Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

Runtime: 98 minutes

Directed by: Bob Clark

Starring: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Nancy Parsons

From: 20th Century Fox 

Finally, I've decided to review the first sequel to a movie I've seen a number of times before and I reviewed back in late '09. You can read that review here. It fit my schedule to watch it tonight rather than something "higher class", or however you'd like to put it.

The plot description from the IMDb: “The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.”

Pretty much accurate, although not all of the religious fanatics are the KKK type, but what a wacky plot, where a group of horny males deal with a Shakespeare play and a reverend who of course is actually a pervert and yet he and his followers want the play shut down due to it being “vulgar”, and a corrupt politician does complicate things and a Seminole Indian does end up in the play and as this is set in the 50's southern Florida, some people were really not down with it. What a unique plot, for sure. Like with the first movie and Jews, they stress a tolerance towards Seminole people.

Overall I rate this as being average. Sure, there are still funny moments along with the cool and vulgar setpieces, but it's real uneven at times and by the end, things start to fall apart with stupidity and stuff that don't make sense and that's unfortunate. Otherwise I'd rate it a little better and higher. But at least I don't think it's awful and some of the characters actually get some nice dramatic moments.

I'll return tomorrow night.