#National lampoon van wilder 1 movie#

'This has become rather tiresome,' the sniveling Pipp tells Taj during their climactic fencing showdown. The rest of the performers are either nondescript (read: the protagonists) or broadly oafish (read: the antagonists). As love interest Charlotte and sex-minded Sadie, the likable if bland Lauren Cohan (2005's 'Casanova') and the promising Holly Davidson put on game faces as they dream of more dignified roles.

Penn has showed so much promise as an actor in the past that it's a shame he had to stoop so low. One would be inclined to feel sorry for him if it wasn't for the executive-producer credit he receives in the opening credits. Reprising the role that shot him to mid-level fame, the mere appearance of Kal Penn (2004's ' Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle'), as Taj, is embarrassing. As for the sole potentially nice momentВ—a kind of sweet heart-to-heart between Taj and CharlotteВ—the scene is ruined by being tagged with Taj getting paint-balled in the crotch. The storyline is singularly uninteresting and will bring out yawns in the most well-rested of viewers. The ensemble of supporting characters are drab, unappealing clichГ©s. The nudity is squandered, with literally two out of the four breasts on display being glaring body doubles. The jokes are derivative boresВ—a canine dosed with Viagara-like pills showers the audience with his semen Taj's parents walk in on their son in a compromising position with a girl in a direct steal from 2001's ' American Pie 2 ' a mile-high club attempt ends badly when hot sauce is poured on Taj's privates. I have had knee-shaking, ass-skewering hemorrhoids that were funnier than this so-called comedy, which doesn't inspire a single laugh, smirk or smile in all of its running time. There is unequivocally no reason why such an asinine, energy-deprived waste of time has reached theaters. As the competition grows fierce, Taj finds himself falling in love with the beautiful Charlotte (Lauren Cohan), who happens to be the girlfriend of their nastiest opponent, Pipp Everett (Daniel Percival).ДЇlavorlessly directed by Mort Nathan (2003's ' Boat Trip') and seemingly penned on a napkin by David Drew Gallagher, 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj' has direct-to-DVD written all over it.

In doing so, Taj and his students, including nerdy whiz Gethin (Anthony Cozens), silent Percy (Tom Davey), and blunt-mouthed Sadie (Holly Davidson), decide to compete in the college's Hastings Cup Tournament against the rich, snooty 'Fox and Hounds' fraternity. Having learned the tricks of the sexual trade from buddy Van, Taj travels to prestigious, London-based Camford University and sets out to teach confidence to the members of a misfit co-ed frat house. With Van Wilder missing in action, the reigns are woefully handed over to Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn), a supporting character in the predecessor who didn't need his own movie. With the stench of resigned mediocrity coursing through its every miserable minute, the picture quickly becomes patently offensive for all the wrong reasons.

#National lampoon van wilder 1 movie#

With an expiration date several years passed, this hopeless cash-in features a barely-there plot, stock stick figures posing as human beings, and diluted, would-be gross-out gags so innocuous the movie might as well have shot for a PG-13 rating. Even so, it had more going for it than 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj,' a pale imitation that no one asked for. It was a mild sleeper success at the box office, but came off as a mostly uninspired copycat of virtually hundreds of other youth-oriented raunchfests released before it. The 2002 original, titled, of course, ' National Lampoon's Van Wilder,' starred the usually charismatic Ryan Reynolds as a seven-year college slacker and big-time player and Tara Reid as the journalism student he falls for. Van Wilder is nowhere to be found and only passingly mentioned in the rancorously unnecessary 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj,' but the loss of the title character turns out to be the least of this shameful sequel's problems.