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''The Sandlot 2'' is a direct-to-DVD 2005 sequel to [[The Sandlot]].
{{Infobox film
| name = The Sandlot 2
| image = The Sandlot 2 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[David Mickey Evans]]
| producer = David Bixler
| writer = David Mickey Evans
| based_on = {{Based on|Characters|David Mickey Evans<br />Robert Gunter}}
| starring = James Willson<br />Max Lloyd-Jones<br />Samantha Burton<br />[[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]]<br />Cole Evan Weiss<br />Neilen Benvegnu<br />[[Sean Berdy]]<br />Jessica King<br />McKenzie Freemantle<br />[[James Earl Jones]]
| music = [[Laura Karpman]]
| cinematography = David Pelletier
| editing = [[Harry Keramidas]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]
| released = {{Film date|2005|5|3}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}

'''''The Sandlot 2''''' (also known as '''''The Sandlot 2: The Sandlot Continues''''' and '''''The Sandlot Kids 2''''' in some territories) is a 2005 American [[Sports film|sports]] [[comedy film]] written, directed, and narrated by [[David Mickey Evans]]. It is the second film in [[The Sandlot (franchise)|''The Sandlot'' franchise]] and a [[direct-to-DVD]] sequel to ''[[The Sandlot]]'' (1993). The film followed by another sequel ''[[The Sandlot: Heading Home]]'' (2007).


==Plot==
==Plot==
The movie is set in 1972, 10 years after the events of The Sandlot. New kids have moved into the neighborhood of San Fernando Valley of Southern California, and have started playing baseball in the sandlot from the first movie. The previous kids have all grown and moved away. A young boy named Johnnie Smalls ([[James Willson]]), the younger brother of Scotty Smalls, the narrator of both movies, has heard the legend of "The Beast"/Hercules owned by Mr. Mertle, who lives behind the sandlot. David Durango ([[Max-Lloyd Jones]]) is the leader of the nine boys. Then, three girls join the team, one of them named Hailey Goodfairer ([[Samantha Burton]]),. The girls were league softball players, and Hailey always pitches the ball underhand. She starts to develop feelings for David, and it is revealed that he may have feelings for Hailey. In one scene, they challenge a little league team and the lead player hurts Hailey by hitting her in the belly. David punches him, telling him that no boy should ever hit a girl.
In a flashback back to 1962, Benny becomes Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. The story shifts to 1972, ten years after the events of ''[[The Sandlot]]''. A new crop of five kids now reside in [[San Fernando Valley]] in [[Los Angeles]] and play baseball at the Sandlot. Johnnie Smalls, the little brother of Scott Smalls, has heard the legend of a ferocious dog he calls "The Great Fear", that is one of The Beast’s offspring and is owned by Mr. Mertle, who lives behind the Sandlot. David Durango becomes the leader of the team which consists of Tarquell, Mac, Saul and his little brother, Sammy, referred to as "Fingers", because he is deaf. Behind the Sandlot, the Goodfairer family lives next to Mr. Mertle.

A new girl in the Sandlot named Hayley Goodfairer, and her two friends, Jenny and Penny, compete with the boys over sharing the Sandlot. When the girls refuse to leave, Johnnie suggests sharing it. All but David agree. The girls are amazing softball players, and Johnnie asks them to join their team. The kids play a game with a little league team led by David’s rival Singleton to determine who gets the Sandlot. When Singleton purposely hits Hayley, David punches him in retaliation and forces him and his team to permanently vacate the Sandlot.
Mac hits the ball over the junk wall with his new aluminum bat he got as a birthday present. As the group is about to go through a hole in the fence to retrieve it, Johnnie stops them and tells them the story of "The Great Fear". He says there was a boy who loved the comic book hero, Rapid Rocket, and believed he could run as fast. One day, he walked past Mr. Mertle's house. Mertle had forgotten to lock the backyard gate. The Great Fear got out and chased the boy. It is unknown what happened to the boy, but soon after, Mertle built a wall of assorted junk to keep his dog in. If anything went over the fence, nothing came out.
Johnnie accidentally launches a model Space Shuttle that was built by Hayley's NASA engineer father. It lands in Mr. Mertle's back yard, and Hayley and the others frantically think of ways to retrieve it. They hire a boy called the "Retriever", though he fails to get it and goes home. Like Benny Rodriguez from the first movie, David decides to go over the wall to retrieve the model. Here it is revealed that the little boy who was bitten by "The Great Fear" in the story was David. He retrieves the space shuttle and escapes unscathed. The Sandlot kids soon discover (just like The Beast did) that The Great Fear has gotten loose. David hops on his bike and is chased by the Great Fear. David rides through a construction site, then 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 while trying to get the shuttle back. The dog knocks over the wall and saves David from suffocating. When David defeats the dog, Mr. Mertle appears, describing the situation to be like that of ten years ago when a similar ordeal happened with the characters in the first film. It is revealed that the dog's real name is Goliath. The kids eventually realize that Goliath only wanted to get out so he could visit a neighboring female dog. As the kids depart, Hayley and David share a kiss. Mr. Mertle, tired of kids thinking he is grouchy, will not build a new fence. The kids grow up and part ways. Hayley and David meet again as adults and get married.

