The Sandlot 2

Plot synopsis:
The start of the movie flashes back to 1962 when Benny becomes Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. The main part of the movie is set in 1972, ten years after the events of The Sandlot. New kids have moved into the neighborhood of San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. They have started playing baseball in the sandlot. The previous kids have all grown up and moved away. A young boy named Johnnie Smalls, the little brother of Scott Smalls (the first film's protagonist), has heard the legend of "The Great Fear," (a beastly mutated dog, as he puts it when he later on tells the group about the beast) owned by Mr. Mertle, who lives behind the Sandlot. David Durango (Max-Lloyd Jones) is the leader of the boys. Behind the Sandlot; next to Mr. Mertle's home lives the Goodfairer family. Hayley Goodfairer (Samantha Burton), the daughter and her two friends befriend the other boys at first in a census to share the Sandlot, but their relationship burgeons potently into a friendship when they find themselves in a big problem with the beast next door, despite Hayley calling David a little baby, and David calling Hayley a spoiled brat.
The next day, David and his friends Mac, Tarqell, Saul, and Saul's deaf little brother Sammy (referred to as "Fingers"), repeatedly demand Johnnie to tell the girls to leave the sandlot, but they keep refusing. Johnnie then suggests that they share the sandlot. The others agree but David doesn't feel good with the idea. Although since the girls are amazing at playing ball, he plans to make a deal with them; that they have to be on their team, they agree. Friday afternoon, the kids play a game with a little league team. But when the team captain, Singleton (Reece Thompson), ends up hitting Hayley in the stomach for playing with them, David responds by punching Singleton in the face and forces him to leave, but not before telling him that the sandlot is theirs forever.
One day, when Mac gets an aluminum baseball bat, he hits the ball over the junk wall and afterward they try to retrieve it. But just when they were about to cross over through a passage in the fence, Johnnie stops them and tells them the story of "The Great Fear": how it was born to bite and was different from its sibling puppies. There was a boy who loved the comic book hero named Rapid Rocket, and believed he ran as fast as him. On his first day of school, he went past Mr. Mertle's house (who forgot to lock the back gate where the Great Fear was), and The Great Fear got out and chased the boy. It was unknown what happened to him after he was cornered by "The Great Fear." Soon afterward, a wall made of assorted junk was built. Ever since, if anything went over the fence, nothing would ever come out.
The main conflict comes when Johnnie accidentally launches a model Space Shuttle. The model was built by Hayley's father, a NASA engineer. It was said to be the future of NASA. Unfortunately, Mr. Goodfarier's rocket lands in Mr. Mertle's back yard (home of the "Great Fear"). Hayley along with everyone else frantically try many things to get it back, including hiring the boy called "The Retriever" (Griffin Reilly Evans), but every time he fails, and decides to retire and go home. Then, just like Benny Rodriguez from the first movie, David decided to go over the wall himself to retrieve the rocket. Here it is revealed that the little boy from the story who was bitten by "The Great Fear" was David. He retrieves it and escapes the Great Fear's yard. The Sandlot kids soon find out (just like The Beast) The Great Fear got loose. David then hops on his bike and rides out of the sandlot. The Great Fear then chases after David. David then goes through a construction site, and then David gets off his bike and runs back to the sandlot. David hops over the junk wall back to Mr. Mertle's yard and falls through the tunnel that Mac used to try to get the rocket back. The dog knocks over the wall and saves David from suffocating. When David defeats the dog, it's revealed that the dog's real name is Goliath. After that the kids can be seen running to the sandlot because Goliath got away and realize that he only wanted to get out to see his girlfriend dog, Tiny, who was also behind a fence. As all the kids are leaving, Hayley and David share a kiss, and Mr. Mertle decides to not build a new fence because he's tired of kids thinking he's grouchy.
In the final moments of the movie the narrator tells what happened to all the sandlot kids. Mac joined the army when he graduated from high school, and received a Purple Heart when he was injured in the Gulf War, and then joined the Peace Corps. Saul and Fingers started a record label for a "new" kind of music called hip hop, and they named their company Def Jam Records, also with the money Fingers made in the music industry he started a successful gum company known as Kissing Booth Bubblegum. Jenny and Penny both raised three kids and had a happy life with their families. Tarquel was believed to be abducted by aliens and was never seen again. Hayley became a supermodel and a pitcher for the United States Olympic Softball team, winning two gold medals in the process. David earned the nickname "Rocket" after he defeated Goliath, and he eventually went on to marry Hayley, while Johnnie went to work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratories.

