![]() ![]() While they do use a new plot and cast, a lot of jokes and scenes are taken from the first film, with some changes. Kindergarten Cop 2 is another in the long line of films that serve as sequels to movies released long ago, skip theaters and are direct to video, and basically serve as nothing more than a studio's shameless attempt to make a quick buck off a classic film. How did it come up? Who thought it would be a good idea? What was anyone trying to achieve with it? Why did it get made? * This is just an all round beguiling project. He's joined by Paunovic's typical Russian villain, Bellamy's stereotypical black partner and Taylor as a worryingly younger love interest. Even so, many will feel he brought something to the original role that couldn't be recreated by anyone else, and it's true Dolph doesn't feel at home as much here, lacking Arnie's madcap spirit in the first film. You're left to wonder what his motives for making this were: trying to show a lighter, fuzzier side to his repertoire, even if it's all little heard of, straight to DVD fodder? The original was one of two films Arnold Schwarzenegger made to try and show a lighter version of himself, and it's been confirmed he's appearing in a sequel himself to the other one of those films, so you're left to wonder if he thought the follow up to this had lesser box office potential. Things were looking on the up for him recently, with the well received Skin Trade signalling a return to the sort of slam bang, unpretentious entertainment he was known for. This is a weird, unexplainable piece of work at best, but maybe most so for Dolph. Or even if it happens to be some bizarrely low budget, straight to DVD Dolph Lundgren vehicle. It's never too late to make a sequel these days, even to a more modern audience who may not even have heard of the original. Gradually, he forms a bond with the kids and pretty young teacher Olivia (Darla Taylor) and liaises with his partner Sanders (Bill Bellamy), but all the while, Zogu (Aleks Paunovic), the villainous Russian mobster behind the murder, lurks about. Thankfully, though, everything worked out just as the bodybuilding icon hoped.STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Morning *** Friday Night ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning When a teacher is killed after stumbling upon sensitive information, FBI Agent Reed (Dolph Lundgren) is assigned to go undercover in a liberal, PC modern kindergarten, where his 'no pain no gain' philosophy makes him a far from ideal candidate for the role. I just can't believe execs didn't see the marketing potential in such a unique last name. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn't at least heard it mentioned at one point in their lives. ![]() Overcoming this "German accent" prejudice, the entertainer became a leading Hollywood man and developed a memorable on-screen voice we have all grown to love. Not only that, but his surname is now one of the most recognizable in the history of cinema. And those are the three things why it wouldn't work. What's your name? Schnitzel, or something like that?' So they were laughing at my name. ![]() But other than that, you wouldn’t get away with it.’ … And then they said that, 'No one would be able to pronounce Schwarz. 'So yes, you could play a Nazi officer or something like that. The bottom line is that when they said, 'It's not gonna work, you getting in the movies, and especially not being a leading man.' They said it was 'because of your accent.' They said that the German accent is scary for most Americans - it reminds them of the Nazis. It’s hard to imagine the landscape of the best sci-fi movies of the '80s - like Predator and Total Recall - without the former Mr. He challenged norms, becoming a film icon in blockbuster horror movies like Terminator, where he even had to master the art of not blinking for the role. This revelation is shocking, because the Conan the Barbarian star’s muscular physique defined him and played a pivotal role in his success. ![]() They said to me, 'Look at the stars today… Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, De Niro, Woody Allen. In the '70s, when I said I wanted to get into movies, all the producers and directors and studio executives and agents were saying to me, 'It's never gonna happen.' And one of the three reasons was that my body was too big. He explained just why people told him his body would be detrimental to his aspirations: However, like most things in his life, he didn’t allow this setback to deter him. In a recent episode of Rob Lowe’s podcast, Literally!, the former bodybuilder shared that in the 1970s, Hollywood bigwigs informed him that he would never achieve the stardom he so craved. ![]()
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