What do you get if you take "Major League" and make it all over again: same people, same concept? You get "Major League II", a watchable but weak sequel to a classic film.
Charlie Sheen carries this film, easily. If he was not in it, the whole movie would have been worthless and nobody would ever have rented it. This is evident in "Major League III" where SHeen is absent and nobody has ever rented that installment. But even in part 2, Sheen does not offer the story he had in part one. He's now just a pitcher who cannot pitch.
Wesley Snipes was replaced by Omar Epps. This was a poor move on the casting director's part. While I understand Snipes had other places to be, the rule to follow to get people to see your film is this: for every big name lost, get a new one to replace them. Epps does not have that star power. So some other celebrity should have conveniently joined the team, or made a guest appearance.
Bob Uecker was great, maybe even better than the first movie. But the real selling point -- if there is one -- is Randy Quaid, whose "Wild Thing" taunts were just about the only funny parts in the whole film.
Worse a look if you liked the original, but you might just be better off pretending this one never existed.
Charlie Sheen carries this film, easily. If he was not in it, the whole movie would have been worthless and nobody would ever have rented it. This is evident in "Major League III" where SHeen is absent and nobody has ever rented that installment. But even in part 2, Sheen does not offer the story he had in part one. He's now just a pitcher who cannot pitch.
Wesley Snipes was replaced by Omar Epps. This was a poor move on the casting director's part. While I understand Snipes had other places to be, the rule to follow to get people to see your film is this: for every big name lost, get a new one to replace them. Epps does not have that star power. So some other celebrity should have conveniently joined the team, or made a guest appearance.
Bob Uecker was great, maybe even better than the first movie. But the real selling point -- if there is one -- is Randy Quaid, whose "Wild Thing" taunts were just about the only funny parts in the whole film.
Worse a look if you liked the original, but you might just be better off pretending this one never existed.