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Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

2002 · 104 min

A lightweight, goofy sports comedy that coasts on underdog charm and slapstick hockey brawls, never taking itself seriously.

Directed by
Steve Boyum
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
It's a brand new game with brand new rules!
Overview
With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a new owner who gives them a female coach and puts them in a league in which they are to be regularly humiliated by an opposing Harlem Globetrotters-like team.

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Directed by
Steve Boyum
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • work
  • loyalty
  • rebellion
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Steve Boyum
Written by
Broderick Miller
Starring
Stephen Baldwin, Callum Keith Rennie, Jessica Steen, Gary Busey, David Hemmings, David Paetkau, Fred Keating, Jonathan Scarfe
Music
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Cinematography
Joel Ransom
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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