Major League II (1994)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

David S. Ward

Writers (WGA):

David S. Ward (characters)
R.J. Stewart (story) ...

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

The dream team is back!

Plot:

The Indians are now a World Series contender. But last year's hunger is now replaced with complacency, and bad decisions by the new owner threaten to tear the team apart.

Plot Keywords:

Mirror | Professional Sports | Baseball | Second Part | Sports League

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn
Tom Berenger	...	Jake Taylor
Corbin Bernsen	...	Roger Dorn
Dennis Haysbert	...	Pedro Cerrano
James Gammon	...	Lou Brown
Omar Epps	...	Willie Mays Hayes
Eric Bruskotter	...	Rube Baker
Takaaki Ishibashi	...	Isuro Tanaka
Alison Doody	...	Rebecca Flannery
Michelle Burke	...	Nikki Reese
David Keith	...	Jack Parkman
Margaret Whitton	...	Rachel Phelps
Bob Uecker	...	Harry Doyle
Steve Yeager	...	Coach 'Duke' Temple
Kevin Hickey	...	Schoup

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-3 (DVD version) | Finland:S | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

In 2009, the Cleveland Indians played a game against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field where Shin-Soo Choo hit a ball into center field which hit a seagull. This was similar to a scene in Major League II where Pedro Cerrano also hit a seagull in center field. However, Choo did not reprise Cerrano's performance of running from first base to center field to save the bird.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Phelps buys enough of the team from Roger to keep them financially stable. However, since her plot to move the team to Miami was discovered by the team (and apparently the press), she would have been guilty of collusion and forbidden by other MLB owners from having even partial ownership of any team.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Harry Doyle: Hello everybody. Harry Doyle here, welcoming all you Wahoo maniacs to the year's first session of Tribe Talk. As you know, the Indians had a Cinderella season last year. Despite the fact that *toxic* owner Rachel Phelps wanted the team to lose so she could move it to Florida, the Indians won the American League East for the first time since divisional play began. Rachel's gone now, thank God, having sold the team to retired Indian third baseman Roger Dorn, after a long, hard fought series of negotiations.
[flashback to negotiations]
Roger Dorn: Mmmight be willing to go as high as a hundred.
Rachel Phelps: 120.
Roger Dorn: 120? Rachel, you just started at 110!
Rachel Phelps: 130!
Roger Dorn: Rachel, this isn't fair!
Rachel Phelps: 140!
Roger Dorn: [desperately begging] 130!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just Shoot Me!: For the Last Time, I Do (#7.21)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN'

I thought there were just as many laughs and it was a decent sequel

I don't know why the harsh rating, I mean, despite the fact that a few actors were replaced, I thought that Major League 2 was a decent comedy. Separated from the first, I think more people would give it a chance. How could you not laugh at the buddist out fielder? He was hilarious! I liked how they showed that most of the guys changed, it was so human and added a real story.

The boys are back for the next season, this time Rachel has sold the team to Roger and he is in charge. The boys have all changed though, mainly Rick, who has lost his "wild thing" edge. The boys this time want to make it to the world series, but that's going to be hard since most of them have taken their fame to their heads. Rachel buys the team back and the boys finally decide to get themselves together and get to the world series!

Major League 2 is a good comedy if you just let go of the first one, I know that most don't want to since the first was so original and a great comedy as well, but just give it a shot as it's own movie. It has some really funny moments that I loved a lot. This movie at least deserves to have a better rating than a sorry 4.7.

6/10