The Sandlot 2 (2005) (V)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers (WGA):

David M. Evans (characters) &
Robert Gunter (characters) ...

Release Date:

3 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Plot:

In the 12-years-since comedic sequel to 1993's The Sandlot, a new group of kids have moved into the sandlot: David Durango (Max Lloyd-Jones)...

Plot Keywords:

Rocket | Sequel | Baseball | Direct To Video Sequel To Theatrical Movie | Female Athlete

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Max Lloyd-Jones	...	David Durango
James Willson	...	Johnnie Smalls
Samantha Burton	...	Hayley Goodfairer
Brett Kelly	...	Mac
Cole Evan Weiss	...	Saul
Neilen Benvegnu	...	Tarqell
Sean Berdy	...	Sammy
Jessica King	...	Penny
McKenzie Freemantle	...	Jenny
Griffin Reilly Evans	...	The Retriever
Reece Thompson	...	Singleton
Teryl Rothery	...	Mrs. Goodfairer
Greg Germann	...	Mr. Goodfairer
James Earl Jones	...	Mr. Mertle
Steve Garvey	...	Little League Coach

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, rude humor and brief violence.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

American Sign Language | English

Color:

Black and White (segment "The Great Fear") | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp | USA:PG (NO. 41412)

Filming Locations:

Ladner, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Trivia:

The opening monologue is based almost entirely upon Gladriel's opening monologue from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When The Great Fear throws Small's toy over the fence everybody is screaming, When it cuts to a different position they are still screaming but their mouths are closed.

Quotes:

Narrator: We were out of ideas and I was dead meat. Untill Mac had an epiphany, which, since it was such a girlie word, he didn't have many of.

Movie Connections:

References The Great Escape (1963)

Soundtrack:

Hornet's Nest

Just Plain Insulting

I grew up on the first Sandlot and you know what? THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT ALONE! The Sandlot is a fantastic movie(one of my top favorites) and it has been by itself for 12 years and now they have to go and make one of the world's worst TV movies for its sequel. Where should I begin?

1) THE PLOT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST ONE! Group of kids lose something over the fence and spend their summer trying to come up with a clever plan to retrieve it because of some unknown "monster" on the other side. Also the feud between the rookie team and the league team. "You play ball like a girl!" That entire scene was exactly the same as in the original. Exactly the same...

2) CHARACTERS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME! One baseball hot-shot, a fat kid, one black kid, two brothers, Smalls (Scott Smalls younger half-brother) and they did mix it up a little bit, they threw in three girls who play softball. They only decided to give these characters different names. Like in the original, the dog was called "The Beast" and in this movie the dog is called "The Great Fear." What is that?

3) NOBODY IN THIS MOVIE COULD ACT! With the exception of James Earl Jones of course, he was awesome as he always is. I'm still trying to figure out why in the world he would take this role...

This movie is just plain insulting to anyone who has seen and has fallen in love with the 1993 movie "The Sandlot" because how they have basically taken every single scene and twisted it to fit the 70's. I'm afraid to even think about what "The Sandlot 3" is going to be about...

I give this 1/10 stars because that is as low as the scale goes.