Starring - Brick Bronsky (Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.), Lisa Gaye (Terror Firmer), and Leesa Rowland (Slaughter Daughter)
Release Date - 1991
Genre - Horror/Sci-Fi/Comedy
Tagline - "Student Power Meets Nuclear power!"
Format - DVD (Personal Collection)
Rating (out of 5):
When it comes to sequels it can go one of two ways. The sequel is either a big budgeted follow up to a big budget film that was financially successful. These sequels tend to completely ignore the qualities that mad the first film a hit to begin with. You can't blame the people involved with this kind of sequel because everyone is out to make a buck. However, on the other hand we have indie flicks that gain a following and the director or indie company follows it up to satisfy the fans of the original. Sure, these fine folks are trying to make a dollar as well but they don't forget to make the people that made the film a success happy. So many indie directors follow up their more successful films with sequels that continue the story and everything that the people loved..almost everything. Several years back I ordered The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High box sets. For some unknown reason I decided to watch The Toxic Avenger series first. The first and fourth film were fun but I have no idea what was going through the mind of Troma with films II and III. This made me not want to watch the other two Class of Nuke 'Em High flicks so I put them on my shelf and ignored them until recently after I watched Return to Nuke 'Em High Vol. 1. After seeing that film I decided it was time to watch the entire series. 
The film takes place in Tromaville. The nuclear power plant has been rebuilt by the Nukamama Corporation and provided the local community with the Tromaville Institute of Technology (T.I.T. for short). Behind closed doors the corporation is working on a sub-race, or sub-humanoid, to perform the tasks of the other workers that way they can fire their entire workforce to save money. The only downside to this is that the subhumanoids can not reproduce with one another. They need to be pumped full of human jizz in order to bare spawn. This is when we meet campus reporter Roger Smith (Bronsky). Smith has a hard time meeting ladies due to his vile body odor and responds to an add about sexual experiments. This is all a ruse to get men on campus to pump the female subhumanoids full. However, this backfires and Smith falls in love with his subhumanoid Victoria (Rowland). As most of the subhumanoids are spontaneously combusting, Smith sets out to save his new love and expose the conspiracy at Nukamama.
After I watched the original Class of Nuke 'Em High I almost decided not to watch the following sequels because I was afraid Troma would let me down like they did with Toxie II and III. Both of those films are fun to watch but are nowhere on the same level as the original. However, I am a huge fan of all things Troma and put the film in anyway only to be really entertained. The film was not as good as the first but is a worthy sequel. The acting in this one is fun but nothing award winning. The talent fits the film and that is about the best you can ask for coming from any indie production or a Troma film. The story is more of the first film but brought into the 90s with big business and corporate conspiracies. Though it is nothing new it is still fun to watch and a great continuation of the first flick. Finally, the film has a lot of special effects and on screen deaths but it is nowhere near the same as what we were given in the first film. Overall, Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II is a worthy sequel that continues the insane exploits of Tromaville. It offers up nothing new but the same tested and true formula established in the first. Check it out and enjoy!
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