![]() OK, call me ignorant or whatever, but that cowboy hat, spurs, Nascar, etc…etc…just irks me. We have a happy ending with the family uniting over Xmas and understanding that the biggest gift they have is each other, but you know what’s weird? I’m not a big fan of rednecks. When they get locked in a storage facility together, the two realize that they actually like each other and can exist together to make things work for Noel and each other. The two are constantly focusing on each other but eventually realize that they are missing the point of the holiday. To make matters worse, Vic has sent his henchman to go out and buy any remaining shipments to ensure that Larry fails at making his daughter happy.ĭespite the best advice of his friend, Claude (Anthony Carelli or Santino Marella in the WWE), Larry continues his war with Vic and it is a welcomed war by the new stepfather. ![]() Unfortunately, they are sold out everywhere. He figured the only way to do so was to get her the one thing that she wanted most, a Harrison talking teddy bear, the biggest selling toy since Turbo Man. Larry feels threatened by the money Vic has in the bank and begins figuring a way to compete with him. His ex-wife, Trish (Kirsten Robek) has remarried and is hitched to the super rich, Victor (Brian Stepanek), who is looking to win Noel over and sees Larry as a threat. He doesn’t work that many hours and takes all the time he can to spend with his daughter. ![]() He lives in a trailer and lives the simple life. In 1996, Arnie came out with his Xmas adventure and the people at the WWE (or WWF as it used to be known), have produced a sequel with Larry (Larry the Cable Guy) as a divorced father of a young girl, Noel (Kennedi Clements). Do you know what the craziest part of this is? I actually really enjoyed JINGLE ALL THE WAY 2. Is it crazy that I rented it for 6 dollars off of cable? Yes. Yes it's cheesy, and yes it's all overdone in an attempt to earn laughs and emotional responses, but dammit the reveal at the end manages more heart in one minute than the entirety of the earlier film achieves.Īs for the script, Stephen Mazur's humor is best summed up in a single line of dialogue - "When that elf flipped me, I pooped my pants a little.Is it crazy that Larry the Cable Guy is in a sequel to an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Yes. Instead, the lesson here is placed more on the idea that time well spent with loved ones is more important than commercially bought presents. There's no need of a lesson in loving your family as he does from the very first scenes. More importantly, the character is putting his daughter first at every step of the way. It's still Larry the Cable Guy, of course, so let's not pretend I'm praising his acting ability, but his affection feels real. The sequel takes a completely different tack with the story, and while Larry is still prone to bad calls, he's convincing as something Howard never comes close to – a father who truly loves his child. What I'm saying is, all things considered, the DTV sequel starring Larry the Cable Guy might just be on par with the big-screen Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. It has a major weakness, especially with its lead character, and that's an element that's actually improved in the sequel. what if the original is pretty bad too? Don't get me wrong, it's not a complete Christmas comedy dud like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and instead actually delivers a couple fun sequences. The way it usually works here is that a good to great movie gets a poor to abysmal DTV sequel, but what Jingle All the Way 2 (2014) suggests is. (And by we, I mean me.) So this week I'm stoking the fire, sipping some hot chocolate, and checking out the direct to video sequel to 1996's Jingle All the Way. It also means regular movie columns sometimes shift their attention towards a focus on holiday films, and we here at DTV Descent aren't about to buck tradition. Absolutely nothing, as the calendar is an arbitrary construct meant solely to make us think we matter in the universe. It's December, and you know what that means. ![]()
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