D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)

Genres - Comedy, Sports & Recreation, Drama, Children's/Family  |   Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Sports Comedy  |   Release Date - Mar 25, 1994 (USA)  |   Run Time - 107 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

In this sequel to the kid-friendly sports comedy The Mighty Ducks, Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) takes one more shot at a career as a professional hockey player, but a severe knee injury sidelines him for good. However, his success coaching a rag-tag pee-wee hockey team in Minneapolis (as chronicled in the first film) has attracted the attention of a major sportswear firm, which hires him to coach the United States team for the Junior Goodwill Games. Gordon reassembles most of the Mighty Ducks along with several new players, including a huge bully who is great on defense (if low on social skills), a figure skater who knows how to move on the ice, and a hotshot goalie who happens to be a girl. However, the excitement of a trip to Los Angeles and a large dose of overconfidence puts the team at a severe disadvantage when they're pitted against the top-ranked Icelandic team. D2: The Mighty Ducks features cameo appearances from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, champion figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose athletic career has never involved ice skating.

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hockey, team, coach, goalie, sports, underdog, bully