Movie: "*batteries not included"

Release Date: Dec 1987 Genres: Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comedy Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination Runtime: 106 min Cast: Hume Cronyn (Frank Riley, Owner Riley's Cafe), Jessica Tandy (Faye Riley), Frank McRae (Harry Noble), Elizabeth Peña (Marisa Esteval) Michael Carmine (Carlos) Dennis Boutsikaris (Mason Baylor) Tom Aldredge (Sid Hogenson) Jane Hoffman (Muriel Hogenson) John DiSanti (Gus) John Pankow (Kovacs) MacIntyre Dixon (DeWitt) Michael Greene (Lacey, Real Estate Developer) Doris Belack (Mrs. Thompson) Wendy Schaal (Pamela) José Angel Santana (Goon #1 (as José Santana)) James LeGros (Goon #2) Ronald L. Schwary (Louie (as Ronald Schwary)) Susan Shoffner (Receptionist) Shelly Kurtz (Policeman at Hospital) Joe Hamer (Policeman at Building (as Joseph Hamer)) H. Clay Dear (Policeman #2 at Building) Howard Renensland (Reporter #1) Judy Grafe (Reporter #2) Alice Beardsley (Nurse) Dick Martinsen (Fireman) Charles Raymond (Hector, Father of Marisa's child) Riki Colon (Band Member #1) Jon Imparato (Band Member #2) David Vasquez (Band Member #3) John Arceri (Chauffeur) Luis Guzmán (Bystander (uncredited))

Storyline

A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.