Major League II (1994)

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.

Director:

David S. Ward

Writers:

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

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Those Cleveland Indians are at it again! After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! First, though, they have to contend with Rachel Phelps again when she buys back the team. Also, has Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn lost his edge? Are Jake's knees strong enough to make it as a catcher another year? These and other questions are answered as the Indians recapture the magic and win the championship "their way".

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Plot Keywords:

professional sports | sports league | baseball | returning character with different actor | second part | 

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Taglines:

The dream team is back!

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Indianer von Cleveland II

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$30,626,182 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Morgan Creek Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Extra Baseball players John Stefero, Brad Tyler, and Jeff Sheaffer all played in the Baltimore minor league system, all playing at one time for the AAA Rochester (NY) Red Wings. Schoop (Kevin Hickey) as well played for Rochester, and was a teammate with Brad Tyler.

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Goofs

While the Indians and White Sox later were both in the AL Central Division, at the time of this film, the Indians were in AL East and the White Sox were in AL West, so they could have been (and still can be) opponents in the AL Championship Series.

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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...
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Connections

Referenced in Tosh.0: Look at That Horse Guy (2010)

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Soundtracks

"SHAKE ME UP"
Performed by Little Feat
Written by BILL PAYNE, M. KIBBEE, Paul Barrere and CRAIG FULLER
Courtesy of MORGAN CREEK RECORDS

User Reviews

This baseball film is not as fun as the original.

I have to say that for the most part this movie is a lot like the first film. However, now instead of a R rated movie with some bite it is a PG-13 flick that just is not as funny as the original. Also, this film is missing Wesley Snipes as he is replaced by Omar Epps which he would have been okay had he been in the first one, but after seeing Snipes in the role I did not really care for the recast. The team is back, apparently after their magical run they got knocked out very quickly in the playoffs. Somehow, Roger Dorn now owns the team and he paid way to much for it, he also brought in this free agent catcher to knock in some runs. Well that backfires as does a lot of things as Ricky the wild thang is now throwing garbage and can not get his 100 mph fastball in gear, Pedro has mellowed to a considerable degree, Jake Taylor ends up one of the managers on staff and all is not right with the world. There are some funny scenes here and there, but the original it is not. Not only are some characters simply not in the film, like Eddie the aging pitcher, some are back and just not like themselves like Dorn who seems to be playing a completely different character. The film focuses more on Charlie Sheen as Ricky and he has some funny moments as does Randy Quaid as a disenfranchised fan. Still, it probably would have been best had they not made this sequel, it is surprising they made one more after this, but I do not think that one did anything at the box office.