Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 01/22/2002
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 87 min
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Home Improvement's
Richard Karn lends his talents to this family-oriented animal-sports
adventure from the producers of another animal-sports picture,
Air Bud.
MVP II: Most Vertical Primate picks up the story line of the first film in the series,
MVP: Most Valuable Primate, but transfers its star monkey from the suburbs to the city, and switches his sport of choice from hockey to skateboarding.
MVP II opens with the lovable
Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct.
Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by
Ben (screen newcomer
Scott Goodman), a homeless skateboarder, and
Ollie (
Karn), a skate shop owner.
Jack proves to be as adept at mastering the half-pipe as he does at delivering a slap shot, and before long, he and
Ben are crashing amateur skateboarder competitions all over the country.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide