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The Sandlot 2 | 
| Director: David M. Evans
Actors: Max Lloyd-jones, James Willson, Samantha Burton, Brett Kelly, Cole Evan Weiss
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 28731
Genre: Drama - Sports
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 98 Minutes
ASIN: B001FQFFJ4
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
The gang returns in this sequel to the original Sandlot classic. A decade has passed, and 1972 sees a new generation of young baseball enthusiasts gathering. Saul Samuelson and five of his friends have reluctantly agreed to let three girls join their team, as their secret weapons against their unbeatable rivals. Saul is a witty, smart kid who translates for his hearing-impaired little brother, Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson, who keeps up a constant running commentary via sign language. Things are going well for the team, until the model spaceship belonging to one of the girl's father's accidentally ends up on the other side of the fence. And who should be keeping residence over there but the intimidating Mr. Mertle and his dog, "the beast." Once again the kids have to devise a method for regaining their lost property before their parents find out, and avoid the child-eating canine in the meantime. |
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clearly not as good as the original May 7, 2005
Joe Sherry (Minnesota)
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
Ten years after the events of "The Sandlot" comes another story set in the same neighborhood on the same sandlot. All of the kids from the first movie are now ten years older and have all moved away. The only person remaining is Johnny Smalls (James Willson), the younger brother of Scott Smalls, the main character and narrator of the first movie. Johnny grew up hearing about the legends of the sandlot and how Benny pickled the Beast and recovered the Babe Ruth autographed ball and how Hercules, the Beast, was tamed. But this is now 1972 and those events are barely legend around the sandlot. A new group of kids play there now. But there are only 5 boys on this team. The boys are led by David Durango (Max-Lloyd Jones). The rest of the boys are fairly nameless. Sure, they are all given names, but their personalities are lacking. The catcher, Mac (Brett Kelley) seems to be taking the place of Hamilton Porter from the first movie as the loud mouth, large bodied catcher. But he lacks the personality of Ham. It is as if he is a poor copy of the original character. There is the token black kid on the team, taking the place of Kenny DeNunez. There is one character who stands out, the entertaining Fingers Samuelson (Sean Berdy). Fingers is deaf, hence the nickname, but is somehow the most striking character in the movie.
But there is a twist. This time there are girls. Hayley Good fairer (Samantha Burton) and two of her friends end up rounding out the team and are just as good, if not better, than the boys. Right from the start some of the old conflicts start up: the sandlot kids have a rivalry with the uniformed little leaguers and someone hit's a ball over the fence at Mr, Mertle's yard (James Earl Jones) where there lives a descendant of the Beast called the Great Fear. It is at this point that Johnny Smalls relates the legend of the Beast and the rise of the Great Fear. Naturally mischief ensues.
If anyone has seen the first "Sandlot", that person has a very good idea about how the rest of "The Sandlot 2" is going to play out. The stakes are raised in this movie, though that is also a matter of perception considering the first movie featured a retrieval of a ball autographed by Babe Ruth. Even so, "The Sandlot 2" is not a very original movie. Perhaps this isn't a surprise considering this movie was direct to video rather than getting a theatrical release. But so much of it plays out exactly like the first movie even with the same dialogue. What is most disappointing about this is the fact that both this movie and the original were written and directed by David Mickey Evans. If anyone could recapture some of the magic of "The Sandlot", it would be him. At least this wasn't a low budget sequel written and directed with somebody who has no ties to the original. That's also why this is so disappointed. Evans essentially remade the first movie with small cosmetic changes.
But what I don't understand is why the kids didn't just go and ask Mr. Mertle for help in retrieving what went over the fence. Scott Smalls had been friends with Mr. Mertle for years, so Johnny has to know that he is a decent and friendly man. The brief explanation given doesn't really make sense except that it allows the last third of the movie to have a conflict. Without it, this movie would have ended after an hour. It was just a weak explanation, though, and it just let the kids go through some of the same things that occurred in the original movie.
I'm sure than a younger audience will enjoy "The Sandlot 2", but those who have fond memories of "The Sandlot" should probably stay away. This does nothing to tarnish the original movie, but there just wasn't a need for a sequel and even with the original writer/director on board, there is no comparison between the two movies. "The Sandlot 2" is an inferior product and is missing the charm and humor and fun of "The Sandlot".
Grade: C-
-Joe Sherry
 Bad Movie April 17, 2005
Doug (Mass, USA)
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
Yup... this movie sux. It shouldn't even be called a movie. Does this take place in the 70's? No crappy movies come out with behind the scenes footage and commentary so you can guess this movie needed ways to sell. They also have a "Where are they now" feature... you usually make that at least 10 years AFTER a movie has come out... unless its about the origional cast. THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL WITH GIRLS IN THE FIRST MOVIE, YOU EVER HERE WHAT PORTER SAYS, LOOK AT WHAT PORTER LOOKS LIKE NOW, HE WAS NEVER THAT FAT! I think I am going to have to slap the director in the face for ruining the sequal.
Ridiculous March 26, 2005
Richard V. Lopez III
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
Ok, so we all know the plot line of the first one, a baseball signed by Babe Ruth is hit into the guys yard, but he has this huge dog that everyone is scared of. So they try all these ways to get the ball back, only to have figure out that the owner of the house is really awesome if you just go talk to him..... So what gets me about this sequel is why didnt Scotty Smalls tell his little brother "hey if you ever hit anything over the fence, just go talk to Mr. Mirtle, because he is really awesome" It is just a stupid plot line, and there are rumors circulating that there might be 4 more sequels? I don't know if thats true, but what a waste of film. The kid with the afro on the front cover has sandals, who plays baseball, plus if you look at it, there is only 7 kids, not a very good cover, which matches because im sure it wont be a very good movie
Stay away from Sandlot2 May 8, 2005
C. Brockman (Houston, Texas)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
We LOVED Sandlot and rushed out to buy Sandlot2. This movie is horrible. The storline is horrible, the plot is horrible, the acting is horrible and the language is unnecessary and horrible. The story leaves the opening for Sandlot3 which will probably be horrible if written by the same people. This is not the sequel we expected. This is not a baseball movie. If you grew up with Sandlot, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MOVIE !!
Yeah right March 3, 2005
Jamie Deleon (Northridge)
6 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is a travesty, you can't recreate the first one. Relive the magic my gluteal fold. Why are there always idiots in Hollywood?!
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