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Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddies Island Adventure |
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Written by Andy
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Sunday, 08 October 2006 |
 Once in a while a film (or sequel) gets made that is so bad, so DISTURBINGLY bad, that it needs to be mentioned. Christmas Vacation 2 (they cut ties from National Lampoon for this film) is one of these films. Here's the plot:
Eddie (Randy Quaid) gets fired from his lab job right before Christmas, and his boss decides to send him and his family on a vacation to the South Pacific so he won't sue them because he got bit by a lab monkey. A bunch of stupid jokes later, Eddie gets himself and his family trapped on an island and has to provide for everyone until they can get rescued.
The entire movie I had to sit through, just waiting for it to get funny. There was nothing. In fact, I had at least three instances where I jumped up and shouted "Why did they waste film canisters for this movie?!?!" It was truely a waste of an hour and a half out of my life. I would rather have used that time to sleep with a prostitute and check myself into a clinic to test for AIDS. That would have been a better use of my time.
There were some recurring roles in this film - namely Eric Idle showing up on the plane and getting hurt by Eddie (like he got hurt by Chevy Chase in the original Eruopean Vacation film). Why do these people do this to themselves? Did Randy Quaid really need this money? Was it worth it? He's got so much other potential. I think if he's getting bogged down with bills and payments, he could at least talk to his brother Dennis about borrowing something. Hell, Dennis was just in another big film with NONE OTHER THAN Ashton Kutcher! I'm sure he's got some money to lend now.
Please don't ever see this film. You will hate yourself later on. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 October 2006 )
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