"Like Mike" is rated PG for slapstick violence (some of it vehicular), some mildly vulgar humor (a flatulence gag or two) and a handful of mild profanities. His acting leaves something to be desired, though. Only its dialed up to give you a visual and audible experience of seeing images and listening to sound clips of the actors and their character roles, rather than a standard text-based credit list.
To be fair to Lil Bow Wow, he's not insufferable, and he and Chestnut have a believable on-screen friendship. BTVA is a community database of voice over actors and the characters they play across cartoons, anime, TV shows, movies, video games and more. (Note to Schultz: Speeding up the action doesn't make it funnier.) When he finds a pair of shoes that used to belong to. wants nothing more than to be a basketball star just like his dad.
The plot is all too predictable, though director John Schultz tries to punch it up with camera and editing tricks. Like Mike 2: Streetball Photos View All Photos (14) Movie Info. And as he becomes a star, Calvin finds that he'd rather have parents - though the greedy group-home director (Crispin Glover) is doing everything to prevent that. To the surprise of everyone, the Knights coach (Robert Forster) puts the teen in a game, which they win. So the team's opportunistic general manager (Eugene Levy) signs Calvin to a one-day contract to pump up attendance. He even shows up Tracey Reynolds (Morris Chestnut), the underachieving star player for the Los Angeles Knights, during a halftime promotion. While recovering the shoes - after the resident bully has thrown them over some telephone wires - Calvin is struck by lightning, and the next thing you know, his ballplaying abilities increase dramatically. Calvin gets a pair of hand-me-down sneakers that he believes may have belonged to "a famous basketball player when he was a kid. However, he's also "height-challenged" - he's so short that bigger kids can easily block his shots. He stars here as Calvin Cambridge, a 14-year-old orphan who fancies himself quite a basketball player. The Bounce With Me rapper made the announcement during a Q&A session on Twitter Wednesday. Bow Wow says that a new sequel to his beloved 2002 basketball film, Like Mike, is in the works. Gibson Precious SeptemNews Leave a comment. Cast Bow Wow.Calvin Cambridge (as Lil Bow Wow) Morris Chestnut. Bow Wow Promises New Sequel to Like Mike Hints at His Daughter Joining the Cast. The music video for 'When I Grow Up' was directed by Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who had recently cast Dimitri & Mike for an acting role in their Belgian movie film Gangsta. It's just not terribly funny.Īlso, it relies too heavily on the supposed charms of its star, rapper Lil Bow Wow, who's better when taken in smaller doses rather than in large ones. Like Mike Knights Basketball Calvin Cambridge Jersey - click here to order. On 22 June 2018, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released the single 'When I Grow Up', with American rapper Wiz Khalifa. That doesn't mean the film is good, mind you - if anything, it's an incredibly slight comedy that earns points because it's clean and has a good message. Stress the "not nearly as horrible" part. Of all this summer movie season's surprises, the most pleasant may be the fact that "Like Mike" is not nearly as horrible as the ads make it appear.