Fans of Major League (1989) may want to see Major League II. I did not see the first film and am not in that category. Nor is there anything in Major League II that inspires me to go back and catch up on the earlier film.
This is comedy by the numbers, the uninspired story of a Cleveland Indian team of colorful weirdos and misfits, who seem to be trapped in a perpetual audition for the blooper reel.
The movie opens with a clever recap of the previous season (or film), delivered by the team announcer, played by Bob Uecker as a drunk whose problem gets worse as the season wears on.
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I only play roulette on occasion, but when I do, I always bet on black. And itâs all because of Wesley Snipes, who was the predominant Black action hero of the 1990s. Sure, Richard Roundtree paved the way in the â70s with his character Shaft, along with many other Black actors. But Wesley Snipes movies helped propel Black action flicks into the mainstream. I donât think itâs hyperbolic to say this, but without
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Coming 2 America coming soon, it got me thinking about how much I love Wesley Snipes. He made his first film appearance in the 1986 sports comedy,