder), Tim Blaney (Number 5), Brian McNamara (Frank), and Marvin J. McIntyre (Duke) Directed by John Badham.

Review
It figures to have an 80s flick be in Robot Week. No, not that one. But you get this flick. And so we have a story that's easy thin for the most part, but of course who could predict this story? No one? Any one? Oh wait, no one's here...Anyway, this film at least has some enjoyment, with it's gags and slight robotic-ness, which at least will make you remember. Heck, I was going to review without watching, as I already could remember the gags and such, but I decided to watch. The acting's standard, and the robot looks decent for the most part. This ends Part III of Robot Week.

Overall, I give it 6 out of 10 stars.