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This time the nerds led by Robert Carradine and Anthonny Edwards go to Florida where there they meet a new breed of jocks who they face off against and basically destroy in the end, the problem with this entry is that the nerds this time are too cool to really be considered nerds and they even get a girlfriend sympathetic to their cause, this undermines all the humor, not to mention that away from the college dorm setting, there really isn't much the nerds can do that they didn't in the original. As a sequel this is all disappointing stuff, but aside from James Hong who gives an inspired performance as well as maybe a few vaguely amusing moments, Revenge Of The Nerds II is a big disappointment.

Revenge Of The Nerds II Nerds In Paradise may not a comedy classic like it's predecessor Revenge Of The Nerds but it's still an enjoyable movie to watch.This time our nerd heroes must once again fight back against their most hated enemy. Robert Carradine's character Lewis grows up quite a bit and stands up for his fraternity brothers.

Curtis Armstrong is as always his funny self when playing nose picker Booger his character is more hilarious, he says some great lines in the film. A year has passed since a group of intelligent and awkward young men banded together to form a fraternity to fight back against the Alpha Betas. They succeeded in their battle of brains vs. brawn guaranteeing nerd freedom, Now Lewis (Carradine) and his friends Wormser (Cassese), Pointdexter (Busfield), Lamar (Scott) & Booger (Armstrong) are about to represent Adams College at a united fraternity conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Once there they are prosecuted and picked on again by another chapter of the Alpha Betas run by Roger Latimore (Whitford). Sunny Carstairs (Smith) a hotel employee befriends the nerdy gang and falls in love with Lewis.

Towards the end after being marooned on an island the boys find military equipment and using an army tank they head back to the conference to confront Roger and his group with the help of Ogre (Gibb) who becomes a member of the Lambda Lambdas after being kicked out of the Alphas.

This film may not be a laugh fest but certainly provides very little humour and memorable quotes.

I love the first revenge of the nerds. The second one is not nearly as good as the first one, but still pretty good. The nerds are still funny in this movie. Booger is once again the funniest of them all. The second one is also entertaining at times. They could've make this movie better if they would've kept the nerds at Adam's college, but the second one is still watchable, and funny. I give revenge of the nerds II: nerds in paradise **1/2 out of ****

Revenge of the Nerds II (1987) was a useless sequel. There was no reason (except for monetary motives) for this movie to have ever been made. First of all they have obviously ran out of ideas, secondly only a third of the cast was available and last but not least they made it into a P.G. movie. Why on earth would you try and market a raunchy comedy as a P.G. movie. Well, this didn't make any money. Not only did the product stink but it did like wise at the box office.

A bad movie that shouldn't have been made in the first place. Not only the film-makers didn't learn the first time around, two more made-for-t.v. sequels were produced during the 90's (I guess FOX didn't learn from that abortion Omen IV). Not worth watching (unless you are a HUGE Revenge of the Nerds fan). Take my word, ignore this one.

Bad movie.

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.

This was a disappointment compared to the original. Why is it that sequels often try to do similar things, similar plots, similar jokes? Not necessary! A sequel to me must be original to some degree, too. The beginning was promising, the middle part had enormous lengths and very bad scripting and the end was bland. I loved the characters though. Believable like the original. However, Poindexter seemed much too talkative and sometimes even made sense, almost as if Milton Waddams went to a speech-therapist. I did not like the setting at all and the hotel scenes were very far fetched.

All in all rather disappointing. Too bad.

The other day I bought the "Atomic Wedgie" edition of the Revenge of the Nerds movies, it was pretty cheap so I figured what the heck to have the sequels too, you know? So I watched Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise this morning and I remember it's harsh rating on IMDb, so I was kinda scared about this not being a good movie. But actually I found myself enjoying it, sure compared to the first Revenge of the Nerds film, naturally you'll be disappointed, but if you separate it, I think you might find yourself laughing too. Our favorite nerds are back and they are now in tropical paradise facing the jocks once again.

