Mr-Fusion The original "Major League" had a distinct heart that's all but gone this lackluster sequel. Retreading the first movie in nearly every way, "Major League II" takes the lazy way out and turns these great characters into cartoons for cheap laughs. There's no way the Rick Vaughn we know would've gone full-on cleancut endorsement boy, and making all of these guys into complacent wimps after just six months is ridiculous. Where's Harris? Why is Hayes suddenly an actor? The best parts of this movie were all of Rube's scenes and Tanaka's intro, but they couldn't make up for Charlie Sheen's nodded-off performance. It's not a bad movie, but it does have "meh" written all over it.5/10

SnoopyStyle After winning the American league the previous season, the team is now aiming to win it all. Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) has retired and purchased the team. Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) returns but is no longer the Wild Thing. Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) is one year older and is tasked to mentor young catcher Rube Baker (Eric Bruskotter). Omar Epps is the new Willie Mays Hayes who's in love with the long ball and his B-movie role. Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) is now a peace loving Buddhist. None of the changes are working out for the team. Coach Lou Brown (James Gammon) tries to guide the once-again-dysfunctional team.The gang is mostly back and new problems are created for each character. Everything feels overly written. It's the same old concept with the same old story. Give everybody a problem, get them to solve them, and win the game. The charming freshness is no longer there. It feels tired. It is completely predictable, and boring.

richard-1787 This movie is almost totally flat. The first one in the series was already uneven, but the end saved the day, and really got you involved in the success of the Indians.In this installment, things just happen for no reason. For awhile the Indians are bad, for no real reason. Then suddenly they get very good. Why? Who knows.Until we get to the final games, the humor is lame to downright disabled. Bob Ueker's character becomes an embarrassment, as does the Japanese player from Toledo. The movie just meanders along, going nowhere.There was talent involved in the making of this movie, but not in the writing of this script. Couldn't they have found a script doctor to make this better?

Maniac-9 Major League II is still a good movie but by no means is it in the same league as the original Major League.The first movie ends with the Indians finally making the playoffs for the first time in 40 years. They went onto being swept by the White Sox in the ALCS so the enemy team of this movie is now the W.Sox. The Indians big free agent pickup in the off season was a guy named Jack Parkman who while a great player ends up being a real prick and causing dissension in the clubhouse. Ricky Vaughn is also more concerned about his public image then being the bad boy he was previously. After Lou Brown has a heart attack that means Jake Taylor takes over as the teams manager. And yada yada.The movie isn't bad by any means but it doesn't seem to have the same magic and spark that the first movie had, I could watch the original ML a million times and never get tired of it.