Released: July 27, 1984
Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn
Written by: Martin Kitrosser (story), Carol Watson (story) & Bruce Franklin Singer (screenplay)
Starring: Richard Mulligan, John Mengatti, Kim Richards, John Larroquette & Paul Reubens
Plot: The kids and counselors of Camp Sasquatch have to pull out all the stops if they're going to avert a hostile takeover by the military minded Camp Patton from across the lake!
IMDb: 3.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: No score
My Score: 1/5
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
The sequel in-name-only Meatballs Part II has very little in common with the original except that it takes place in a summer camp and involves two rival camps fighting it out. The plot is thin, the jokes aren't funny and the characters range from ridiculous to offensive. An alcoholic French camp cook, a boy in an electric wheelchair who races the camp bus (and wins), the tough guy who becomes the nice guy to impress a girl, and a barely closeted stereotypical homosexual (complete with a full closet of women's clothing) are just a few of the characters we meet in this movie. Oh, and an alien. Really. An alien, whom no one notices throughout the whole film except a group of boys who find him in an outhouse. Here's a picture of him. They call him Meathead. Oh, and the big climactic final battle between the two camps? A boxing match where one of the contestants is in drag, literally flying through the air like Peter Pan in your mama's dress. I kinda wish I was making this up. John Mengatti from the White Shadow is the the tough guy, Kim Richards is the innocent girl he likes, Richard Mulligan is camp director Coach Giddy, Paul Reubens is the bus driving, deejaying, part time Hare Krishna boxing referee Albert, and John Laroquette is the cross dressing, hidden-in-plain-sight gay man, Lt. Foxglove. Child actors Jason Hervey and David Hollander co-star along with Archie Hahn, Donald Gibb and comedian Elayne Boosler (in a cameo as a camper's mother). And I almost forgot about Shock Waves! For the second time in as many of his films, director Ken Wiederhorn inserts portions of his freshman film for the characters here to watch. Can't say as I blame him as surely it stands as his strongest effort in his filmography. Here's a clip from the ridiculous final fight.
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