Lewis and the boys are going to Florida to represent their charter with the conference of all charters. They start off the trip very well, but once they get to the hotel, they are kicked out by the Alpha jocks and mocked constantly. But they hang tough, but the Alpha's are not going down, so they frame the boys and try to make sure that they cannot be at the big conference so that they can be expelled from all the other charters. But the nerds have had enough and are going to make sure that the Alpha's go down once and for all.

Now guaranteed, this wasn't the first Revenge of the Nerds, but Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise was still a lot of fun to watch. The boys are still a lot of fun to watch, I just loved how Ogre kept saying "nerds!" every time they would walk into a room, he was such a fun addition for the story. I really liked this sequel and I think people just need to cut it a break. Like I said, if you compare it to the first film, you'll be disappointed, but if you just have an open mind, I think you're going to get a few laughs.

6/10

The Nerds is among of my favorites franchise ever, those pencil necked geeks were exccedingly funny in many ways, often wearing trick glasses, old-fashioned clothes, multi-color pencils at t-shirt pocket, clumsy and absent of malice, therefore utterly brainy, what marvelous character to exploit in a movie.

After the original this sequel the Tri-lambs fraternity is invited together Alpha-Beta to attend the US' Union fraternities at first class Hotel in Florida, soon Alpha-Beta manages a way to kick out Tri-lambs there, just remaining a cheaper and dirtiest HOTel cOrRAL esSEX in the outskirts of Fort Lauderdale, which they make a special party when they burning some neon lights of the front of the hotel that means another term with sexual context, like I let clear above, drawing attention of all fraternities.

Afterwards that they finally accepts on the Union, although there's a catch framed by Alpha-Betha leader, an auto-thief sent all them to the jail, leaving there because the Hotel's girl attendant payed the bail, aftermaths they were abandoned by the Alpha-Beta fraternity in faraway island, they will return to apply a hard chastisement in the Alpha's leader.

All members of Tri-Lambs are usually quirky, the leader Lewis (Robert Carradine) is smart and fumbling, Booger (Curtis Armstrong) is filthy mouth with sexual background, already Lamar (Larry B. Scott) seems somewhat akin coming from Village People's group, Poindexter (Timothy Busfield) a sort of h.o.n.k stiff hair boy, unfortunately it would seem that Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) didn't carry on of the sequel and just appearing in smallest sequence, I'm glad to revisit it once more, really enjoyable!!

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First watch: 1993 / Source: TV-DVD / How many: 3 / Rating: 6.5.

Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise is a horrible sequel. The only redeeming qualities is the sound track featuring Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funky Town", and .38 Special's "Take Me Back To Paradise". And though it was fun and somewhat nostalgic to see our favorite nerds again, the script was just awful, and the plot exceedingly thin.

This was clearly made for the sake of making the studio money. I had thought that it was a rushed sequel, as the script was so bad. However, this film was put out three years after the original, allowing for plenty of time for a quality plot and script to be developed. Like its contemporaries such as the Police Academy series, this sequel just lets the audience down and was unfortunately continued after this horrible train wreck.

A terribly silly but awfully amusing little sequel, it may be a touch predictable, and it is missing Thomas Newman's excellent theme song, but having the same likable characters on hand helps it to be equally as fun as the first film. Some of the jokes are really hilarious, and arguably I would say that it is funnier than the first film. I would not definitely call it better, but it is certainly at least on the same level, with an interesting charm radiating from the nerdy characters. And there is another song to take the place of Tom Newman's ditty: an amusing little number called "No on Fifteen". The film seems to get a lot of negative feedback, but I cannot agree - it may not be a great film, like the first, but it is by all means amusing, like the first.

The stage curtains open ...

Three years after the success of the original "Revenge of the Nerds", we got the inevitable sequel - "Revenge of the Nerds II - Nerds in Paradise". I've always been a big fan of the first film, so when this came out, I knew I was going to be seeing it. Unfortunately, it wasn't nearly as good - in fact, it was doomed from the start when it received a PG-13 rating. We already knew going in that we were going to get a watered down version of the first film. Even so, it does have its moments.

