Number 5 is not giving up
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Number 5 is not giving up |
| Original title | Short Circuit 2 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kenneth Johnson |
| script |
Brent Maddock Steve S. Wilson |
| production |
David Foster Gary Foster Michael MacDonald Lawrence Turman |
| music | Charles Fox |
| camera | John McPherson |
| cut | Conrad Buff IV |
| occupation | |
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Number 5 Doesn't Give Up ( Short Circuit 2 ) is an American comedy film from 1988. The film is a sequel to Number 5 Lives! from 1986. The film opened on December 15, 1988 in German cinemas.
action
The inventor Ben Jahrvi left Nova Robotics and now works in New York City trying to build toy robots in the shape of the miniaturized number 5.
He gets support from street vendor Fred Ritter, who smells big business when Sandy Banatoni, a toy buyer at a large shopping center, shows interest in Ben's toy robots. When it turns out that Ben and Fred cannot cope with the demand on their own, Ben asks his old friend Stephanie for help, who then sends him the real number 5 to New York as support.
Number 5 is fascinated by the big city and meets a group of criminals on a scouting tour who persuades him to help with a theft. Later, the gangsters seriously damage the uncomfortable witness. After a makeshift self-repair, number 5 takes up the pursuit of the criminals and places them in the port area. While the arriving police arrest the gangsters, the robot is dying because it has completely exhausted its energy supply through its operation. With the collapse of his energy supply, his memory (and with it his life) threatens to be irrevocably deleted. Ben prevents this at the last moment with a burst of energy from an ambulance defibrillator .
Ben's miniature robots become a sales success. In a solemn ceremony, Ben and number 5 are sworn in as new citizens of the United States.
Miscellaneous
- The film was shot in Toronto , Canada.
- Guest appearance by Ally Sheedy (voice only): Johnny 5 reads a letter from “Stephanie Speck” to Ben and imitates Stephanie's voice.
Reviews
Rita Kempley wrote in the Washington Post on July 6, 1988 that the film was "mawkish" and "sophomoric".
“New, less comical adventures of the sensible and emotional robot number 5 in dealing with a hostile environment. In this desolate sequel there is unfortunately nothing left of the wit and irony of the first part. "
Awards
The film was nominated in 1990 for the Saturn Award in the categories of Best Science Fiction Film and Best Special Effects.
Web links
- Number 5 does not give up in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Number 5 doesn't give up in the online film database
- Number 5 does not give up atRotten Tomatoes(English)