After scoring a major box office success with 1988’s “Twins,” star Arnold Schwarzenegger explored comedy once again with director Ivan Reitman in 1990’s “Kindergarten Cop.” This time, the pairing pants Schwarzenegger’s action persona, challenging established brawn with the unpredictable energy and honesty of children, finding a unique way to celebrate the actor’s strengths by taking him out of his comfort zone in a broadly comic manner. It took 26 years for Universal to come up with a sequel, but they’ve gone the DTV route, replacing Schwarzenegger with Dolph Lundgren, hoping to find the same silly vibe with another screen behemoth invading a classroom filled with 5 year olds. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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