Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) (V)

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers (WGA):

Nancy Dowd (characters)
Broderick Miller (written by)

Release Date:

26 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Aggressive Hockey is Back!

Plot:

With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold...

Plot Keywords:

Puck Bunnies | Hockey | Sequel | Violence

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Stephen Baldwin	...	Sean Linden
Jessica Steen	...	Jessie Dage
Gary Busey	...	Richmond Claremont
David Hemmings	...	Martin Fox
David Paetkau	...	Gordie Miller
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Palmberg
Jonathan Scarfe	...	Skipper Tesch
Jody Racicot	...	Gasmer
Steve Carlson	...	Steve Hanson
David Hanson	...	Jack Hanson
Jeff Carlson	...	Jeff Hanson
Andrew McIlroy	...	Dexter Howell
David Lewis	...	Rick Cooper
Peter Graham-Gaudreau	...	Schenkman (as Pete Graham-Gaudreau)
Tony Vlastelic	...	Dvotcha

Also Known As:

Slap Shot 2 (USA) (working title)
Lämäri 2 - toinen erä (Finland) [fi]
Schlappschuss 2 - Die Eisbrecher (Germany) [de]
Slagskott: Andra perioden (Sweden) [sv]
Todo vale 2: Rompiendo el hielo (Argentina) [es]
Vale Tudo 2 - Quebrando o Gelo (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:LH | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The word "fuck" is used 85 times in the film, thirteen times less than the original "Slap Shot" (1977).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sean Linden incorrectly identifies the Harlem Globetrotters opponents as the "Washington Nationals" when they are the Washington Generals.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Chiefs (2004)

Soundtrack:

32 Miles From Memphis

It's a sequel people, but is it faithful?

Sequel yes, why? Who knows but if you take this movie into it's own little world and try and not link it to the first movie (which I must admit can be hard, with the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team) try not to think of it has a sequel because it will spoil the first one for you.

The first one was a cult classic hit for sport movies. But this one, isn't exactly the worst sport movie I've ever seen. The hockey probably wasn't enough to keep sport movie fans attentions, but it did have enough for the non sport lovers to actually think "oooh violence on ice-not bad" a little go ;)

Callum Keith Rennie (an astounded Canadian actor - who probably signed for this film because of the first ones status and a film about ice hockey) is slightly wasted in this movie. We can see him in other roles that show of his natural talents as a brilliant actor, but playing Palmberg, it was enough to keep watching and laughing.

A female coach... ohhh not really that much of a plot twister... and Stephen Baldwin's screen performance wasn't exactly fantastic.

I think people reacted badly to this film because of the first one. They should never have plainly labelled it as a sequel as the "straight to DVD" shows how much it was liked by audiences (it just wasn't.)

But I had four of my wisdom teeth removed the weekend I rented this and it kept me occupied long enough to forget about the big open wounds in my gums, so really, give this film a chance. You can laugh, if you can just get over the fact that this film is a sequel. - :)