Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise Review

I've been putting this off for over a month. Not because I have to watch the film again: I don't. My review process involves me only watching a film once. Nor was I scared because I'm going to offend fans. None of the people using my website would find any of the Revenge of the Nerds (there a four) films at all funny. No, I was having trouble articulating my feelings for this monstrosity.

Believe me, it's horrific.

In theory I can end the review right here. Theory proven.

0/10

You won't let me though will you? You have to keep dragging me back in by reading these reviews. You're never content to leave me alone are you? I always have to justify my opinion to you. Well, I've got news for you.

I hate you.

For arguments sake: the above score is actually what I'm giving this film. The rest of the review will consist of why I think that. If it helps, try to think of this review as one of those films that starts with the end then spends the rest of it's runtime trying to justify why it did that. I hate that method: it rarely works well.

Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise (released in 1987) is a sequel to the freak hit Revenge of the Nerds (released in 1984). The original film centres around the exploits of the Tri-Lambs, a group of nerds who fit every stereotype under the sun. Despite never having heard of it until I saw the sequel in a bargain bin, some research shows that Revenge of the Nerds was funny enough to be named Bravo's 91^st funniest film and is feature in a parody on Family Guy.

I have now lost all respect for Bravo and Family Guy.

Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise is the same plot, in a different setting. The setting doesn't make sense though. That would by far too much to ask. Whereas in the first film the nerds were picked on at school for being nerdy, a perfectly normal occurrence (first hand experience), in the second film they get kicked out of a hotel for being nerds. Why? BECAUSE LOGIC HAS NO PLACE IN HELL!

The aforementioned “nerd hate” signifies one of the most sane plot points. Other, less sane, developments include: vaguely racist ambushes on the nerds with spears, kidnapping and abandonment, and finally, the discovery of a working tank in the middle of a desert island.

I could forgive all this if we had a likeable cast and some half-decent jokes. Instead what we get are characters based upon the worst clichés imaginable and jokes which not even the writer can have found funny. To illustrate my point: the nerds laugh at every joke in the film to show the audience that what they are experiencing is in fact meant to be humorous. Instead of an improved version of Japanese water torture.

This is actually the worst film I have ever seen. Films that are better than it include: The Man Who Saved The Earth, Battlefield Earth, Plan 9, Manos, Alone in the Dark, Catwoman and I know who killed me. The run-time on the back of the box states that Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise is 85 minutes long. It felt like a life time. The price claims to be £2. In reality it cost me my faith in humanity.