HOUSE PARTY 2 (1991)

Directed By: George Jackson & Doug McHenry 
Written By: Rusy Cundieff & Daryl G. Nickens 
Story By: Rusty Cundieff 
Based on characters created By: Reginald Hudlin 
Cinematography: Francis Kenny 
Editor: Joel Goodman & Janice Hampton 


Cast:Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Kamron, Queen Latifah, Tisha Campbell, Iman, Georg Sanford Brown, Helen Martin, Tony Burton, William Schallert, B-Fine, Boulegged Lou, Paul Anthony, Christopher Michael, Barry Diamond, Daryl Mitchell, Eugene Allen 


When Kid's college money is stolen by a crooked music promoter, Play's solution is to stage the 'mutha' of all pajama parties.

This is what happens when a studio more asserts control of a film that was independent in nature and something that was the brainchild of it’s Original director who choose not to come back

This is a little all over the place with simplicity written all over it and throwing in a lot of jokes with sound effects and many nonsense call backs to the original.

The quality of this film with it’s slick to slippery display of commercialism. Is what makes you realize why the first one was so good. The quality much better and more authentic. The vision of an individual telling a tale. Rather then trying to please demographics and then trying to remain true to the characters or story.

The film has a major indulgent emphasis of showing education and it’s power and strength. Trying to inspire and showcase the intended audience that was rare at the time except for movies like SCHOOL DAZE and the show A DIFFERENT WORLD. A nice positive message.

This movie somehow even though it has a storyline of females standing up for themselves and femanism still sexualizes most of the female characters other than the main stars.

As usual the movie stars kid and play but allows kid more the starring role in plot and scenes, still Finding ways for characters to come back or at least cameo

It seems a bit lost or like it wants to be a comedic version of a different world while also trying to impart a positive message of college and education for African american youth

Play still comes off as a friend but also a kind of jerky one. It never quite seems lost but at a loss from what should happen and where it is going so it seems more like they made it up as they went along until the so called house party which this time is a pajama jammy jam

The film is funny but oh how the mighty has fallen it comes off more as a goofy cartoon most of the time rather than The continuing adventures. Though for most of the silliness one of the strongest attractions to the film is the soundtrack. Some of which is performed more towards the third act, but the film is full of music that it moves the film forward and adds to the overall fluidity of scenes. That it works like a musical when it comes to the grandiosity.

Grade: C+