House Party 2

Had a lot of the same type of funnies that made the first one great. I loved the cast especially jamaal, he was a funny addition.

This movie also had a lot of powerful messages about going to college and sticking with it.

The golden age of hip hop. Loved the cameos.

House Party 2 (1991) is a movie I recently rewatched for the first time in a long time on Netflix. The storyline picks up shortly after where the last movie left-off. Unfortunately Kid's father has passed away and he wants to live out his father's dream of seeing him attend college. Play would prefer Kid skip college and help him pursue a rap career. When Kid's college check donated to him by his church is cashed and spent by Play, their friendship and future quickly becomes at risk.

This movie is codirected by George Jackson (only movie directed) and Doug McHenry (Jason's Lyric) and stars Martin Lawrence (Martin), Christopher Reid (Class Act), Christopher Martin (Class Act), Tisha Campbell (School Daze), Queen Latifah (Chicago), Helen Martin (Death Wish).

Martin Lawrence and the character Pee-Wee are easily my favorite parts of this movie. The storyline isn't overly creative and a bit painful at times and they purposely recycle some of the same jokes and routines from the first film (on purpose but its a bit cheesy). Queen Latifah was a great addition, the soundtrack was excellent and they did do some of the coming of age elements well.

Overall this is a must watch for fans of the first one and/or Martin Lawrence. This doesn't have the magic of the first film but it has its own charm. I would recommend seeing this once and would score it a 6/10.

After the success of HOUSE PARTY, I would expect NEW LINE to make a sequel. And I was a little scared, because the first one was amazingly great and this seemed rushed. But what I got from writer Rusty Cundieff(TALES FROM THE HOOD & SPRUNG) and director Doung McHenry and George Jackson made a good, but more silly sequel to a classic.

Kid'N'Play are going to college, well just mainly Kid, to leave the world and it's problems. While there Kid learns the lesson of responsibility....the hard way. Play gives the Kid's college money to a beautiful, yet crooked music promoter(Iman). And with Sidney(Tisha Campbell) wanting to see new people, Kid comes to Play with help and come up with a PAJAMA JAM PARTY.

Now this one's music is way better than the first one and is a little more funnier than one, but it just dosen't come close as being as great as the first. The hurt comes from two things. 1.)No Robin Harris to give us some more hilarious lines, because of he's death. 2.)Is the cartoon-like sound effects that make the movie just plain silly. Sometimes it works and a lot of times it don't.

House Party 1 and House Party to get the same rating. # One had better music (sometimes) and was funnier, but #2 was more entertaining and fun to watch, not to mention a better plot and storyline. I like the House Parties, with an exception of #3, because I can relate to them. Also, because they make me laugh. I might like the humor and characters more because I'm a black teenager, but I think anyone over 10 and under 40 would enjoy watching this movie. I give this movie a 9 out of 10.

The characters, both Kid and Play through plot development, and the plot itself, in which the Professor Sinclair and Mr. Lee characters are great role models for a young Black man in college, are more socially and culturally responsible than the previous movie and other college genre movies of the same period.

A shining example: the well-delivered speech by Georg Stanford Brown about what was and wasn't fair about Kid's having to write a paper and to prove his scholastic ability.