Sometimes you just know exactly what to expect. You can check out a title or look at a DVD box and basically get the idea. When it’s a cheesy, raunch-filled, half-nude, sexually-infused, beer-soaked "comedy", you definitely know what that you’re getting into will most likely not be cinematic gold. On the other hand, sometimes when all you need is something that might generally appeal to a frat boy, you can’t help but to partake.
Road Trip: Beer Pong is the straight to DVD sequel to the original Road Trip. It's basically just an unnecessary piece of work that was made to satisfy someone’s random whim. It tells the tale of a group of college friends headed out on a road trip to compete in a beer pong competition. Obviously they find themselves wrapped up into various situations that are meant to be funny. "Hilarity" ensues. Things go from good to bad to worse and then back to good again as can be expected and this is basically cookie cutter stuff.
When I’m watching a "dumb" comedy, I go into it expecting a certain form of low brow humor. I know what I’m expecting isn’t going to be top notch comedy and that makes it all the more bearable. Here, however, even the low brow comedy fails to deliver. The acting is horrible and the comedy just falls flat because of it. The return of DJ Qualls, who played Kyle Edwards in the original film, does very little to salvage this film. I knew to expect sex humor, fart jokes, and gross out tactics, but here all those things failed. I barely cared enough to roll my eyes at the stupidity.
The girls are hot of course because that’s half the charm of a film such as this, bu they are downplayed in all but a few titilating scenes. They’re around; they just don’t do much and are basically just props. I’m no kind of a pervert horndog, but I am a warm-blooded young American male, and when a film all but guarantees some Hooters (the restaurant) style scenery and a decent amount of female nudity and then fails to deliver, I feel cheated. Honestly, folks, what more does a film such as this have to stand on?
You can blow a few hours on this thing and you might find yourself chuckling once or twice, but don’t expect any Harold and Kumar-esque comedy here. Watch at your own risk
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