==Cast==
{{Div col}}
* Max Lloyd-Jones as David "Rocket" Durango
* James Willson as Johnnie Smalls
* Samantha Burton as Hayley Goodfairer
* [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]] as Mac McKing
* Cole Evan Weiss as Saul Samuelson
* Neilen Benvegnu as Tarquell
* [[Sean Berdy]] as Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson
* Jessica King as Penny
* McKenzie Freemantle as Jenny
* Griffin Reilly Evans as The Retriever
* [[Reece Thompson]] as Singleton
* [[Teryl Rothery]] as Mrs. Goodfairer
* [[Greg Germann]] as Roger Goodfairer
* [[James Earl Jones]] as Mr. Mertle
* [[Steve Garvey]] as Little League Coach
* Austin Dunn as Kid David
* Barbara Kottmeier as Hot Young Lady
* Michael Antonakos as Boyfriend
* Celia Bond as Woman at Movie
* [[David Mickey Evans]] as Narrator aka the adult Johnnie Smalls
* [[Tom Guiry]] as Scott Smalls (flashback)
* [[Mike Vitar]] as Benjamin Franklin "Benny" "The Jet" Rodriguez (flashback)
{{Div col end}}

==Reception==
On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it holds a 40% rating based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sandlot_2/ |title=The Sandlot 2 |date=1 January 2005 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>


== Sequel ==
One day, when the kids' ball goes over the large fence of Mr. Mertle and they try to retrieve it, Johnnie makes them stop by showing them that there's something descended from the Beast on the other side, called "The Great Fear." That night, Johnnie tells them the story of the Great Fear, how it used to be a junkyard dog, eating or hurting others who trespassed the junk yard. There was a boy who loved the comic book hero named Rapid Rocket, and would run around fast like him. On his first day of school, he went past Mr. Mertle's house but forgot to lock the back gate, and The Great Fear got out and chased the boy. It was unknown what happened to him after he was cornered by the killer dog at the junkyard. Soon afterward, a fence made assorted junk was built on top of Mr. Mertle's fence, and he was ordered by the officials to keep the dog locked up forever. Ever since, if anything went over the fence, it would not come out.
A sequel to the film, titled ''[[The Sandlot: Heading Home]]'', was released direct-to-video on May 1, 2007.


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==See also==
The main conflict comes when the space rocket for the future of NASA and the United States built by Hailey's father is blown over the fence, because Johnnie accidentally sets it off. The kids try many things to get it back, including hiring the one called The Retriever ([[Griffin Reilly Evans]]), but he fails, and retires from his job (even though he never really had one). Then, just like Benny Rodriguez from the first film, David is chased by the monstrous dog all over town. It is shown that he was the young boy from so long ago who was chased by the dog, revealed by the Rapid Rocket cape that he brings with him. When they get back to the sandlot, David falls onto the ground on the other side of the fence, and into a deep ditch. The dog then digs him up, and saves him from suffocation. David sees his tag, which says that his real name is Goliath. The boys then meet the blind Mr. Mertle ([[James Earl Jones]]), who tells them that the same situation happened in the summer of 1962, how the boys got something over the fence, and how he could have gotten it for them. Johnnie was able to save the rocket, and, isn't it obvious, David and Hailey become boyfriend and girlfriend. The movie ends with the revelation of what happened to all the boys when they left the sandlot.
* [[List of baseball films]]


==References==
==Similarities to ''The Sandlot''==
{{Reflist}}
The movie, while a true sequel in the sense that it references the first film and takes place later, is little more than a re-telling in terms of content. Nearly every plot point is the same between The Sandlot 2 and its predecessor. The few differences include the item sent over the fence (now a rocket instead of an autographed ball), the girls on the team, and the additional plot point of David's secret identity. This film can be seen as an attempt (perhaps a poor one) to cash in on the cult following of The Sandlot, and introducing the same story to a new generation.


==External links==
This fashion of retelling a story with different characters in a direct-to-video "sequel" has been done before, in sequels to [[The Skulls]] and [[Cruel Intentions]].
* {{IMDb title|id=0418131|title=The Sandlot 2}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=sandlot_2|title=The Sandlot 2}}


{{David M. Evans}}
Fox Video announced in 2006 that it has greenlit another sequel, [[The Sandlot 3]]


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==See Also==
[[Category:2005 films]]
* [[The Sandlot]]
[[Category:2005 children's films]]
[[Category:2005 direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2000s sports films]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:American baseball films]]
[[Category:American coming-of-age films]]
[[Category:American sequel films]]
[[Category:American Sign Language films]]
[[Category:Direct-to-video sequel films]]
[[Category:Films directed by David Mickey Evans]]
[[Category:Films set in 1972]]
[[Category:Films set in the San Fernando Valley]]
[[Category:Films shot in Vancouver]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by David Mickey Evans]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:English-language sports films]]

