8 Movies Directed by Kenneth Johnson

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-07-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (16744 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Cast:

Writer:

Brent Maddock

S.S. Wilson

Fullplot:

When Number Five is sent from Newton and Stephanie's ranch to the big city to help Ben with his electronics business, he finds that his robotic talents are wanted by city low-life who want to turn Number Five into profits.

Alien Nation: Dark Horizon

Alien Nation: Dark Horizon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (975 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Genres:

Sci-FiDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Rockne S. O'Bannon (characters)

Diane Frolov

Andrew Schneider

Fullplot:

Followup movie to the TV series about 250,000 aliens, or "newcomers" as they are known, who have by now settled alongside the humans in California. Most of the newcomers were slaves, and the slave masters are now looking for them. They send Aponso to earth to locate the slaves ready for the aliens to pick them up.

Alien Nation: Millennium

Alien Nation: Millennium

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-01-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (619 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Rockne S. O'Bannon (characters)

Kenneth Johnson (developer)

Kenneth Johnson

Fullplot:

It's 1999, and as the end of the millenium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut. But it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.

Alien Nation: The Enemy Within

Alien Nation: The Enemy Within

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (571 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Rockne S. O'Bannon (characters)

Kenneth Johnson (developer)

Diane Frolov

Andrew Schneider

Fullplot:

When detectives Sikes and Francisco is presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George rudely snubs the case. He, like most newcomers, reviles the outcast Eenos. As the case unfolds, George has to reassess his prejudices, and George's family help save the city from an alien threat originating in an Eeno waste disposal facility.

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (479 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Rockne S. O'Bannon (characters)

Kenneth Johnson (developer)

Renee Longstreet

Harry Longstreet

Fullplot:

Matt and George investigate a series of strange occurences involving newcomers, who are found to be programmed to carry out someone's dirty work. The method by which they are brainwashed dates back to the slave ship's rebellion group, the Udara, who we find Susan is a part of. Susan and George's lives are further disrupted when Buck enrolls in the police academy.

Steel

Steel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

2.7 (8134 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Cast:

Writer:

Louise Simonson (comic book series)

Jon Bogdanove (comic book series)

Kenneth Johnson

Fullplot:

John Henry Irons designs weapons for the military. When his project to create weapons that harmlessly neutralize soldiers is sabotaged, he leaves in disgust. When he sees gangs are using his weapons on the street, he uses his brains and his Uncle Joe's junkyard know-how to fight back, becoming a real man of "steel."

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4133 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Cast:

Writer:

Marilyn Sadler (book)

Roger Bollen (book)

Stu Krieger (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Zenon Car is a trouble-prone 13-year-old girl who, in the year 2049 AD, lives on a space station with the rest of her family. When she runs afoul of Parker Windom, the owner of the station, Zenon is determined to be "incorrigible", and as punishment is exiled to the worst place imaginable: The planet earth. After several painful weeks of adjustment to her new surroundings, Zenon enlists the aid of her earthbound pals to return to her "real" home with evidence that the "respectable" Mr. Windom is up to no good.

Don't Look Under the Bed

Don't Look Under the Bed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1431 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Fullplot:

A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks.

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