

High School Musical 2
The East High Wildcats are gearing up for big fun as they land the coolest summer jobs imaginable. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor have scored sweet gigs at the Lava Springs Country Club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family. Sharpay's first rule of business: Get Troy. As Troy experiences a life of privilege he's never known, will he give up the Wildcats and Gabriella to rise to the top?
Director(s)
Joseph Winter
Kenny Ortega
Cast & crew

Jessica Tuck
Darby Evans

Bart Johnson
Coach Jack Bolton

Olesya Rulin
Kelsi Nielsen

Corbin Bleu
Chad Danforth

Vanessa Hudgens
Gabriella Montez

Robert Curtis Brown
Vance Evans

Shane Harper
Principal Dancer

Ashley French
Sharpay Evans

Zac Efron
Troy Bolton
Chevy Lamont Cofield
Party Dancer (uncredited)

Lucas Grabeel
Ryan Evans

Monique Coleman
Taylor McKessie

Chris Warren
Zeke Baylor

Ryne Sanborn
Jason Cross

Kaycee Stroh
Martha Cox

Alyson Reed
Ms. Darbus

Leslie Wing
Lucille Bolton

Manly "Little Pickles" Ortega
Boi Evans

Bayli Baker
Principal Dancer

Shawn Carter
Principal Dancer

Italo Elgueta
Baseball Dancer

Mollee Gray
Principal Dancer
Charles Klapow
Principal Dancer

Kimberly Klapow
Principal Dancer

Nick Lanzisera
Baseball Dancer

Roger Malaga
Principal Dancer

Doug Penikas
Principal Dancer

Britt Stewart
Principal Dancer
David Huff
Principal Dancer
Raquel Goodsell
East High Dancer

Kelli Baker
Lea

Hefa Leone Tuita
East High Dancer
Lisa Whittaker
East High Dancer

Jared Murillo
Principal Dancer

Kenny Ortega
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Mark L. Taylor
Thomas Fulton

Tanya Chisholm
Jackie

Miley Cyrus
Girl at Pool
McCall Clark
Emma

Allison Holker
East High Dancer
Jaymz Tuaileva
Javier / Principal Dancer
Annette Wright
Mrs. Hoffenfeffer

Michelle Parker
East High Dancer

K. Danor Gerald
Player

Thayne Jasperson
East High Dancer

Charan Prabhakar
Assistant Pro

David Nibley
Man #2
Dave Fox
Coach Reynolds
Charles Hajek
Valet

Sarah K. Aezer
East High Dancer
Amanda Garrett
Dancer (uncredited)

Tyne Stecklein
Principal Dancer

Andrew Winston
Principal Dancer
Christian Denice
East High Dancer
Craig De Rosa
East High Dancer
Safari Natalia Sorenson
East High Dancer
Danny Axley
Baseball Dancer
Abe Leon Fullmer
East High Dancer
Gevorg Manoukian
Baseball Dancer
Ryan Novak
Baseball Dancer
Joseph Paul Branca
Dancer (uncredited)
Alan Salazar
Baseball Dancer
Brittany Hipp
Synchronized Swimmer
Amanda Godinez
Synchronized Swimmer
Catherine Smith
Synchronized Swimmer
Quinn Linde
Baseball Player
Adam Gunn
Baseball Player
Derek Bundy
Baseball Player
Scott Hoopes
Baseball Player
Berkeley Ward
Baseball Player
Dakota Larsen
Baseball Player
Johnny Ahn
Dancer (uncredited)
Mike Handy
Basketball Booster (uncredited)
Michael McQuain
Wealthy College Booster (uncredited)
Brandon O'Neal
Dancer (uncredited)

Joseph Winter
Bass Guitar Player (uncredited)
Details
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Flush with the success of winning their high school basketball tournament and now suitably loved up, "Troy" (Zac Efron) is offered a summer job at an exclusive country club. He's keen but wants "Gabriella" (Vanessa Hudgens) to join him. A quick chat with the manager and it seems the entire class now have jobs there... Except, of course, "Sharpay" (Ashley Tisdale) and brother 'Ryan" (Lucas Grabeel) whose folks just happen to own the place. Smell a rat, yet? Well it seems that the spoiled "Sharpay" has designs on "Troy" - well on his voice, anyway - and so she uses her wiles, her money and her parents to promise him a lucrative scholarship, some nice Italian golf shoes and a great deal of effective flattery. His gal and his friends start not to recognise him and it looks like she has him on a plate... Can he come to his senses before he is subsumed into a life of pink poodles? What this really misses is Alyson Reed's over-the-top teacher "Ms. Darbus" who hardly features, and also a killer song. There's still plenty of ensemble choreography numbers and more cheese than you can ever fondue, before a denouement that is really rather predictably flat. Again, I think Grabeel is the man with the talent here - he can dance and hold a note way better than the star of the show, and by the time it ended I did wonder if this already weary franchise had any more legs. Not very good, sorry.