The Adams chapter of the frat house, Lambda Lambda Lambda, are elected to attend the National Fraternity Convention being held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. However, when they arrive, the motel manager, hates nerds, so naturally, they get the boot and have to settle for less-than-desirable living conditions in a rundown, seedy hotel. The local Alpha Beta's make it their mission to not only have the Tri-Lambs omitted from the convention, but they try to have their charter revoked as well. Little do they know what they are up against as Lewis and his friends once again prove their resilience and win the day.

Right way, I was majorly disappointed that Gilbert wasn't going to have a major role in this film, as they wrote him out of most of it with the fact that he was suffering from a broken leg. Truth was, actor Anthony Edwards, hated the script and only agreed to have a limited part. From the beginning of the film until the opening credits finished, it was feeling great. But, after they arrive to Florida, the story loses steam and just fizzles out by movie's end. Most of the jokes and predicaments just fall flat and I was bored most of the time.

However, there were some redeeming moments. The stage performance was fun and of its time. The romantic side story between Lewis and Sunny was cute. And the conversion of Ogre to the Tri-Lambs was humorous. Overall, this really wasn't a bad movie. It wasn't great either. They could've done much better with it. I did love the theme song to the movie by .38 Special, "Back To Paradise". The song alone is almost worth watching the movie for. I can't recommend this one though. If you are a "Nerds" fan, then you might enjoy it.

"Revenge of the Nerds" was far from a great film, but its enormous box office success led to this dud of a sequel. The major players are back and attend a conference in Fort Lauderdale only to be bullied again by the dreaded Alpha Betas. Robert Carradine is back, but Anthony Edwards only makes a token appearance and is sorely missed here. The same is true with James Cromwell who has about the same length of screen-time as before, but does not make his presence known as well as before. In all the film is nearly a total waste. There are some good looking women in bit parts and that may be the greatest attraction. A young Courtney Thorne-Smith sizzles as Carradine's love interest. 2 stars out of 5.

The Tri-Lambs of Adams College goes to the United Fraternity Conference in Fort Lauderdale. Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine), Dudley Booger Dawson (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar Latrelle (Larry B. Scott), Arnold Poindexter (Timothy Busfield), and Harold Wormser (Andrew Cassese) find that they are picked on once again. Gilbert Lowell (Anthony Edwards) has a broken leg and has to stay home. Sunny Carstairs (Courtney Thorne-Smith) is the nice hotel clerk. Ogre (Donald Gibb) follows the guys down to Florida. The acting manager Buzz Mussinger (Ed Lauter) cancels the nerds' reservation and they are left with a rundown hotel. Roger (Bradley Whitford) is the new douche leader.

There are some missing nerds. Anthony Edwards was probably busy and could only be in a cameo. It would also have been great to have the girls back. Some lost is to be expected but the movie starts off at a lower level. Bradley Whitford isn't jock enough to be their nemesis. Again I wish Ted McGinley would come back to take revenge. As for the nerds, it's strange to have them be confident. It's not as funny. The charm of the original is that they discovered their individual powers. This one has none of the charm and lost the comedy to boot.

We all know that this was not as good as the first nerds, how can it be when the first one was so original?. The sequel is more of the same, but not as funny, although many will find humor in "the master", particularly if you are an advocate of toilet humor. Interesting to see Courtney Thorne Smith in an early role, pre Melrose and Ally McBeal. And we all get to see the original nerds again, even Anthony Edwards makes a few guest appearances. Probably a good film to watch when you are not functioning that well, because then you will not really have the opportunity to realise just how bad this film is in comparison to the many great films out there. Yet still there are many that are worse, and let us not forget this film was made in 1987, when comedies in the same vein as Nerds were immensely popular. Its not a good film, but its still watchable, I guess some of us find pleasure in juvenile campus comedies- even if we don't admit it to that many people.

