Product Description

The chiefs are back in this all-new sports comedy. This highly-anticipated sequel is the story of a losing team that rediscovers its love of the game and becomes winners again. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Stephen Baldwin The Hanson Brothers Run time: 104 minutes Rating: R Director: Steve Boyum

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20575 in DVD
• Brand: Universal Studios
• Released on: 2002-03-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 104 minutes

Customer Reviews

"What a f---ing nightmare."
Rent this video, don't buy it, then fast forward to the Hanson's scenes and the final hockey game. Skip the rest unless you feel you must witness "this fiasco".

Most of this movie is just plain awful except for the scenes with the Hansons and the Chief's new goalie who has this "obsessive compulsive" thing going (like most goalies, eh). He was pretty funny.

There were way too many attempts to rehash the great gags from the original Slapshot, it actually got painful to watch. The writers should have to go sit in the penalty box for this slashing they gave us.

Excuse me while I go watch the original a few times to get this bad experience out of my head, eh.

Absolutely terrible.
We should be able to select "No star" for the rating. Just sad, horrible attempt at a sequel. Hockey people will understand my opinion. The original was and is still the all time greatest hockey movie ever. I can't believe they even released this film.

Not Too Bad
After reading the other reviews of this movie on Amazon, I was expecting a total and utter disaster. In addition, sizing a sequel against one of the greatest sports movies of all time is always a risk. What I experienced was much better than I expected but, of course, not of classic-quality status that the initial Slap Shot portrayed.

The movie brings us up to date on the classic Chiefs from Charlestown in the modern day, once again struggling to keep their heads above water and their record above "basement" status. The current owner of the Chiefs feels that selling the team would benefit the players' exposure(s) as well as their bank accounts. In turn, the team is bought out by a mid-west business mogul who has no desire for the sport whatsoever. The result of the purchase is a 'Harlem Globetrotters-esque' type of family show, causing the Chiefs to be the "always losing" opponents against a superstar, preppy, pieced-together (ala' Globetrotter) hockey team. The story is the struggle with their true identy as a team, as well as the morality of a corporate-run business.

The acting in the movie is so-so, with Stephen Baldwin leading the pack with his nonchalant, rather UN-energetic performance. However, watching the bonus section of the DVD revealed that a good amount of time was put into casting this movie. The casting comprised of a variety of actors who either had played hockey before or were tought to skate through coaches or even real NHL playbooks during the filming of the movie. Just as well, some professional players (such as Dave Babych - ex-Vancouver Canuck) were cast to either play a role or perform as various background players. In addition, the return of the ever-popular Hanson Brothers brought back their classic humor to the screen.

Granted, the film is not a classic like the first Slap Shot. The humor is not as abundant, the story is not as interesting, and the acting is not top-notch. But, it is entertaining and the hockey itself is shot well with great on-ice shots. If you're looking for the award-winning status of the first movie, you won't necessarily find it here - but give it a spin - it's not as bad as the previous negative reviews are making it out to be.