Tags: romantic

Review:
Like in the original, the dog was called "The Beast" and in this movie the dog is called "The Great Fear." What is that?
I'm still trying to figure out why in the world he would take this role...This movie is just plain insulting to anyone who has seen and has fallen in love with the 1993 movie "The Sandlot" because how they have basically taken every single scene and twisted it to fit the 70's.
Oh Dear Lord: somebody somewhere must have been offended by the original movie (which was obviously a fiendish plot to perpetuate the stereotype that a group of school boys could play sandlot baseball games without following preconceived notions of gender equity and politically correct behavior).
Virtually every situation from the first movie is clumsily recreated by a far less talented cast and group of writers: the scene where Squints kisses Wendy Peppercorn is transformed into bizarre (yet utterly predictable) slapstick involving a kissing booth, another 'Beast' must be outrun (this time by the uninspiring Max Lloyd-Jones), another outfield wall collapses...you get the picture.
And what this shameless ripoff cannot steal from the original, it manages to plunder from other movies (such as the scene in "Bad NewsBears" where Amanda takes a cheap shot to the chest near home plate).The cast itself is incredibly lackluster.
Max Lloyd-Jones is an inadequate replacement for Mike Vitar's benevolent Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, although to be fair, the writing doesn't help him any; whereas Rodriguez selflessly places his own reputation on the line to take a shy, gawky kid under his wing for the summer, Lloyd-Jones' "David Durango" has little concern for the plight of misunderstood Johnnie Smalls (yes, the little brother of Scotty Smalls) and appears far more interested in being aloof and ultra-cool while scouting out love interests.
The rest of the movie provides a quick cure for insomniacs far and wide as the writers desperately try to make amends for the first film's over-indulgence of testosterone (the phrase 'Male Chauvinist Pig' was repeated, I think,about eighty-six times).
The movie's objective can probably be summed up in a single line, where the insult fest between the sandlot kids and the little leaguers is recreated.
I watched one of those blocks on ABC family that had both the original movie and the sequel back to back.
If you've seen the original Sandlot movie, you will recognize numerous similarities in this sequel.
The many similarities to the first film include a main character who is very fast, a chubby, curly-headed kid, and Mr. Mertle's dog, which plays a big role in the plot (again).
In many ways, the movie is almost like someone found the old script and re-wrote it for a modern audience, changing the characters and story enough to make it a new movie, but keeping it similar enough to be true to the original story.
Like most sequels, this one tries to appeal to the audience of the original movie and takes few risks in covering any new territory, unless you count the inclusion of Sean Berdy as Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson, a deaf boy who provides an original comic distraction to the plot on more than one occasion.Despite its similarities to the original, as a stand-alone piece, this is a nice little story and well worth watching, especially for the younger audiences who really liked the original Sandlot.
Well, other things other than watching this dreck.Already into the opening scenes, there were cheesy lines, poor acting, lame catch phrases, and killed everything that made the original Sandlot a classical family movie.
Being a big fan of the original movie, which is a classic, I was extremely disappointed with this poor attempt at making a sequel.
Each member of the cast of the original movie perfectly executed their character with realism reminding me of my own childhood, where as these young actors in Sandlot 2, have still have yet to learn that acting is more than just reading your lines.
It is definitely a movie I would purchase and watch again.The Sandlot 2 takes place 10 years after the original Sandlot with all new characters.
On the DVD, there is a pretty good 10 minute retrospective on the Original Sandlot, with the child actors who are now young adults.
The only time I caught myself laughing was at the terrible acting and how the script may as well have been copied and pasted from the original classic except to be twisted into a trash can they call a movie.
Some of the new actors weren't so good in their acting except for Max Lloyd-Jones, Samantha Burton, and the brother of the deaf kid..
throughout my life, i have grown up watching the sandlot, and i still cherish it as one of the best coming of age tales of a boy who through trust and admiration for a game he loves so much, finds meaning in his life through the baseball diamond and through his friends.
Even worse, it's from the same guy who directed the first movie!The kids in the first film were likable and cool, whereas the characters are in this sequel are all annoying and unlikable.David has no personality, Haley is annoying, fat kid is obnoxious, Johnny is a whiny wuss, Haley's two friends served no purpose and were pointless, everybody else was forgettable.
