![]() KINDERGARTEN COP is action-packed, fast-paced and contains some fairly good acting by all involved, including Schwarzenegger. When Crisp comes looking for his son, it’s a bloody showdown in the kindergarten. Kimble, meanwhile, finds the boy and falls in love with the mother. Crisp’s mother, a wicked witch of a woman, engineers the death of the chief witness, and Crisp is set free. Armed with this advice and a police whistle, Kimble whips the kids into line through physical exercise and exhausting calisthenics.Īt the same time, Kimble looks for the fatherless boy who is Crisp’s son so he can protect him. After two days of mayhem where the kids run all over him, Phoebe tells Kimble to show no fear. ![]() ![]() Phoebe takes ill, so Kimble takes her place as the kindergarten teacher. He and fellow policewoman Phoebe follow a lead to Astoria, Oregon, where Phoebe plans to pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to determine which of the children is Crisp’s son. To do so, Kimble must find Crisp’s runaway wife and child, and convince the wife to testify. Using brute force to intimidate witnesses, Kimble gets Crisp on a murder one charge with a chance to put the dealer away forever. Thus, the movie’s title conveys the unique story line of a policeman-turned-kindergarten teacher.Īrnold Schwarzenegger plays John Kimble, a tough blow-them-off-the-face-of-the-earth Los Angeles detective who has spent four years trying to put L.A. In fact, children are already begging to see this film which has so many kindergartners in the advertisements.įrom the studio’s point of view, KINDERGARTEN COP tries to broaden Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appeal by having him cross over from battling aliens, invisible monsters and barbarian hordes to his toughest assignment–a classroom full of energetic five-year-olds. In line with the Motion Picture Association of America PG-13-rating, MCA Universal has told exhibitors that KINDERGARTEN COP is for 13-year-olds and up, but everything about the way the film is being marketed will attract little children. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.Imagine a film which looks like it is aimed at kindergarten children (MCA-Universal has even placed articles in national kindergarten school magazines), yet is full of sex, violence and foul language, some coming out of the mouths of little children. A few scenes include casual drinking, and one character's alcohol abuse is addressed. Expect some comic references to having sex ("booty call," "keep the shark in the tank"), and the camera leers at young women in bikinis poolside. The comedy is kid-friendly, the story is simple (and mostly ludicrous) to a fault, and the villains are farcical and exaggerated, but bodies fall, guns are fired, and fists are landed, so it's an odd blend. ![]() As a result, it's not always clear exactly which audiences the filmmakers were targeting. Though the action and violence are mostly slapstick and not meant to be taken seriously, there's enough gunplay, fighting, and suspense, along with some racy language ("s-t," "ass," "bitch," "damn," "my sister has a vagina") to earn the film a PG-13 rating. It's not a "sequel" (it has all new characters and a whole new story) only the concept remains the same: Law officer goes undercover as a teacher in a kindergarten classroom to catch a criminal. ![]() Parents need to know that Kindergarten Cop 2 is a very late direct-to-DVD companion piece to Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1990 hit comedy Kindergarten Cop. ![]()
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