"From Universal 1440 Entertainment: Kindergarten Cop 2", PR Newswire, published August 17, 2015. "Dolph Lundgren Starring In Kindergarten Cop 2", Empire, published August 14, 2015. "First Look at Dolph Lundgren in Kindergarten Cop 2", MovieWeb, published August 13, 2015. The script is bad, the direction is uninspired, the villain is boring, and Lundgren can't navigate that space between comedy and action like Arnie can." References Randall Colburn of Consequence of Sound gave it a grade D+ and wrote: "Kindergarten Cop 2 ultimately resonates as nothing more than a sub-par rendition of its predecessor. Ĭommon Sense Media gave the film a score of 2 out of 5, and described it as "FBI man meets cute kids in trite comedy violence, profanity."
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 29% of 7 critics' reviews are positive. On December 21, 2015, the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of the original film, the first official photos of Kindergarten Cop 2 were released via About. Schwarzenegger was replaced by Dolph Lundgren as a new character, FBI Agent Zack Reed. Schwarzenegger announced that his character Detective John Kimble is now officially retired from being a kindergarten teacher and police officer. On June 1, 2015, it was reported that The Garden and Half Past Dead filmmaker Don Michael Paul would be directing the film, and Arnold Schwarzenegger would not be reprising his role as Detective John Kimble. Chris Violette as Country Bar Bartender (uncredited).Nicholas Carella as Bernie the Hot Single Dad.The drive is returned to the FBI and the kids celebrate their victory with their parents. Zogu finds the thumb drive with the children on a field trip, but they manage to surprise him with their trojan horse attack strategy. In the meantime Reed reveals his cover to the principal, telling her about Zogu and the importance of locking down the school. The criminal leader, Zogu, captures the FBI surveillance van and discovers the crucial role of the children. As his students explain that the other kids' are larger, he gives them a trojan horse strategy.
Reed and Olivia's classes compete in a capture the flag competition and his class win for the first time. When she catches him in her office snooping for the thumb drive, Reed asks her out on a date and they begin to connect romantically. Reed's co-teacher in kindergarten, Olivia is an attractive single woman. This motivates Reed to apologize and ask for some assistance from Sanders (father of five), Reed learns to lead the class in a more relational and emotionally-aware way. He uses an air horn to command obedience, but the principal gives him one strike. Again he loses control when he gives them chocolate cookies and they bounce off the walls from the sugar.Īlthough day one is rough, Reed insists he will persevere without Sanders' help. One boy has severe allergies, especially nuts, so mayhem breaks out when they realize that Reed is eating peanut butter. On his first day, Reed struggles to keep the kids' attention and to keep it together. The school has a very liberal/modern perspective on teaching and managing children which is, at first, quite awkward to Reed's more straightforward ways. So Reed, with a fictitious resumé, applies for the role of teacher to the bereaved class and is easily hired.
The file has been stored on a USB flash drive by a now-deceased kindergarten teacher.Īfter Sanders interviews the teacher's students and the staff, no one seems to know where the drive is. Plot įederal agent Zack Reed and his partner Sanders are pursuing dangerous criminal leader Alexander Zogu who has discovered a copy of the FBI witness protection database. The film was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on DVD in the United States on May 17, 2016. The school at which the film was produced is Kanaka Elementary. Principal photography in Maple Ridge, Langley, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada took place for 28 days, from July 27 to August 24, 2015. It is a standalone sequel to the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kindergarten Cop 2 is a 2016 American comedy film starring Dolph Lundgren and directed by Don Michael Paul.
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