James Earl Jones clearly did this crap for a paycheck.This movie is a shot for shot remake of the first down to the dog ending chase scene, you play ball like a girl insult scene, the kiss at the fair, the camp out storytelling about the dog, the montage of trying to get the ball back, going against the rival team in a baseball match, the voice over at the end telling what happened to all the kids, even the framed picture of all the kids in the last shot.
No baseball through the movie most of the time except for the game between the sandlot kids and the little leaguers.
I was disappointed once the movie was done, feeling that it had some potential to be great like the Original, but it didn't.In my opinion its not worth watching a second time, i know i won't bother to see it again.
Even so, the greatest weaknesses are the script and the directing.In summary it's not a bad movie, but if you loved the original I'd recommend that you realize that the remake (sequel?) is what it IS.
With the name Sandlot you expect the movie to be pretty good since the original was such a good one.
The Sandlot 2 is nothing compared to the original; the acting is horrible, characters are not realistic and its overall just a terrible attempt to remake the first movie with more up to date plot for today.
i think it would have been better if the new kids would have heard all about the first sandlot characters and not just about Small's and his re account of it.
OK done now..The movie was good but once again nothing can ever beat the SandlotYOU PLAY BASEBALL LIKE A GIRL!!!
First of all the jokes are so stupid and make no sense.If you haven't watched this movie than don't are you will be sorry.I also feel sorry for people that haved watched this movie.This is offense to the first sandlot.I almost stopped watching the movie halfway though it and I have never done that with any other movie I watched.Who ever made this movie should be put in jail because thats how bad this movie is.The actors sucked I think I could do a better job.The only way I would watch this movie again is if someone gave me a billion dollars.It wasn't even a sequel because it was the same plot of the first sandlot but this one was just terrible and got the worst actors possible and the jokes sucked..
Our family loved the original Sandlot, but they have made a terrible 2nd movie that uses bad language because the script and plot are so lame!!!!
i loved it plus there is hot guys in it, do any of you know what kind of Nike's David puts on at the end cause i like them, if you do e-mail me at kaygirl784@yahoo.com the sandlot was also the best movie of all times so it gets another plus.
the only this i saw as a flaw it doesn't have enough baseball in it but oh well, it was still a good movie!, oh yeah i thought The kid who played David was really cute too, his eyes were really pretty, and the little girl who played Haylee, how the heck does she grow her hair so long?..i would get fustrated with it, and i heard she can really pitch a softball 50mph..she must be good then!.
I like the all of the people who did this should have a lot of thank you, you did great, because it is not easy to make the second movie as good as the one before it.
i know Samantha and yes she can pitch that fast if not a little faster and she told me Max could really hit and fowl those balls on purpose i thought it was cool beans but yeah i really did like this movie i mean i know a lot about it b/c believe me I've asked Samantha so many questions and i know almost everything but it was a really good family movie and i think it was a cool idea to make a part 2!ive heard they were supposed to make a part 3 and i think that would be cool but i wonder how they are gonna do that i hope they don't make too many more sandlots because honestly i think they will probably get a little more boring on down the road but sandlot part 1 has always been my favorite and i love that they are going other places with it..
Any ways if anybody has anything to say feel free to add in fact please do i would love to see wat other people have to say about the sandlot 1 & 2 or about the boys and girls in the movie.
It's too bad kids these days can't just go outside and play ball like that, they either have to much homework, or can't go down the street w/o being hit by a car!...I have to give a shout out to congratulate David Mickey Evans, I didn't get out of my chair once during the movie!
You can tell everyone worked really hard on this movie, I enjoyed the first Sandlot,and this was a good sequel because although many things stayed the same, there were enough different things to balance it out.
I play on a traveling girls softball team and so i just love baseball movies!I would love to be in the Sandlot 3 as long as I get the cute guys!!!!Well I wanted to just say that I love the movies and my team and I would love to be in the third one and that I would love to see my 2 favorite stars!and the rest too because they are so awesome and I love all of them!.
Being of African American Descent, he was very inspirational to me.I need to know when the next movie comes out.Cause I willmost defitniely be watching out for it.this is awesome for kids who aspire to play baseball or get over fears/sincerely phongus..
I love this movie!Almost all sequels are better then the original.But both of the movies are good.But this is the best sequel of all the sequels.Because the Sandlot 2 is the greatest baseball movie.It inspired me in baseball.Now I'm playing baseball with my friends.This the greatest movie of all time.Its the best movie of my generation.I watch it every time it comes on on ABC Family.Me and my friends love it.Our favorite character id David.He is so freaking' hot.Anyways this the greatest movie ever.Don't judge a movie before you see it or not.All ways knock it before you try it.This is the best movie ever.Its my favorite movie of all time..
