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Guttenberg plays a scientist and Sheedy an eccentric animal-lover,
who ultimately discover, and consequently protect, a robot
named No.5 from being destroyed.
Miraculously, No.5 - built for military purposes – embodies
human elements, and worms his way into both their hearts,
and her house.
The attraction at the time was marvelling at the whiz-bang
robot on screen. These days, No.5 looks about as creative
as an electric can-opener. To be fair though, this was state
of the art technology at the time. Actually, everything in
the movie was – even the PC that Guttenberg’s character
taps, tap, taps on.
What holds up, though, is the humour and heart of the movie.
No.5 is as charming as he is humorous, and despite looking
like a hunk-a-junk, hooks you in from his very first appearance.
Fisher Stevens is as equally funny in his small role as Ben,
the co-creator of the robot. He says some risqué things
for the time and murders the English language, resulting in
some great cackles.
“Short Circuit” is no “Gremlins”, but
it’s still worth revisiting.
DVD Extras
The DVD looks and sounds quite terrific. An added surprise
was discovering an extra feature: interviews with the creative
team behind the movie. This was quite interesting. I also
see that the U.S disc came with a commentary, and it's nowhere
to be found on the Aussie region 4 disc, so that smile on
the dial just took a mild dip...
Conclusion: Movie 65% Extras 70%
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