Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

You won't be disappointed!

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Absolutely amazing

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This movie is very typical of sequels of earlier years. Back in the day sequels would typically do less business than the original film so for the sequel not much effort is really taken to build upon the films. This film has the nerds going to an event in a nice resort town and of course they are once again picked on, because the popular people just have nothing better to do than harass these few guys instead of drinking and partying. Of course, there is revenge to be had, but not as much revenge this time for the nerds, they take way more bumps in this one and dish out a whole lot less pain this time around. They get stuck in a dump, they get fooled by what they perceive as a sacrifice in a scene that they should be the ones to come up with not the jock types, and they get dumped off on a deserted island. The poor guys do not get to do much other than punch a person this time. The thing they did with Ogre is stupid at the end and once again Booger just does not seem to fit with the nerds as he once again comes across as a guy who is going to be in a regular fraternity and being the cut up. He meets a man in this one that sort of mentors him. Like I said, there is not really a whole lot of revenge of the nerds in this one, they did a whole lot more in the first movie to get back at their tormentors. They are also a nerd down as Anthony Edwards does not return, but they pick up another one to take his place. The next film in this series would go straight to television which is almost worst than direct to video, and thankfully there has yet to be a remake of this franchise that started out with a few laughs, but quickly downgraded with this entry.

As with many sequels, this one is, alas, a definite step down from the original Nerds film. The nerds are back, for the most part, the originals, but the story is written so differently from the first. This film attempts to be a bit more humorous than the first, but it falls flat. The humor is this one is the lowbrow type of humor so common today. It is either sophomoric sexual innuendo, slapstick or scatological in nature and it's just not funny. I loved the first flick and, expecting this not to be quite as good, was nonetheless quite disappointed in it. The story line in this is also somewhat similar to the first film and didn't seem very original to me. The acting is just as good as it was in the original film but the writing and storyline are just not up to par with the original, so not even decent acting can save it. A 5 only.

I liked the first film, because I found it likable entertainment, but this is just crude, silly, and watered-down (PG-13? how typical) entertainment that involves the further embarrassment of the gang of nerds, led by Carradine, as they vacation on an island resort and become the butt end of a lot of practical jokes by some island studs who get all the women.There's a sequence where the nerds find themselves in front of an audience, standing around in underwear, that finally made me realize the comedy was going nowhere but downwards.It's very juvenile and relies entirely on poopy humor for laughs. One of the characters is a big rip-off of John Belushi from "Animal House," and he burps with his next-door neighbor on the island.I liked the original, and this film is adequate for a "lazy Sunday," but I don't recommend it as a rental. Don't pay to see it. Wait for it on TV--but only if you liked the original.And if you never saw the original, don't see this first. You may never want to watch the first one ever again.2/5 stars.P.S. I consider the IMDb rating of 3.9 stars a bit of a "bandwagon jump." A lot of people who voted probably didn't hate the movie enough to give it such a low rating. I'd probably rate it in the area of 4.6 - 4.9, because it's not completely terrible.John Ulmer

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise isn't as good as the first film mainly because the film wasn't rated R. Robert Caradine is back in proper form as Lewis his character really grows this time. Curtis Armstrong as Booger steals the sequel he's funnier here in some scenes then in the first. If the film had been rated R and had nudity then it could have been good as the first but the PG-13 rating is what maily hurts the film.