It’s also - and this has to be said in 2021 - what you and I refer to as a “real movie.” It doesn’t feel like a sitcom pilot, which earns it an extra star from me.ĭid you have a particular moment or performance you liked? I loved all the room they gave to Dennis Haysbert as the spiritually-reformed Cerrano. It slides by on our collective cultural goodwill toward the first one and doesn’t ask us to think about anything beyond that. So while I stand by my original statement that watching this one made me think we were too hard on the original, nothing about Major League II is broken beyond repair. They should have just played “The Boys Are Back in Town” to bring it all home. I honestly enjoyed that it began with a montage of the first movie (aka last season) and jumped right into Spring Training. I might want a little more texture and innovation from a sequel, but does that make this movie’s light and breezy attitude unacceptable? Not at all. Rob: In fact, given my lukewarm reaction to our Major League rewatch, I’m wondering what I (or anyone) should really expect from Major League II. Plus, I’m one of the only people who gave Coming 2 America a decent review, so who am I to judge?Īdam: Yeah, no kidding. I still prefer Major League (mostly because its R rating gives it a bit more tonal latitude), but despite the usual early ‘90s problems (casual racism and homophobia, etc.), I can definitely understand why you prefer this one. Rob: There simply aren’t enough plot mechanics for us to nitpick any of them, which is somehow a positive. While my biggest complaint about it is its overwhelming laziness of premise (It’s the Rocky II of baseball movies), a more generous interpretation might be that it’s a more streamlined version of the original: It repeats the gags we like from that movie, develops a deeper story arc for Sheen’s character, adds a solid villain in Parkman, and gets out without overcomplicating things.Īdam: This tracks. Rob: So, the more I think about it, the less surprised I am that you prefer Major League II to the original Major League. Also, Jack Parkman is a great sports heavy and the fact that my Chicago White Sox were respected enough in 1994 to play the villains in TWO baseball movies ( Major League II and Angels in the Outfield) gives me pride. There are baseball details the sequel gets better, I think it’s just as funny and Michelle Burke ( Dazed and Confused) co-stars and she’s like sunshine on a cloudy day. So, here’s the thing, I like Major League II more than the original. I got your text saying that Major League II makes you think we were too hard on the original Major League. Joining the club are Rube Baker (Eric Bruskotter), a rookie catcher who can’t throw the ball back to the pitcher, league bad boy free agent acquisition Jack Parkman (David Keith), and Isuro Tanaka (Takaaki Ishibashi), an eccentric right fielder from Japan. Slugger Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) has gone from voodoo to buddhism, resulting in significantly less power and more strikeouts, and Willie “Mays'' Hayes (Omar Epps, replacing Wesley Snipes from the first movie) has gone Hollywood in a big way with an offseason action movie co-starring Jessie Ventura under his belt and a renewed focus on the field as a leadoff hitting power bat. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) has lost his mojo after going respectable with his image. Veteran catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) is bumped from the roster due to his age and bad knees and gradually takes over the reigns as team manager. Now with that housekeeping out of the way, let’s talk about 1994’s Major League II! The sequel catches us up one season after the events of the original Major League (which came out five years prior) and a lot has changed. Going on hiatus is our Al Pacino series, which will be back after Scary Movie Month. I’m Adam Riske.Īdam: Our baseball series is back with Spring Training for the 2021 MLB season underway. The review duo who do a little shimmy that makes all the girls in Cleveland swoon.Īdam: Welcome to Reserved Seating.
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