![]() It worked because of Arnold's surprisingly excellent interaction with the kids. While the original film was not exactly a cinematic masterpiece, it was an enjoyable movie for many different people. I recommend watching the first movie instead. Kindergarten Cop 2 is nothing more than a disgrace to the original, and being released 26 years after the original, I believe it should not have been made in the first place. Yeah, way to put the kids in a dangerous situation. ![]() Yeah, have kids use logs to attack two men who are wielding handguns. And the climax is morally flawed, as it has Zack use a Twix bar to signal the kids to attack the main villain and his henchman with logs. One kid talks about his sister, which I will repeat because it is something little kids should not know about, and the freak out scene has one of the kids urinating in a barrel in the classroom, which is something the real FBI would bust someone for watching nowadays. Then again, the first film had its fair share of content inappropriate for younger audiences. ![]() This sounds like a school I would not send my kids to, if I had kids. ![]() The school is basically liberal and PC, as one scene has Agent Sanders telling Zack about how time outs are so 90's and Indian Style is now Crisscross Applesauce. While they do use a new plot and cast, a lot of jokes and scenes are taken from the first film, with some changes. Kindergarten Cop 2 is another in the long line of films that serve as sequels to movies released long ago, skip theaters and are direct to video, and basically serve as nothing more than a studio's shameless attempt to make a quick buck off a classic film. How did it come up? Who thought it would be a good idea? What was anyone trying to achieve with it? Why did it get made? * This is just an all round beguiling project. He's joined by Paunovic's typical Russian villain, Bellamy's stereotypical black partner and Taylor as a worryingly younger love interest. Even so, many will feel he brought something to the original role that couldn't be recreated by anyone else, and it's true Dolph doesn't feel at home as much here, lacking Arnie's madcap spirit in the first film. You're left to wonder what his motives for making this were: trying to show a lighter, fuzzier side to his repertoire, even if it's all little heard of, straight to DVD fodder? The original was one of two films Arnold Schwarzenegger made to try and show a lighter version of himself, and it's been confirmed he's appearing in a sequel himself to the other one of those films, so you're left to wonder if he thought the follow up to this had lesser box office potential. Things were looking on the up for him recently, with the well received Skin Trade signalling a return to the sort of slam bang, unpretentious entertainment he was known for. This is a weird, unexplainable piece of work at best, but maybe most so for Dolph. Or even if it happens to be some bizarrely low budget, straight to DVD Dolph Lundgren vehicle. It's never too late to make a sequel these days, even to a more modern audience who may not even have heard of the original. Gradually, he forms a bond with the kids and pretty young teacher Olivia (Darla Taylor) and liaises with his partner Sanders (Bill Bellamy), but all the while, Zogu (Aleks Paunovic), the villainous Russian mobster behind the murder, lurks about. Take away from the fact it simply shouldn't exist and you have a film which is a lot better than you imagine, but still not very good.STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Morning *** Friday Night ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning When a teacher is killed after stumbling upon sensitive information, FBI Agent Reed (Dolph Lundgren) is assigned to go undercover in a liberal, PC modern kindergarten, where his 'no pain no gain' philosophy makes him a far from ideal candidate for the role. I'm not saying it's violent or sex filled, I'm simply saying it's not aimed at the tykes and they will neither enjoy nor understand much of it. This sequel however is more modern, lacks that goofiness and in my opinion isn't family friendly. The original still had that late 80's goofiness about it, one of those films you could sit down with your kids and watch and they'd both enjoy it and not be subject to anything they shouldn't. Sadly 26yrs later a lot has changed and moving with the times hasn't suited Kindergarten Cop 2 in the slightest. Essentially this could easily be considered a reboot, it's highly similiar to the original movie and again has NO connection to the Arnie 1990 original. So once again an officer of the law finds himself posing as a teacher and bites off more than he can chrew all in an effort to get to the bottom of a case he's working on. Of all the movies to make a sequel to, why Kindergarten cop? 26yrs after the original, to make a senseless sequel seems mindless especially if it'll have absolutely no connection to the original.
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