A.J. Hakari
01-30-2002, 12:56 PM
Ah, MVP 2...Another example of innocuous, family-safe fun starring a cute animal.
Hockey-playing ape Jack is moving from his nature preserve in the jungle to Seattle, after being drafted to the Simians (oh, how convenient!) and helping the struggling team win a few more games. But a rival coach's mean trick forces Jack to go on the run, hiding out in an abandoned pool where a runaway kid lives. The primate and the kid strike up a friendship, and soon, Jack has learned how to use a skateboard and helps his new friend enter an upcoming competition.
Plots like this usually make me go "Oh, cut me an over-sized wedge!" (with apologizes to Sniz & Fondue), but MVP 2 doesn't really make a big deal about its "you can do whatever you can" message. It just wants to show a monkey using a skateboard, kids performing cool stunts, and give Richard "Al Borlin" Karn a chance to tell people he's still alive. MVP 2 is a modest flick, though most definitely nothing special and a little too goofy at some moments (with team names like the Carjackers and the Simians, one would expect the hockey league was governed by Jane Goodall and the XFL).
I liked the first MVP better, but #2 is an ok selection if you've seen everything else, or unless you want something to shut the kiddies up for an afternoon.
Hockey-playing ape Jack is moving from his nature preserve in the jungle to Seattle, after being drafted to the Simians (oh, how convenient!) and helping the struggling team win a few more games. But a rival coach's mean trick forces Jack to go on the run, hiding out in an abandoned pool where a runaway kid lives. The primate and the kid strike up a friendship, and soon, Jack has learned how to use a skateboard and helps his new friend enter an upcoming competition.
Plots like this usually make me go "Oh, cut me an over-sized wedge!" (with apologizes to Sniz & Fondue), but MVP 2 doesn't really make a big deal about its "you can do whatever you can" message. It just wants to show a monkey using a skateboard, kids performing cool stunts, and give Richard "Al Borlin" Karn a chance to tell people he's still alive. MVP 2 is a modest flick, though most definitely nothing special and a little too goofy at some moments (with team names like the Carjackers and the Simians, one would expect the hockey league was governed by Jane Goodall and the XFL).
I liked the first MVP better, but #2 is an ok selection if you've seen everything else, or unless you want something to shut the kiddies up for an afternoon.