While the original movie is silly and stupid, its heart and sentiment make it a lot of fun to watch. This sequel challenges the intellect (by involuntarily lowering the IQ scores of anyone who actually pays attention) and the stomach (the sheer number of scenes with Booger are enough to trigger mass cases of irritable bowel syndrome). It lacks a cohesive plot, the dialogue is terrible, and these poor actors should have filed suit with SAG for unreasonable labor conditions. Seeing it rerun repeatedly on Encore makes me want to call the cable company and demand my money back.

It's also disturbing in hindsight to see such talented TV actors like Courtney Thorne-Smith and Bradley Whitford in such unmitigated crap. Seeing Whitford show up in this turdfest, suggests that "Josh Lyman" was a mean bastard before the angelic President Bartlet entered his heart. At least, I'll never watch "The West Wing" the same way again.

For the most part, I don't think that the original needed a sequel, but "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" isn't terrible. It just seems like they repeated a lot of the stuff from the first movie. Although I will admit that I really liked what they did with the hotel sign. And Booger sure doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut! But I hope that there won't be any more sequels after this. It's a good thing that "Animal House" didn't have any sequels.

And yes, Robert Carradine's daughter Ever attended Lewis and Clark College (this was many years before I went there, so I never met her). I doubt that she had experiences similar to the ones portrayed in this movie.

"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" oddly enough, pulls out some memorable moments. Such as when they find a bunch of old army tanks, etc. Booger (Curtis Armstrong) yellin' out "WE GOT BUSH!" is f'n hilarious. Although, the storyline is pretty much the same. The nerds arrive in a hotel, the manager doesn't want them there because they are "nerds", so they gotta stay in some cheap "hotel" with chickens runnin' 'round wild. Probably the worst thing about this movie is that, the "nerd" to first stand-up for "nerd persecution" in Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) has a small role. I can't really say I can recommend jus' goin' out to BLOCKBUSTER or Hollywood Video and renting this, but it's obviously a perfect time waster. Umm, I guess it pulls off a solid six.

Now, even though I didn't like Revenge of the Nerds but what was the point of making a sequel? Aside from making money, of course.

I mean as the song The Touch goes "After all is said and done" pretty much describes about making a sequel. I mean, the first film told its story and didn't leave any possibilities of a sequel, it had something to say and it was done, what more is there to tell? Now, as usual, the nerds, the jocks and the rest of the characters are annoying as hell even after a few years after the first film. The new actors who played the new characters didn't exactly help, I mean they're like Mary Sues and Garu Stus. What the hell, man? The script sucks, nothing more.

But the music is actually good except for the song the "Nerds" sang, don't know the name but I won't bother to ask what it is. but the song "Paradise" is actually pretty good, it was pumping and energetic. The sequel is actually another case where the soundtrack is better than the movie itself.

Overall, Nerds II gets 2/10. Off to the third film I go...

I like the bit where he did that really long wee wee. They've been copying that gold ever since.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise tries to recapture the underdog magic of the original, this time swapping the college campus for sunny Florida. The change in setting brings a splash of new energy and plenty of beachy chaos, but much of the sequel feels like a looser, more exaggerated version of the first film. The core group of nerds still charms with their awkward confidence and relentless optimism, but the laughs don't hit quite as consistently.

The sequel leans heavier into slapstick and cartoonish villainy, with broader humor and a less grounded tone. While it maintains the series' spirit of geek empowerment and rebellion against stereotypes, the message is more muted here-often buried under forced jokes and predictable conflicts. Still, the cast gives it their all, and fans of the original will find comfort in the familiar dynamics and recurring characters.

Nerds in Paradise doesn't reach the cleverness or heart of the first installment, but it's a passable, lighthearted follow-up with enough silliness to entertain. It's not essential viewing, but for those already invested in the nerdy legacy, it delivers a decent, if forgettable, vacation detour. A fair 6/10 for a sequel that rides the wave of its predecessor without quite making a splash of its own.