Review of Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) by Zack B — 28 Oct 2010

While this film certainly never reaches the heights of the original MAJOR LEAGUE, or even those of MAJOR LEAGUE 2, MAJOR LEAGUE 3: BACK TO THE MINORS is an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours and manages to give the audience a few laughs along the way.

There's nothing truly spectacular in this film. We're introduced to some old faces, although quite a bit of the cast is new this time around. Scott Bakula turns in a fun performance as the film's protagonist, who takes on the task of turning around a struggling minor league team in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Where the film really falls flat is in the baseball sequences, which is a shame. Most of the scenes that happen on the actual field are heavily done with CGI rather than doing them for real. This distracts heavily when it comes time for the scenes on the diamond.

Bakula proves to be at ease with the comedy he's given in the film, and without his performance this film would probably be an outright disaster, but his likability is enough to keep the viewer engaged even though most of the rest of what is going on around him is mediocre at the very best.