Overrated and overhyped

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Having come from out of nowhere to win the Eastern Division last season, the Cleveland Indians have most of their main players back and plan to repeat their success this season. In addition, they have also acquired a veteran catcher by the name of "Jack Parkman" (David Keith) and a rookie at the same position named "Rube Baker" (Eric Bruskotter) to replace "Jake Taylor" (Tom Berenger) who has moved to a coaching spot. Not only that but their insufferable previous owner "Rachel Phelps" (Margaret Whitton) has sold the franchise to their aging third baseman "Roger Dorn" (Corbin Bernsen). That said, things are apparently looking good and all of the experts predict that they will go all the way to the World Series. However, things aren't necessarily as good as they seem as the players they counted on have all lost their spark and to make matters even worse Roger Dorn overestimated his investment and has had to resell the team to--of all people--Rachel Phelps. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film turned out to be a somewhat routine sequel in that it simply didn't quite have the same energy as its predecessor. I especially didn't care for two of the characters by the names of "Isuro Tanaka" (Takaaki Ishibashi) and the obnoxious fan named "Johnny" (Randy Quaid) who were quite annoying. Even so there were a couple of good moments here and there and having an attractive actress like Alison Doody (as "Rebecca Flannery") certainly didn't hurt. All things considered then, while it wasn't a great film by any means, I suppose it wasn't necessarily that bad and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Major League II (1994) ** (out of 4) Lame sequel finds most of the original cast members back as the Cleveland Indians try to improve on their previous season. The only problem is that most of them now have "bigger" things in their lives, which puts baseball on the back burner and they find themselves back to being losers. To call MAJOR LEAGUE II a disappointment would be an understatement especially when you consider how great the original was. There was a five year difference between the two films so you can't really say that the first one made money so they just rushed this one into production without giving it a chance. I mean, they did have five years to come up with something better than what we got. There's been a lot of debate on how they took a R-rated, profanity full film and trimmed this one down to a kids movie. This here really bothered me the first time I saw this but after this second viewing I realized that it's not the clean-cut nature of this film that hurts it. It's the fact that it's pretty much nothing more than a remake of the first film only not nearly as funny. Each of the characters find themselves spoofing their characters in the first film. Wild Thing Vaughn goes from wild child to clean cut. Pedro Cerrrano goes from a crazed hitter to a peaceful sweetheart. You even have Willie Mays Hayes who goes from his fast self to a wannabe power hitter. None of this stuff is funny and neither are any of the supporting characters this time out. Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen all return but are just a shell of themselves. Dennis Haysbert, James Gammon, Omar Epps and Margaret Whitton just don't have the same magic and even Rene Russo's quick cameo does nothing. Randy Quaid is wasted in his role as an obsessed fan and even Bob Uecker isn't given anything good to do. David Keith is the most entertaining person in his villain role. MAJOR LEAGUE II isn't a complete disaster but it's certainly DOA.

In my opinion, the biggest flaw was that it was supposed to be the 'very' next year, but in reality the movie was filmed five years later. This really showed with some of the characters. Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) was a rookie in the first film, but he's obviously not a kid anymore in this one. When Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) first stepped out of the taxi at the beginning of this movie, he looked so much older that it was stunning. And Margaret Whitton (Rachel Phelps) had aged so much and gained enough weight that I literally didn't even recognize her at first. All of this just took a while to get accustomed to, not to mention Willie Mays Hayes now being played by a different character. They just casually slipped that in there like we weren't supposed to notice, but I never really could accept this as being the same character that I loved so much in the first film.As far as the comedy, it's a bit more slap-stick than the original. The character of Rube Baker (played by Eric Bruskotter) is likable, but borderline goofy. Also, Roger Dorn's character (played by Corbin Bernsen) has transformed from an egotistical bad-boy to a wimpy cry-baby. I had trouble believing that was the same character as well.But all of that aside, I still liked this film pretty well. It just took me a while to adjust to the changes. I enjoyed it better the second time I watched it, once the initial shock had worn off.

I've probably seen this movie 15-20 times by now, and I know many of the lines word-for-word, and when they appear. Why have I watched this movie so many times, you ask? Because it was just that great. The first one was gold, but this movie was pure platinum. I thought the opening game was done to perfection, with the Indians losing to the Chicago White Sox. Well, except for the fact that Pedro Cerrano was already out for stepping out of the baseline before he was tagged by the outfielder, but that's a little inconsistency that only the baseball knowledgeable would catch. The losing highlights were priceless, thanks in huge part to the commentary of Harry Doyle, portrayed by Bob Uecker. Then the movie actually kept its consistency when the Indians started winning, and I believe it was great all the way to the end. Jack Parkman was the best possible antagonist this movie could have asked for, and despite the ending being a little obvious before it happened, I still enjoy it every time I see it. I don't know why many IMDb users have rated it so low, because this film deserves so much more. Too bad the third movie in this trilogy was a tank job, because if not, it would have been the greatest trilogy ever made. I strongly recommend this movie to the highest degree.