This was another of The Mighty Ducks movies that I remember when it came out. I believe my sister and I rented this on Direct Ticket or from the video store. Regardless, we saw this when it first came out. I believe when it hit the movie channels, we watched it. It was a step back to me even back then. Jaime decided to watch this since we saw the previous ones.
We are following up where the last one left off. Our team has won the gold and now they must decide what the next steps are. Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) is staying on as the head of player personnel with Team USA. He was able to get them in a prestigious prep academy in Minnesota, Eden Hall. They will be the JV/freshmen team there. It brings attention to the school, but not everyone likes this.
The dean is on board, Buckley (David Selby). A member of the board of trustees isn't necessarily. The players going are led by Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson). Joining him are Fulton Reed (Elden Henson), Goldberg (Shaun Weiss), Banks (Vincent LaRusso), Averman (Matt Doherty), Guy (Garette Ratliff Henson), Connie (Marguerite Moreau), Russ (Kenan Thompson), Luis (Mike Vitar), Julie (Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine) and Ken (Justin Wong). Their new coach is Orion (Jeffrey Nordling). They buttheads, especially with Charlie with the style of play he wants to do. It is more defense focused.
They have another issue, the varsity team. It is led by Rick (Christopher Orr) and his enforcer, Cole (Michael Cudlitz). They play dirty and a divide is created when Banks is good enough to be called up to varsity. Charlie has a setback when Coach Orion takes his captain C away. He must decide what to do and if his heart is in the game or not.
By the end of this, Jaime said it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be and she's right. This is as cheesy as the previous installments. There is a bit of commentary here that comes back from the original of the rich keeping down those below them. This is a prep school. It looks like most of the varsity squad are from this upper-class group. It feels a bit like the original there when we had the Hawks vs. The Ducks. There is also a commentary about the name of the team, the Warriors with a girl Charlie has his eye on wanting it changed. This plays into the ending as well.
What makes this feels cheesy is the acting. Jackson and Henson seem to take the lead here. The varsity team plays the villains well. We do get Orr and Cudlitz having personalities which is different than other installments. Nordling does well as this coach who has their best interests at heart if they listen to him. The rest are fine. It is more of what you get in the previous two.
To then finish this out, this is again made well enough. There is more of a TV feel than the others, but maybe that is just me having that feeling as I come in that it is a step back. It is fine. We get better hocky scenes to be honest. There is a bit of that being realistic at times, but I digress. I like where they took this story. The next step would be high school and setting it at a prep one like this is interesting. These are high profile players so I could see a place doing what they did here. Not great, but still fun.
My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.
We are following up where the last one left off. Our team has won the gold and now they must decide what the next steps are. Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) is staying on as the head of player personnel with Team USA. He was able to get them in a prestigious prep academy in Minnesota, Eden Hall. They will be the JV/freshmen team there. It brings attention to the school, but not everyone likes this.
The dean is on board, Buckley (David Selby). A member of the board of trustees isn't necessarily. The players going are led by Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson). Joining him are Fulton Reed (Elden Henson), Goldberg (Shaun Weiss), Banks (Vincent LaRusso), Averman (Matt Doherty), Guy (Garette Ratliff Henson), Connie (Marguerite Moreau), Russ (Kenan Thompson), Luis (Mike Vitar), Julie (Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine) and Ken (Justin Wong). Their new coach is Orion (Jeffrey Nordling). They buttheads, especially with Charlie with the style of play he wants to do. It is more defense focused.
They have another issue, the varsity team. It is led by Rick (Christopher Orr) and his enforcer, Cole (Michael Cudlitz). They play dirty and a divide is created when Banks is good enough to be called up to varsity. Charlie has a setback when Coach Orion takes his captain C away. He must decide what to do and if his heart is in the game or not.
By the end of this, Jaime said it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be and she's right. This is as cheesy as the previous installments. There is a bit of commentary here that comes back from the original of the rich keeping down those below them. This is a prep school. It looks like most of the varsity squad are from this upper-class group. It feels a bit like the original there when we had the Hawks vs. The Ducks. There is also a commentary about the name of the team, the Warriors with a girl Charlie has his eye on wanting it changed. This plays into the ending as well.
What makes this feels cheesy is the acting. Jackson and Henson seem to take the lead here. The varsity team plays the villains well. We do get Orr and Cudlitz having personalities which is different than other installments. Nordling does well as this coach who has their best interests at heart if they listen to him. The rest are fine. It is more of what you get in the previous two.
To then finish this out, this is again made well enough. There is more of a TV feel than the others, but maybe that is just me having that feeling as I come in that it is a step back. It is fine. We get better hocky scenes to be honest. There is a bit of that being realistic at times, but I digress. I like where they took this story. The next step would be high school and setting it at a prep one like this is interesting. These are high profile players so I could see a place doing what they did here. Not great, but still fun.
My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.