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''Super Troopers 2'' is a 2018 American
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directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken ...
. A sequel to the 2001 film ''
Super Troopers ''Super Troopers'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by and starring the Broken Lizard comedy group (Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske). Marisa Coughlan, Da ...
'', the film was written by and stars the
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comedy team, made up of Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan,
Steve Lemme Stephen Carlos Lemme (born November 13, 1968) is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. Early life Lemme attended Dalton School, a high school in New York, but after one year transfe ...
,
Paul Soter Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and director, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. As a child, he lived in Sacramento, Anchorage, Phoenix, and Denver. He graduated from Colgate University ...
and
Erik Stolhanske Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and a member of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He is best known as “Officer Rabbit” from the cult-classic comedy ''Super Troopers'' (2001) and its sequel, '' Super ...
. The plot follows the Super Troopers being called upon to set up a new Highway Patrol station when an international border dispute arises between the United States and Canada. The film had a troubled development period as studios were skeptical that a sequel, produced over a decade after the original, would find an audience. After a successful
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campaign produced $2 million in seed money in 24 hours (and $4.7 million overall), the film was greenlit, and
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began in the
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area on October 23, 2015. The film was released in the United States on
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, 2018, by
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.


Plot

Several years after the first film, the officers have been fired from the Spurbury Police Department after taking actor
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on a ride-along that resulted in his death. Farva is now a construction supervisor, with Mac and Rabbit working for him. Thorny works in logging, and Foster lives with his girlfriend and former coworker, Spurbury Police Chief Ursula Hanson. Mac receives a call from his former boss, Captain O'Hagen, to gather the group and meet for a fishing trip in Canada. Once the group arrives, they find that O'Hagen's intention had been for them to have a meeting with Vermont Governor Jessman. She explains that during a recent land survey, it was discovered that land in Canada was originally designated for the U.S. Canada has agreed to hand over the land, and Jessman needs to set up a police department to take over from the
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in the region. She invites the group to become state troopers again, with the promise that they will become full-time officers should they succeed at this task. At a reception for the police officers, they meet town mayor Guy Le Franc, the Canadian Mounties they will be replacing, and
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Genevieve Aubois. The Americans are received poorly by the townspeople who wish to remain Canadian. The next day, Foster and Mac accompany the Mounties on their patrol to meet the local townspeople, where they are attacked in Le Franc's
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. Thorny and Rabbit are tasked with replacing metric road signs with their U.S. equivalent measurements, and Farva is assigned as the dispatcher. Thorny and Rabbit encounter several young children under the influence of drugs. They ask the kids to lead them to where they found the drugs and arrive at an abandoned lake house where they encounter unmarked pills and counterfeit cell phones. The next day, the Canadian Mounties play a prank on the Vermont State Troopers by releasing a bear into their station. In retaliation, the State Troopers kidnap the Mounties and release them in the woods. They then don Mountie uniforms and attempt to discredit their Canadian counterparts by performing pranks on the people they pull over. However, their pranks are cut short when Le Franc reveals that he will use the serious crime of impersonating an officer to keep the territory from becoming American. The State Troopers discover that they will not be given their original jobs after failing at this task, and intend to return to America. During a botched highway stop, Farva and Mac encounter another cache of drugs and cell phones, as well as AK-47 rifles. The troopers realize that these items are all more valuable in the U.S. than in Canada and that someone has been planting these items around the town in preparation for the turnover to the U.S., to avoid having to cross the border. Back at the station, Genevieve, who has been flirting with Rabbit, arrives, and the two begin to have sex, only to be attacked and carried off. The rest of the State Troopers learn about Rabbit's kidnapping by reviewing his dash-cam and suspect the Canadian Mounties are involved. Using a cell phone triangulator on the counterfeit phones, the State Troopers arrive at a sawmill. They encounter the Mounties, only to realize the Mounties had suspected the State Troopers as drug smugglers. Guy Le Franc reveals himself as the leader of the smuggling operation, and has captured Genevieve and Rabbit and tied them to a board placed on the saw. Genevieve reveals herself to be a double agent working for Le Franc, and the groups engage in a shootout. The State Troopers and Mounties are successful, and Rabbit is rescued. Le Franc and his employees are arrested, and Genevieve reveals that she is actually Andrea Spooner, and part of the
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and is working undercover. Jessman arrives to congratulate the officers on their success. At a press conference, the Canadian Mounties congratulate their American counterparts and give praise for their efforts. Jessman announces that, due to the hidden contraband, the territory will remain in Canadian control for the time being, causing both nations' officers to insult each other and begin brawling once again. In a mid-credits scene, body-cam footage is shown from the ill-fated ride along with Fred Savage. The police officers have been called to rescue a cat out of a tree. After Fred Savage learns that their job entails them calling the fire department for the rescue, he begins climbing the tree to rescue the cat himself. He falls out of the tree and manages to land safely, only to be hit and killed by the arriving firetruck. In a
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, Farva blends his pinky toe into a smoothie and drinks it straight out of the blender, the result of losing a bet with Rabbit during the movie.


