Playing Dangerous 2 (1996)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Lawrence Lanoff

Writers:

Sam Gottlieb (writer)
Rosalind Robinson (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Terrorism | Independent Film

Cast

Mikey LeBeau	...	Stuart Wolfe
Richard Gilliland	...	Jack Harrison
David Kriegel	...	Dan Simmons
Tom Wright	...	Alton Broom
Kathe E. Mazur	...	Agent Summers / Walters (as Kathe Mazur)
Adam Hendershott	...	Billy Spengler
Mick Murray	...	Murray
George Gerdes	...	Mitch
Cully Fredricksen	...	Gillis
Jon David Casey	...	Vaughan (as Jon David Weigand)
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Andreyz Varglak
Albert Hague	...	Professor Agranoff
Al Rossi	...	Coach Floyd
Silas Weir Mitchell	...	Gregor Tarnopol
Kyle Liebert	...	Cafeteria Kid #1

Also Known As:

Hide & Seek: Playing Dangerous 2

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Blue Arbor Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Playing Dangerous (1994)

Soundtrack:

Precious

Kid outsmarts grown ups

First let me recite a funny story. I jumped on it while zapping at 3am and I noticed the X rating icon on the top right. Then I saw the kid. So I was like "they now put kiddie porn on TV or it's Fellini extravaganza?!?" Yes, there was a rater who was THAT dumb. She put an X (not even R!) rating to a definite PG and the network put this flick on the late late night time zone!!! Anyway, one minute was enough to figure out what kind of movie this is, so here's the review: At the beginning it's an action thriller for kids. No violent scenes or real tension, you just care (well, kind of) for the sake of the protagonist. Then it gets to a point where the writers decided to forget the plot and divert to farce, so it's pure brainless comedy. At the end, they remembered the plot again and avoided the dreaded G by having some shootings. But in general it's light entertainment, following the ultra-smart-kid-solves-the-mystery-by-himself guideline. Okay for a family rental, don't expect anything more.