Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7287 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 97 minutes

Synopsis
The legacy of perpetual college party-man Van Wilder lives on in NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER 2 - THE RISE OF TAJ, as his former apprentice Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn) takes the torch to jolly old England, where he is continuing his education at stuffy Camford University. Despite a newfound confidence and hip makeover from his days at Coolidge College, things get off to a shaky start for Taj when he is rejected by the prestigious Fox and Hounds fraternity, and ends up boarding with a group of social misfits. Driven to live up to his former mentor’s good name and also to make his father proud, Taj sets out to prove his big-man-on-campus potential by unabashedly leading his outcast housemates in an attempt to defeat the wealthy elite of Camford in a range of competitions for the coveted Hastings Cup. Like its predecessor, the film is chock-full of vulgar humour and sophomoric antics. Although Taj is the only character to appear from the first VAN WILDER (with the exception of Wilder’s pet bulldog), many of the plot points are predictably similar. Occasionally peeking through the excessive sexual references, outrageous gags, and cringe-worthy debauchery is a laugh-out-loud film that encourages the underdog and thumbs its nose at the establishment. Much like the grandfather of all college films, ANIMAL HOUSE, VAN WILDER 2 - THE RISE OF TAJ examines the lighter side of higher education, pointing out that it’s not only about earning a diploma but also about discovering one’s potential--and not forgetting to have fun along the way.

Customer Reviews

A second rate sequel
Van Wilder is one of several excellent teen movies to have emerged in the past few years, the sequel has not however lived up to the standard of its predeccesor. The rise of Taj echos the orgional in many aspects and fails to pull off what new material emerges. The British accents are by and large terrible American parodies that seem to have been based on the imagination of people who have never encountered them. The support cast sadly fail to live up to expectations and as such much of the depth of the film was lost leaving Kal Penn out on a limb. Could and should have been better.

van wilder 2
all i can say is if your a big fan of the first film your not going to like this,its a pointless film to make,no van wilder! this film was made for him to do,taj(kal penn) tries to play the role of van wilder and he is so poor at it, its cringe worthy to watch.same old teenage high school spin off movie..rise of the nerds to defeat the alfa beta's.

Good funny film, but the WRONG title
I enjoyed this film, it's got a good storyline, it's fun, plus there's a good amount of laughs to be had.

They should never have called it Van Wilder 2 as Ryan Reynolds who played Van Wilder in the first film is not in this, the humour is mixed, they try to go between American and British comedy, for me that was a mistake, they should have stuck to one or the other.

Taj (Kai Penn) is the star of this film and puts in a good performance, but does not have the comic ability of Ryan Reynolds, the supporting cast are all good and solid too, there's only one of them that I recognise and hope to see more of them in the future.

It uses alot of crude humour, plus visual humour too, there's also a clear class war going on just to spice things up.

Overall it's a good effort that fails to reach the heady heights of Van Wilder, I've purchased this and I'm glad I did, but if you're not too sure then maybe best to rent first.