Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008)

Director:

Todd Stephens

Writers:

Eric Eisenbrey (story)
Todd Stephens (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 November 2008 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Andy, Nico, Jarod and Griff reunite in Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break and participate in a contest called "Gays Gone Wild" to determine who can attain the most "buttlove" over the course of the vacation. |

Plot Keywords:

Contest | Gay | Spring Break | Spit Take | Female Nudity

Cast

Jonah Blechman	...	Nico
Jake Mosser	...	Andy Wilson
Aaron Michael Davies	...	Griff
Jimmy Clabots	...	Jarod
Euriamis Losada	...	Luis
Perez Hilton	...	Perez Hilton
RuPaul	...	Tyrell Tyrelle
Scott Thompson	...	Andy's Dad
The Lady Bunny	...	Sandi Cove (also as Lady Bunny)
Will Wikle	...	Jasper
Brandon Lim	...	Jasper Chan
Isaac Webster	...	Jasper Pledge / Fake Griff
Brent Corrigan	...	Stan the Merman
John Epperson	...	Andy's Mom (as Lypsinka)
Amanda Lepore	...	Transamerica Stewardess Debbie Gottakunt

Also Known As:

Another Gay Movie 2: Gays Gone Wild (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min (approx.) | Germany:99 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:Unrated | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Luna Pictures

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In multiple scenes, wires can be seen pulling the crabs along.

Quotes:

Jasper Pledge: [referring to a tiki that Nico found] Did anybody find the unlucky tiki I planted?
Jasper: [shocks him, part of his hazing] Did anybody find the unlucky tiki he planted?
Jasper Chan: 'Cher's' already accessorized it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

Soundtrack:

Golden Sea

Switch your "reality-based" brain off and just enjoy the madness!

First things first; this is not like the first movie. In the first movie you have crazy scenarios occurring within a plausible/realistic context, and the narrative of the story was clear-set and followed a linear unfurling path. However in the sequel, reality has no business here. There's numerous addresses to the camera, ridiculously naff special effects, references to the fact that this is just a movie, for god's sake there's a mythical sea creature in the story!

You can tell from the very beginning of the movie that the aim is not so much to tell a heartwarming coming-of-age story, but rather to make you laugh as much as possible by presenting crazy over-the-top, sometimes revolting, gags which it does with gusto. In fairness, this had to be their approach to making this movie. If they were going to make this a serious and realistic follow-on to the last movie, how could they have possibly explained away why three of the four main leads look completely different?! No, they had to just forget about reality and just go all out for funny gags. And on this level it worked; I laughed throughout the whole movie. Result!!

The only thing I would criticize is the use of "actors" who can't actually act - I'm talking about you Perez Hilton! I cringed whenever he was on screen. It was like watching the antics of the drunken slut at a party; you just felt embarrassed for him.

Jonah Blechman deserves a paragraph of praise. He definitely stole the show in this movie. From his zany uber-camp performances to his heartfelt monologue; kudos Jonah. I don't think the movie would have been anywhere near as good if he had wimped-out and jumped ship like three other certain actors.

Biggest surprise; Rupaul is actually a really good, natural and convincing actor. We don't see enough of him on this side of the Atlantic.

Look, just watch the movie with the intention of having a laugh. Switch off the nit-picking film-critic part of your brain and you will enjoy this movie.