Kindergarten Cop 2 is a 2016 American direct-to-video comedy movie. It stars Dolph Lundgren and directed by Don Michael Paul. It is the standalone sequel to the 1990 comedy movie Kindergarten Cop which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Principal photography in Langley and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada took 102 days, from July 27 to November 6, 2015.
The movie was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on May 17, 2016.
Synopsis
A federal agent must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher, to recover a missing flash drive from the Federal Witness Protection Program. Helping him with his mission is Agent Sanders, his partner, and Detective David Harris, his new sidekick, who comes out of retirement.
Cast
Dolph Lundgren as FBI Agent Zack Reed
Fiona Vroom as Michelle
Aleks Paunovic as Alexander Zogu
Andre Tricoteux as Valmir
Bill Bellamy as Agent Sanders
Sarah Strange as Miss Sinclaire
Darla Taylor as Olivia
Raphael Alejandro as Cowboy
Enid-Raye Adams as Jett's Mom
Jody Thompson as Hot Mom
Rebecca Olson as Katja
Dean Petriw as Jett
Jenny Sandersson as Hot Mom
Carolyn Adair as Felicity
Nicholas Carella as Bernie the Hot Single Dad
Michael P. Northey as Hal Pasquale
Josiah Black as Jason Flaherty
James Ralph as SWAT Leader
Abbie Magnuson as Molly
Tyreah Herbert as Hannah
Blake Stadel as Mr. Edwards, father of Molly
Oscar Hartley as Simon
Valencia Budjanto as Patience
William Budjanto as Tripp
Chris Violette as Country Bar Bartender (uncredited) Tawny West as Line Dancer (uncredited)
Production
On June 1, 2015, it was reported that The Garden and Half Past Dead director Don Michael Paul will be directing the movie, and Arnold Schwarzenegger will not return as Detective John Kimble. Schwarzenegger announced that his character Detective John Kimble is now officially retired from being a kindergarten teacher and police officer. Schwarzenegger was replaced by Dolph Lundgren as a new character FBI Agent Zack Reed, and Paul hired Matthew Lillard who previously played as Detective David Harris in the original 1990 movie. Lillard agreed to return.
On December 21, 2015, the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of the original movie the first official photos of Kindergarten Cop 2 were released via About.