When you consider that Max Lloyd-Jones' appearance in the Sandlot 2 was the very first endeavor into acting in his life, and given his looks, athletic ability (especially baseball), and natural acting ability, although I know some of the scenes took 17 or 18 takes to get the shot just the way director David M.
And second you don't see any of the original characters from the first except for the blind black guy who is played by James Earl Jones.This movie focuses on several incredibly different kids who now live in the neighborhood close to the sandlot.5 boys fight over the sandlot over 3 girls who claim to own it themselves.One kid who's into rockets accidentally launched a prototype rocket that he wasn't suppose to launch without any permission and it ends up in the yard of "The Fear" who is the spawn of "The Beast".
The only new addition are female players, who are so annoying that you want the boys to win, especially when David (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Hayley (Samantha Burton) face off in a pitching-hitting match.The movie also includes a character that is supposedly the younger stepbrother of the original film's narrator (the narrator in both films is director David Mickey Evans).
They even have a rivalry team that wants the Sandlot, and whom they have a verbal contest with (the insult "Plays like a girl," is even thrown in, though this time from the other side).Overall, The Sandlot 2 is a terrible movie.
More like remake.The acting was just horrible!Putting girls in the story was a bad idea because The original was about friendship but this version was about love (12 year olds don't need to know about love wait until there 14-15.).They where RACIST about tarquell.I mean he was the only one where Phychadelic clothing and was the only one with an afro.But the biggest thing was that they named him tarquell(you don't see Caucasian men named Tarquell).Plus everyone had a great future but Tarquell was abducted by aliens!Thats just racist!The reason I said this is more like a remake because it has the:1.same situation (when the object goes over the fence)2.Arguement between the fat kid and the jerky kid3.Trick kiss scene with the weakest kid and someone very attractiveIt has Nothing to do with baseball.In the original it had to do a lot with baseball (baseball is my favorite sport).But this had nothing to do with baseball.It even said in he movie that it had nothing to do with baseball.overall:A bad movie.
First, let me just say that I consider the original Sandlot the ULTIMATE "boys of summer" movie.
If you loved the first, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS ONE.The single great thing that made the first movie a classic was the fantastic performances of all the kids.
Still a great movie, but during a break they said that "The Sandlot 2" was coming on, well, I wanted to see what would happen if I'd watched it.
It looks like the original author (and director) should have just stopped working after making that movie.
the greatest story of boys' summer adventures, ever..I can't stand the fact that a sequel was created...this movie is a disgrace to anyone who has ever seen The Sandlot...I grew up watching The Sandlot...it is my life...I'm disgusted with the sandlot 2...As a boy i grew up with the sandlot..i hate to see something like this ruin it for all the kids who had the same relationship with the movie..SPOILER: The Sandlot 2 has horribly underdeveloped characters that really don't show the true relationship between baseball and young people...i guess i just miss the original sandlot and this new version just doesn't come close to cutting it for me....
it was a waste of my time even watching it i could have been doing something more entertaining like cutting my toe nails or something of that nature.i love the original a heck of a lot better than this movie it should have never aired on any t.v. screen..
I watched the original when I was 3 and I am now 15 and it is STILL my favorite movie so I was very nervous when I rented this movie...I didn't have great expectations but I also didn't think that is was going to be horrible.
I was right - It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great.If you have seen The Sandlot then you most likely will be able to predict some of the things the characters will say and do (I could) If you have not then I think it is safe to say that you might enjoy this movie.Like I said before, some of the scenes were predictable because they basically came right from the original Sandlot.
Sixth grade was a time of innocence, back when you would go to your friends' houses and say: "Can you come out and play?", which is what this movie demonstrated to me.David Durango (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Hayley Goodfairer (Samantha Burton) were the best out of the young actors in this film.
The kids that acted in it were great, to say the least and the new dialog with the old comedy make this film worth your time to watch.
Although no movie can live up to the full credit that the original 'The sandlot' got, the remake(Sequel) did an excellent job living up to the expectation of the first..
I watched the original Sandlot on ABC family for the first time, and I loved it.
It's different that this time 3 girls are added into the Sandlot mix, even if they don't focus on the baseball aspect of this movie that much.
10 years after retrieving the Babe Ruth baseball, a new group of kids play at the sandlot.
This story takes place 10 years after the first sandlot, and has some references to the original movie.