Latest revision as of 05:12, 9 December 2024

The Sandlot 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Mickey Evans
Written byDavid Mickey Evans
Based onCharacters
by David Mickey Evans
Robert Gunter
Produced byDavid Bixler
StarringJames Willson
Max Lloyd-Jones
Samantha Burton
Brett Kelly
Cole Evan Weiss
Neilen Benvegnu
Sean Berdy
Jessica King
McKenzie Freemantle
James Earl Jones
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
Edited byHarry Keramidas
Music byLaura Karpman
Distributed by20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date
  • May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sandlot 2 (also known as The Sandlot 2: The Sandlot Continues and The Sandlot Kids 2 in some territories) is a 2005 American sports comedy film written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans. It is the second film in The Sandlot franchise and a direct-to-DVD sequel to The Sandlot (1993). The film followed by another sequel The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007).

Plot

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In a flashback back to 1962, Benny becomes Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. The story shifts to 1972, ten years after the events of The Sandlot. A new crop of five kids now reside in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and play baseball at the Sandlot. Johnnie Smalls, the little brother of Scott Smalls, has heard the legend of a ferocious dog he calls "The Great Fear", that is one of The Beast’s offspring and is owned by Mr. Mertle, who lives behind the Sandlot. David Durango becomes the leader of the team which consists of Tarquell, Mac, Saul and his little brother, Sammy, referred to as "Fingers", because he is deaf. Behind the Sandlot, the Goodfairer family lives next to Mr. Mertle.

A new girl in the Sandlot named Hayley Goodfairer, and her two friends, Jenny and Penny, compete with the boys over sharing the Sandlot. When the girls refuse to leave, Johnnie suggests sharing it. All but David agree. The girls are amazing softball players, and Johnnie asks them to join their team. The kids play a game with a little league team led by David’s rival Singleton to determine who gets the Sandlot. When Singleton purposely hits Hayley, David punches him in retaliation and forces him and his team to permanently vacate the Sandlot.

Mac hits the ball over the junk wall with his new aluminum bat he got as a birthday present. As the group is about to go through a hole in the fence to retrieve it, Johnnie stops them and tells them the story of "The Great Fear". He says there was a boy who loved the comic book hero, Rapid Rocket, and believed he could run as fast. One day, he walked past Mr. Mertle's house. Mertle had forgotten to lock the backyard gate. The Great Fear got out and chased the boy. It is unknown what happened to the boy, but soon after, Mertle built a wall of assorted junk to keep his dog in. If anything went over the fence, nothing came out.

Johnnie accidentally launches a model Space Shuttle that was built by Hayley's NASA engineer father. It lands in Mr. Mertle's back yard, and Hayley and the others frantically think of ways to retrieve it. They hire a boy called the "Retriever", though he fails to get it and goes home. Like Benny Rodriguez from the first movie, David decides to go over the wall to retrieve the model. Here it is revealed that the little boy who was bitten by "The Great Fear" in the story was David. He retrieves the space shuttle and escapes unscathed. The Sandlot kids soon discover (just like The Beast did) that The Great Fear has gotten loose. David hops on his bike and is chased by the Great Fear. David rides through a construction site, then 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 while trying to get the shuttle back. The dog knocks over the wall and saves David from suffocating. When David defeats the dog, Mr. Mertle appears, describing the situation to be like that of ten years ago when a similar ordeal happened with the characters in the first film. It is revealed that the dog's real name is Goliath. The kids eventually realize that Goliath only wanted to get out so he could visit a neighboring female dog. As the kids depart, Hayley and David share a kiss. Mr. Mertle, tired of kids thinking he is grouchy, will not build a new fence. The kids grow up and part ways. Hayley and David meet again as adults and get married.

Cast

[edit]
  • Max Lloyd-Jones as David "Rocket" Durango
  • James Willson as Johnnie Smalls
  • Samantha Burton as Hayley Goodfairer
  • Brett Kelly as Mac McKing
  • Cole Evan Weiss as Saul Samuelson
  • Neilen Benvegnu as Tarquell
  • Sean Berdy as Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson
  • Jessica King as Penny
  • McKenzie Freemantle as Jenny
  • Griffin Reilly Evans as The Retriever
  • Reece Thompson as Singleton
  • Teryl Rothery as Mrs. Goodfairer
  • Greg Germann as Roger Goodfairer
  • James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle
  • Steve Garvey as Little League Coach
  • Austin Dunn as Kid David
  • Barbara Kottmeier as Hot Young Lady
  • Michael Antonakos as Boyfriend
  • Celia Bond as Woman at Movie
  • David Mickey Evans as Narrator aka the adult Johnnie Smalls
  • Tom Guiry as Scott Smalls (flashback)
  • Mike Vitar as Benjamin Franklin "Benny" "The Jet" Rodriguez (flashback)

Reception

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On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 40% rating based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10.[1]

Sequel

[edit]

A sequel to the film, titled The Sandlot: Heading Home, was released direct-to-video on May 1, 2007.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "The Sandlot 2". Rotten Tomatoes. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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