Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective

Director - Richard Gabai (The Bike Squad, In the Dark)

Starring - Richard Gabai, Christopher Dempsey (Breaking Bad, Virtual Girl), and Michelle Bauer (Scream Queen Hot Tub Party, Hellroller)

Release Date - 1995

Genre - Comedy

Tagline - "The party nerds are back!"

Format - Bluray (Personal Collection)

Rating (out of 5):

     I went into Assault of the Party Nerds not knowing what to expect and I found myself actually enjoying it.  To be honest, it's nothing we haven't seen before. It's not very original and it feels like a combination of several raunchy comedies from the early 80s but it works.  I doesn't try to reinvent the wheel.  Instead, it knows what it wants to be and runs with it.  It's fun, especially for a first time watch, but I can see myself spinning it again from time to time.  When I bought the blu I didn't realize it included the 1995 sequel but I'm glad it did.  It was just as fun as the first film.

     The film, once again, follows Ritchie (Gabai) who is now married to Muffin (Bauer) and is a private investigator.  Ritchie is tasked with getting dirt on a wealthy businessman's soon to be son-in-law who just happens to be Muffin's ex-boyfriend Bud.  This comes as he is getting ready for the 5 year celebration of the big party from part one.  However, they are on the brink of losing their frat house forcing Ritchie to help them as well before the party.

      Assault of the Party Nerds 2 isn't the funniest or raunchiest film I had seen but it did make me laugh a few times while exploiting the beauty that is Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer.  I don't think I enjoyed it as much as the first film but it was still a solid sequel that tried to feel like an 80s sex comedy but was really a straight to video mid-90s comedy.  The acting in this one is exactly as the first film.  The characters are very cliched and unoriginal but they fit the film so well.  The cast does a solid job in their roles with Bauer and Quigley giving viewers what they want.  The story for this one doesn't follow in the college sex comedy approach.  Instead, it feels like a crime comedy with nudity and a plot that you would find in a kids movie from the same era.  A private investigator searching for dirt on someone while saving his frat house is not the most thrilling of stories.  Hell, if you took out the nudity and replaced Gabai with a teenager then you would have a film that would feel like it was made by Full Moon's sister company, Moonbeam.  I liked the story but it's a huge departure from the previous film.  Finally, don't expect to see any blood and gore.  Instead, we get some nudity and humor.  Overall, Assault of the Party Nerds 2 is a decent enough sequel that fans of Michelle Bauer and Linnea Quigley should really check out.  Some of the humor works and while it doesn't have the replay value of the first film it still delivers.  Check it out.