Cast

;State Troopers *
Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken ...
as Senior Trooper Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn, a veteran of the
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who is the second-in-command of his barracks. *
Paul Soter Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and director, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. As a child, he lived in Sacramento, Anchorage, Phoenix, and Denver. He graduated from Colgate University ...
as Trooper Carl Foster, arguably the most calm and reserved Trooper of the department. *
Steve Lemme Stephen Carlos Lemme (born November 13, 1968) is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. Early life Lemme attended Dalton School, a high school in New York, but after one year transfe ...
as Trooper MacIntyre "Mac" Womack, the Trooper who enjoys pranks the most. *
Erik Stolhanske Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and a member of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He is best known as “Officer Rabbit” from the cult-classic comedy ''Super Troopers'' (2001) and its sequel, '' Super ...
as Trooper Robbie "Rabbit" Roto, a rookie State Trooper. * Kevin Heffernan as Trooper Rodney "Rod" Farva, a fat, loud, ill-tempered, obnoxious and arrogant radio operator and occasional patrolman. * Brian Cox as Captain John O'Hagen, the cantankerous commander of his Vermont State Trooper barracks. ;Other cast *
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as Guy "The
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" Le Franc, a former
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hockey player and the current mayor of a Canadian border town in
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. *
Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's '' Entourage'' (2004–11), Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'' (2000), Dalia in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (200 ...
as Andrea Spooner/Genevieve Aubois, a French/Canadian cultural attaché focused on relations with the U.S., who is later revealed to be an undercover Officer for
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. *
Tyler Labine Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring in the film ''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,'' the television series ''Breaker High'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ...
as Sergeant Christophe Bellefuille, a patriotically jingoistic Canadian Mountie *
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as Sergeant Major Roger Archambault, an obnoxious French-Canadian Mountie *
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as Staff Sergeant Major Henri Podien, an arguably calm and reserved Canadian Mountie who serves as their leader *
Damon Wayans Jr. Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom ''Happy Endings'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in ...
as Trooper Wagner *
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as Trooper Callaghan *
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as Vermont Gov. Jessman *
Marisa Coughlan Marisa Coughlan ( ; born March 17, 1974) is an American actress and writer. Her first prominent role was a lead in Kevin Williamson's '' Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' (1999), followed by a role as Officer Ursula Hanson in the comedy '' Super Troopers'' ...
as Ursula Hansen, Foster's girlfriend, a dispatcher-turned-Chief of the Spurbury Police *
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as Lonnie Laloush, an obnoxious office manager *
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as Larry Johnson, a speeding motorist previously seen in the first film *
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as a fictionalized version of himself *
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as Lance Stonebreaker, a speeding motorist *
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as Bus Driver *
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as Border Officer Charles Lloyd


