You don't have to watch (or even be aware of) the The Squad: Home Run's 2015 predecessor to understand this sequel, because there just isn't enough to care about in the film's halfhearted action scenes and rudimentary mystery-solving. Even as it promises an interesting dynamic between ex-cop Niels Cartier (played by Alban Lenoir) and his rebellious teenage daughter Charlotte-Serge (Cassiopée Mayance), these characters fall into cliche too. Rather than have them form a relationship built on their shared grief, all of that feeling is pushed aside for jokes about obvious generational differences. The film is watchable enough (albeit more as white noise than as engaging entertainment) but by the end it all seems pointless—an adventure heading nowhere.
Synopsis
Former Antigang legend Niels Cartier, known for his muscular and unconventional methods, left the force following an intervention that went wrong and led to the death of his wife. When the gang of bank robbers responsible for her death reappears eight years later, Niels won't let anyone stand in his way to seek revenge. Even if it means forming an explosive duo with his temperamental 14-year-old daughter.
Storyline
A former policeman, with his teenage daughter in tow, seeks justice for the death of his wife at the hands of a criminal gang.
TLDR
You've never seen a female character get fridged this quickly and this stupidly.
What stands out
The film is at its most interesting when it seems to set up Cartier as an action hero who can't fight. The first big fight scene he gets into alongside his daughter mostly consists of them getting the crap beaten out of them. And this is a good thing, as it promises to re-establish Cartier as a true everyman worth rooting for because of how his courage and persistence. The movie backtracks on this quickly, of course, and depicts him as a stereotypical badass who can defeat armed thugs with nothing but a baseball bat. It was fun while it lasted.
