Revenge of the Nerds/ Revenge Of the Nerds II - Nerds in Paradise

Revenge of the Nerds/ Revenge Of the Nerds II - Nerds in Paradise
by Jeff Kanew, Joe Roth

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DVD Review: "What if C-A-T really spelled, 'dog'?"
Summary: 4 Stars

As for Part II, I'm one to admit that it's a fairly blatant retread of its classic predecessor. Like Part I, this one has our heroes going through their paces to overcome the odds against them. There's the new musical number that's reminiscent of the climactic performance that helped the guys win the fraternity competition. Poindexter's nearsightedness is taken advantage of for a few cheap laughs again. And Booger's almost as gross and nasty as ever before (Why `almost', you ask? Well, take a look at the MPAA rating for the first "Nerds", then look at the rating for this one. Yeah, see what I mean?). Oh yes, and Skolnick manages to bag the babe at the end here, just like he did last time.

But despite the sequel's glaringly obvious similarities to the first `RotN', I got quite a few laughs from it. My fave funny moment was Ogre's cannabis-induced conjecture during the desert island scene. That was a pretty precious moment in the annals of 80's screwball comedies, lemme tells ya. Also notable here is Booger being mentored by an elderly man skilled in the Far East style of slobbery. It's a pretty silly shot at the Karate Kid? flicks that were really big at the time, and added a layer of gag-me-with-a-spoon-style grodiness to the flick.

One weird thing about this sequel-well, weird to me, anyway-- was Gilbert's (Anthony Edwards) minimal involvement in this follow-up. Personally, I think his small chunk of face time was due to his receding hairline, which is pretty apparent in the scenes he's in. It's kinda hard to play a college student convincingly when your pate's showin', ya know? Fortunately, he managed to land a prime role on ER? as George Clooney's bestest best buddy in the whole wide world, and hasn't looked back since! Meanwhile, poor Robert "Lewis Skolnick" Carradine would go on to star in and executive produce the last two horrific installments in the Revenge of the Nerds? saga without his good buddy. Them's the breaks in show biz...

I found the picture quality of both flicks to be pretty good, though not absolutely top-notch. And the sound mix is about as good as one can expect from a double-feature DVD. As for special features: aside from a few trailers, there ain't any. So just sit back and enjoy the good, clean family fun you'll experience as soon as you hit the Play button...

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