Production


Crowdsourcing

Initially as revealed in the 2006
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, the followup to ''Super Troopers'' was to be a
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taking place in the 1970s and following the fathers of the main characters in the original film.
Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken ...
later told
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, "The joke is that we'll make it Super Troopers '76, set during the
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." "We'll have a little shaggier hair and mustaches...We might do it, I don't know. That movie has sort of a special place in a lot of people's hearts, so all we can do is mess it up." However, in a January 2009 interview with
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,
Paul Soter Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and director, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. As a child, he lived in Sacramento, Anchorage, Phoenix, and Denver. He graduated from Colgate University ...
and Jay Chandrasekhar revealed that the movie would be a sequel. Chandrasekhar stated "We pick up the story essentially right where we left off. Maybe about three months later. We are all working undercover for the lumber industry. What has happened is that there are all of these
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that are trying to blow up the lumber mills. And we are there working as security." Soter added to that: "The big picture is that we are on the Canadian border. And in reality, what has happened is that the government has found places where the markers were off, or wrong. And there are these areas of land that were thought to be Canada but are actually part of the U.S. We are enlisted to patrol this area that was always thought to be Canadian soil. But no, it is actually the United States. We are enlisted because they have to send someone there to help make it part of the U.S. territory now. We get recruited to be the Highway Patrolmen there. And we are surrounded by all of these Canadian people that aren't happy about this. We essentially have to impose U.S. law on a bunch of Canadians that aren't at all happy about it." In November 2009, Broken Lizard revealed that they had finished three drafts of the sequel's screenplay and that independent financiers had agreed to finance the movie. They also revealed that the character of Captain O'Hagan was part of the screenplay and that actor Brian Cox was planning on returning to the role. On March 24, 2015, Broken Lizard announced that they had received studio permission to film the sequel, but had to locate production funding themselves. Due to this requirement, Broken Lizard initiated an
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campaign, asking for $2 million in contributions. For the campaign Broken Lizard teamed up with
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to offer tickets to the movie as a potential backer reward. Broken Lizard noted that they made this decision after noticing that many other crowdfunded films left backers feeling "ripped off" as they offered no financial compensation for them to see the movie in a theater. Just 14 hours after the funding window opened, Broken Lizard Industries had raised over 73% of the necessary funds ($1,459,446). The $2,000,000 funding goal was reached just 26 hours after the window opened but contributions continued to be added in force. Large ticket perks were offered as incentives to get this funding including tickets to a real
beerfest ''Beerfest'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by the comedy group Broken Lizard (Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan (actor), Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske), who also star in th ...
in
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, a producer title in the credits ($10,000), a "director" listing ($12,500), a speaking actor role ($10,000), a trip to the ballpark with the five main actors ($15,000), and even the patrol car that will be used in the filming of the movie ($35,000) were all sold out within 12 hours of funding. This project is also, as of March 2016, #38 on the
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and is the #7 largest successfully completed Indiegogo project; its campaign was completed on April 24. The campaign raised $4.7 million for the film, and
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was scheduled to release the film.


Filming

On top of the raised $4.7 million, Chandrasekhar was able to collect $8 million more in private financing, and received a $2.8 million tax rebate from
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, bringing the entire production budget of the film to $13.5 million. Test filming began on October 23, 2015. On a Funemployment Radio episode May 26, 2016, Jay Chandrasekhar confirmed that a small test segment of the film has been shot. In September 2016, it was announced that
Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's '' Entourage'' (2004–11), Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'' (2000), Dalia in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (200 ...
,
Tyler Labine Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring in the film ''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,'' the television series ''Breaker High'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ...
,
Lynda Carter Lynda Jean Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant contestant, best known for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the television series ''Wonder Woman'', aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979. Befo ...
,
Rob Lowe Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host. Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in ...
,
Will Sasso William Sasso (born May 24, 1975) is a Canadian comedian, actor, and podcaster. After a starring role as Derek Wakaluk on the Global teen drama television series '' Madison'' (1994–1998), Sasso had his breakout as a regular cast member on the ...
, and
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joined the cast.
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began in the
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area on September 7, 2016, and ended on October 3, 2016. On August 2, 2017, Broken Lizard announced, via their website, that they had finished
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on the film.


Release

''Super Troopers 2'' was released by
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on April 20, 2018, more than 17 years after the original film premiered.


Reception


Box office

In the United States and Canada, ''Super Troopers 2'' was released alongside ''
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'' and ''
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'', and was originally projected to gross around $6 million from 2,038 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after making $7.9 million on its first day (including $1.35 million from Thursday night previews), weekend estimates were raised to $16 million. It went on to open to $15.2 million, finishing fourth behind ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''I Feel Pretty'', and nearly matching the $18.5 million the original film made in its entire theatrical run. In its second weekend the film dropped 76% to $3.6 million, finishing 6th.


Critical response

On
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website
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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "Meow that the wait for ''Super Troopers 2'' is finally over, all but the most devoted fans mustache themselves why they waited so long for such cruel and tragic shenanigans." On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. ''
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''s
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said the jokes in the film felt "even mustier than they did the first time" and wrote, "''Super Troopers 2'' is an aggressively lame and slobby comedy full of cardboard characters and in-your-face naughty jokes that feel about as dangerous as old vaudeville routines." Conversely, ''
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'' named the film an NYT Critic's Pick, with reviewer
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Sequel

''Super Troopers 2'' director
Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken ...
has stated that a second sequel is possible, and on July 21, 2018, Chandrasekhar announced the title, ''Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers'', and that they began writing the script. As of 2022, the script was still in the drafting phase.


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* * {{Jay Chandrasekhar 2018 films 2018 comedy films American comedy films American sequel films Broken Lizard Fox Searchlight Pictures films Films directed by Jay Chandrasekhar Films set in Quebec Films set in Vermont Films shot in Massachusetts Crowdfunded films Slapstick films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films