Desertman84 The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold is a direct-to-video sequel that follows the romantic comedy,The Cutting Edge.It stars Christy Carlson Romano and Ross Thomas. Sean McNamara directs.In The Cutting Edge,the slightly arrogant hockey player Doug Dorsey and the snotty prima-donna ice skater Kate Moseley found themselves falling in love during a figure skating championship, while constantly at each other's throats.While in The Cutting Edge 2:Going For Gold,we meet the teenage daughter of Kate and Doug and singles figure skater,Jackie Dorsey.Ironically, Jackie finds herself traveling in the footsteps of her mom,when an ankle injury on the ice forces her to participate in double figure skating and take on a new partner. She soon teams up with Alex Harrison,an adrenaline-junkie surfer and in-line skater. And though Alex is officially tied to another girl, the partnership takes an intriguing turn when the two opt to go doubles for a skating championship, just like Jackie's parents once did. Soon, hints of romance between them fill the air. Could these two acerbic and bickering opposites end up in the end? Everyone knows the answer to that a hour before.The movie follows the footsteps of the original that includes familiar plot elements such as two incompatibles working together as a partner and the underdog theme in sports.Unfortunately,the leads - Christy Carlson Romano and Ross Thomas - does not have the same energy and chemistry of Sweeney and Kelly in the original to make it engaging and heartwarming.Added to that,the film could be quite overlong and boring unlike the first film which was definitely highly addictive that one could watch it many times and would not get tired of it.Aside from that,the sequel somewhat tries to copy many familiar scenes from the original film that one is very familiar with that one would accurately say that this is basically a rehash of the first film wherein it is centered on Kate's daughter,Jackie. The inclusion of the characters of Kate Mosley and Doug Dorsey,who are barely an interesting presence,as supporting characters made the movie only worse as the viewers familiar with the film would only draw comparisons on the two movies.It was a good thing that the original stars of the first film - D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly - rejected doing it and were not the ones playing those characters.The only good thing about it is that it has more realistic figure skating scenes to one would surely enjoy as even Sweeney admitted in a recent interview that the so-called Pamchenko twist in the first film is definitely very unrealistic and it could never be done in any figure skating competition including the Olympics as it was impossible to do so.This definitely does not hold a candle to the first film.No wonder it wasn't released in the theaters but only as a direct-to-video release.

popsicle820 This film completely bastardized the magic! I'm glad Moira and D.B. were not in any way connected with this film. It's just plain awful! I sincerely wished the creators of this movie hadn't had the audacity to name it "The Cutting Edge 2." I think they just added it so people could watch it, even if they did include the Kate and Doug Dorsey characters. I bought the DVD thinking it would be at least as good as the original. Boy, was I wrong. I couldn't part with it fast enough! The acting is bad and the music is just too loud! They just used the music as a tool to lengthen a film with absolutely no story. A complete waste of time and money if you ask me. Blech!

disdressed12 i just watched this movie last night.i had fairly high hopes,although i knew it wouldn't outdo the original.this one is really a rehash of the original,but with different characters.This time around,it's Jackie Dorsie(son of Kate Mosely,now Mosely-Dorsey and Doug Dorsey,from the original).Moira Kelly and D.B Sweeney do not return as "older" Kate and Doug,but Stepfanie Kramer and Scott Thompson Baker both do okay in the roles,and Baker actually looks quite a bit like the older version of Doug might be,although they have relatively little screen time.that is reserved for the character of Jackie(Christy Carlson Romano),also surprise,surprise a champion figure skater,with her own diva attitude.Her eventually training partner is extreme in line skater Alex Harrison(Ross Thomas)naturally these 2 have little in common and can't stand each other,but that doesn't come across as strongly as it should.there is less intensity between them,and the chemistry doesn't always seem quite there.you could call this "Cuttin Edge" lite.they could have made the animosity between the 2 stronger and more pronounced.also,some of the lines they had seemed contrived.the writing could have been stronger.the actors themselves aren't bad,but the script makes it harder for them to seem genuine.even many scenes which don't include the 2 leads together come across as clichéd.there are also times when he movie drags.this is a direct to video movie,and it is almost too family friendly for this type of material.it has a Disney feel to it.there is nothing wrong with a Disney movie per se,but this movie lacked the edge it should have had.the music is not too bad,but nothing really memorable or catchy.i won't say this is a bad movie,because I've seen a lot of bad movies,and this movie is nowhere near as bad as any of them.it just could have been better,given the potential.Christy Carlson Romano has made a career(thus far,anyway)out of mostly straight to video family movies,and of course the TV series Even Stevens(which i really like) and other TV show appearances.i think she can break out of this mold and graduate to more adult fare,given the right material,if she wanted.she certainly has the potential.anyway,back to the film,i'd have to give it 6/10

njtoc This movie tries too hard to capitalize on the original, yet it seems as though the producer/directors didn't really see it. The interplay between the leading characters seems contrived, not at all as thoroughly charged and enjoyably funny as that from Doug and Kate in the first movie. Where there are clear parallels between the two, they come off flat. Where it really suggests to me that the producers didn't even study the magic of the first movie, is the casting of the new Kate and Doug. Who saw any of Moira Kelly's charm and fire in Stepfanie Kramer's character. In a word, she was wimpish. And does anyone see Scott Thompson Baker getting on the ice with DB Sweeney. And together they were just blah. Sequels always pale in comparison to the original, but this film could have been cute with a better script, and the two new characters contrasted with more colorful versions of Kate and Doug. A big disappointment!!