Review – The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

This has to be one of the steepest declines from original to sequel in Hollywood history. While the first Bears movie had a certain underdog charm, this one just packs after school special smarm combined with a Happy Days humor level. The foul-mouthed kid with the soft spot is now mostly just the kid with the soft spot. The motorbike-riding rebel (Jackie Earle Haley) gets saddled with a mess of character development in the form of an estranged dad (William Devane) who ends up coaching the team. Some of the old Astrodome footage is sorta fun, but the rest of the picture is thoroughly missable. See if desperate