It’s a plot that’s about as convoluted as the original’s, but then again, how easy is it to find a good reason for law enforcement to go undercover in a children’s classroom? It’s only fair to forgive the ridiculousness of the premise as a necessary evil because otherwise, Kindergarten Cop 2 wouldn’t fit within the parameters of the franchise. Naturally, the file has been hidden in a school by a recently deceased kindergarten teacher, so Reed must go in undercover to locate it. After catching a notorious criminal, Reed learns that he’s attempting to recover a stolen file containing the FBI’s witness protection database in order to kill his ex-girlfriend who is preparing to testify against him. Kindergarten Cop 2 follows Dolph Lundgren’s Zack Reed, an FBI agent with a background in undercover sting operations. Much of what made the original so good was its carefully considered approach to its premise: it simply asserted that caregivers can be masculine, and – most importantly – that there’s nothing particularly funny about it. Making a sequel over 25 years later was always going to be a risky endeavor, especially after Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to return. Whether this happens over a period of years or almost instantly upon a film’s release, each of these titles has slipped through the cracks of our collective memory to join the ranks of the Films That Time Forgot.Īs recently covered in our review of Kindergarten Cop, the original should be considered a comedy classic. While many films stand the test of time, others fade into obscurity.
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