A Vingança dos Nerds 2: Os Nerds Saem de Férias

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 ****

I actually think I've only seen the 1987 movie "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" once before. But opted to watch it again here in 2025, as part of sitting through all of the "Nerds" movies.

While the storyline in this sequel certainly was watchable and entertaining, then writers Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall just didn't capture the magic from the first movie. I am not saying that "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" is a bad movie, not at all, it certainly still was a good movie, but just not up to par with the predecessor. And the fact that Ogre did a 360 and became a nerd just didn't really seem all that plausible.

It was nice to see returning actors Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Anthony Edwards, Donald Gibb and James Cromwell return to reprise their characters from the 1984 movie. In addition, this 1987 sequel adds the likes of Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford and James Hong to the cast list as well. Just like in the 1984 movie, the acting performances in this movie were good.

Watchable, for sure, but it just didn't have that particular thing that made the predecessor all the more of an enjoyable movie.

My rating of director Joe Roth's 1987 movie "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" lands on a five out of ten stars.

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

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.

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.