The Sandlot 2 (2005)

A film about a group of young baseball-enthusiasts who test the terrifying myth of Mr. Mertle owning a freakishly large and dangerous dog in his backyard.

Director:

David Mickey Evans

Writers:

David Mickey Evans (characters), Robert Gunter (characters)

Stars:

Max Lloyd-Jones, James Willson, Samantha Burton

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Max Lloyd-Jones	...	David Durango
James Willson	...	Johnnie Smalls
Samantha Burton	...	Hayley Goodfairer
Brett Kelly	...	Mac
Cole Evan Weiss	...	Saul
Neilen Benvegnu	...	Tarqell
Sean Berdy	...	Sammy
Jessica King	...	Penny
McKenzie Freemantle	...	Jenny
Griffin Reilly Evans	...	The Retriever
Reece Thompson	...	Singleton
Teryl Rothery	...	Mrs. Goodfairer
Greg Germann	...	Mr. Goodfairer
James Earl Jones	...	Mr. Mertle
Steve Garvey	...	Little League Coach

Storyline

In the 12-years-since comedic sequel to 1993's The Sandlot, a new group of kids have moved into the sandlot: David Durango (Max Lloyd-Jones), Mac McKing (Brett Kelly), Saul (Cole Evan Weiss), his deaf brother Sammy "Fingers" (Sean Berdy), Tarquell (Neilen Benvegnu), Scotty's younger brother Johnnie Smalls (James Willson), and a surprise for The Sandlot 2, a girl in the group Hayley Goodfarier ('Samantha Burton'). When Johnnie mistakenly sends a model rocket over the junk fence in The Great Fear's yard, the gang must retrieve it. Even with the help of The Retriever (Griffin Reilly Evans, the director's son), a kid who steals dog tags and finds The Great Fear's a challenge. Yes, complete with another psychotic name-calling scene with Mac and little league captain Singleton (Reece Thompson). And, of course, with James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | close up of eyes | dog | rocket | what happened to epilogue | 

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Taglines:

Relive The Magic Of The Original Sandlot!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language, rude humor and brief violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

American Sign Language English

Release Date:

3 May 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Sandlot 2

Filming Locations:

Ladner, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,David Evans Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White (segment "The Great Fear") Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first time Max Lloyd Jones (David) and Sean Berdy (Fingers) appeared acting together. The second was Switched at Birth (2011)

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Goofs

When the Space Shuttle model takes off, it flies in a high arc away from the launch site like the real one, but when the boosters fall back down they fall right back down where they launched from.

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Quotes

Mac McKing: Wow! What's that? Up there. That speck.
Saul: [Finger signs to Saul] It's not a UFO, meathead.
[looks at the speck]
Saul: Wait, is it?
Hayley Goodfairer: It looks exactly like... Johnny, please. Please! Tell me you didn't send up my dad's rocket!
Johnnie Smalls: It was an accident. I swear!

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Connections

References The Great Escape (1963)

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Soundtracks

Dizzy
Written by Tommy Roe and Freddy Weller
Performed by Tommy Roe
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC d/b/a Tree Productions
By Arrangement with Ace Music Services & Original Sound Entertainment

User Reviews

Ugh...

Don't go about with this 'it's a kids movie' stuff, because aren't kids supposed to enjoy a kids movie? Still a child, I thought that this movie was rather boring and if there were razzies for kids movies, this one could deserve one.

First off, the acting was bland and wooden. Instead of using talented children, they went ahead and hired a few good-looking or cute kids with no experience, or at least that's what it seems. The boy who played 'Smalls' was actually alright, but beside him the casting couldn't have been worse.

It's cheesy, too. Very cheesy. Just the things that happen, the script, just everything. And, apparently, because everyone got such a kick out of seeing a boy kiss an attractive lifeguard through pretending to drown in the sequel, the writers decided that everyone would laugh just as much this time. Not really.

The plot line takes too much from the original and changes it around, with the evil animals and such. Why not use some imagination, eh? But, you've got to give it a little credit. There were times when a smile lingered upon my face, and I find it fairly good that they included girls this time--except for the fact they made them pretty wimpy, sticking to stereotypes as boys being tough and girls being wimpy and finding even a worm disgusting. No 'tomboy' about them, which kind of irritated me. But, thanks for at least including a girl.

I give it a 4/10.