
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is a 1992 American science fiction comedy family film, and the second installment of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film series. Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, it stars Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill, and Robert Oliveri reprising their roles as the Szalinski family, as well as newcomer Keri Russell in her film debut. In the film, Adam Szalinski, the youngest addition to the family, is accidentally exposed to Wayne's new industrial-sized growth machine, which causes him to gradually grow to enormous size. Wayne's coworker, Dr. Charles Hendrickson, wants the giant Adam stopped at all costs, and would like to take over Wayne's invention, which is now owned by the large coorporation belonging to the kindly Clifford Sterling.
Plot
Three years after the events of the first film, inventor Wayne Szalinski and his family have moved to Nevada and have welcomed a new son, mischievous two-year-old Adam. One day, Wayne's wife, Diane, leaves with their daughter, Amy, to help her settle in her dorm at college, leaving Wayne to look after Adam and their now teenage son, Nick. Nick has developed a crush on Mandy Park, whom Wayne later arranges to babysit Adam. The next day, Wayne takes Nick and Adam to Sterling Labs, where he has constructed an advanced derivative of his shrink ray which enlarges objects. He tests it out on Adam's favorite toy, Big Bunny. However, when his and Nick's backs are turned, Adam attempts to retrieve it and is zapped by the machine, which appears to short circuit and not enlarge the targeted object.
More details
author | Garry Goodrow Peter Elbling Thom Eberhardt |
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contentLocation | Las Vegas Valley |
director | Randal Kleiser |
editor | Harry Hitner Michael A. Stevenson |
genre | adventure comedy science fiction |
keywords | advanced arrest first film fremont street inventor kick out knock out las vegas machine microwave oven neon light nevada police officer return home shoot shrink shrink ray summon teenage son tranquilizer cartridges tranquilizer gun wait |
musicBy | Bruce Broughton |
producer | Dawn Steel Edward S. Feldman |
productionCompany | Touchwood Pacific Partners Walt Disney Pictures |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
recordedAt | Florida |
theme | children's comedy sequel |