This followup to the 1992 movie isn’t that bad. Tony Todd returns as the excellent Candyman, and we learn more about his history.
Sure, we already knew that if you look in a mirror and call his name five times, you’ll soon be visited by him, and he’ll be only too happy to split you from groin to gullet – not a pleasant experience.
Average Joe’s gym, owned by regular guy Peter La Fleur Vince Vaughn, suddenly needs $50,000 to pay off their mortgage. It looks like the only way there is through a dodgeball tournament, so they put together a rag-tag team and sign up. The rest of the movie is, well, pretty predictable, though it takes a roundabout way to get there.
The most notable speed bump on the way is through White Goodman (Ben Stiller), owner of the competing gym that wants to buy Average Joe’s (and coincidentally, the reigning dodgeball champs).
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