[1][2] Principal photography in Maple Ridge, Langley, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada took place for 28 days, from July 27 to August 24, 2015.

[4] Federal agent Zack Reed and his partner Sanders are pursuing dangerous criminal leader Alexander Zogu who has discovered a copy of the FBI witness protection database.

On June 1, 2015, it was reported that The Garden and Half Past Dead filmmaker Don Michael Paul would be directing the film, and Arnold Schwarzenegger would not be reprising his role as Detective John Kimble.

[6] Common Sense Media gave the film a score of 2 out of 5, and described it as "FBI man meets cute kids in trite comedy; violence, profanity.

"[7] Randall Colburn of Consequence of Sound gave it a grade D+ and wrote: "Kindergarten Cop 2 ultimately resonates as nothing more than a sub-par rendition of its predecessor.

The script is bad, the direction is uninspired, the villain is boring, and Lundgren can't navigate that space between comedy and action like Arnie can.