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Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.

The Critic reviews the Short Circuit movies, which he admits he likes despite their eighties cheese.

Rolling through our sci-fi comedy month is this duo of films that are as 80's as you can get. There may have been Wall-E, and 80's Robot, but Johnny Five was first - unless we count the NES's R.O.B. and some early industrial robotics.

We return for our third series of nostalgic film reviews, this time Dan chose the sequel to the second-ever episode. That's right we're watching Short Circuit 2, will Chris enjoy this more than the first? Does the problematic casting get any better? Only one way to find out.