Because he must be alive, because a robot could rationalize the fact that because Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg would not be back for the sequel then there probably should be no sequel. Especially when the only returning character was a totally annoying character from the first film. No, Johnny-5 must be alive as he was promised a big paycheck to play in the sequel. So in the end you get a sequel that just is not very good, with a rather weak story and an annoying human lead character and an annoying robot lead character. You get Toronto I think it was posing as New York and you get a pointless movie all around with a really ludicrous ending. Still, I am sure kids during the day might have enjoyed it. Heck, as a kid I enjoyed the film "Heart beeps" and from what I understand that movie is rather bad too. The only things tying this film to the first one is the robot, the one dude from the first one, and a silly voice over from Ally Sheedy. Other than that it is like the first movie was never made. I mean did the military just forget about their top secret robots, granted they might have thought he was destroyed in the first movie, but he is supposedly wheeling all over New Toronto I mean York. Just a movie to try and capture the little magic there was in the first film. I think it rather failed.
Review of Short Circuit 2
