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SOURCE-Troma Blu Ray
Back in 2013 Troma released the first part of what is the 4th film in the Nuke'Em High franchise. I got it as soon as it hit Blu ray and figured in a year or at most 2 years and the second part would hit home video.
It was 6 years. In 2019 Volume 2 hit home video. And by then I had kind of forgot about the film. Then this year back in the end of March a buddy of mine suddenly passed. Blade Braxton was the name most people knew him by. He was a huge Troma fan. And had been one of the Cretins in Return to Nuke'Em High. After seeing the first part I contacted him and got told "Ya most of my scenes will be in the second part." He passed all of the sudden and after getting over the shock of him dying at a young age,he was 45 or 46,I thought damn I need to see Volume 2. Went and saw that Amazon was sold out. But found a copy at Troma's website.
This film picks up right were volume 1 ended.Lauren is in the shower and like in the movie Carrie blood starts to run down her legs. Seems Lauren is pregnant. She got raped by a duck in volume one. After spraying blood and slime all over the shower. Which causes damage to some of the other girls in the shower,Lauren gives birth to a human/duck hybrid. That looks like a chicken nugget mixed with a duck.
Now this is a Troma film so the plot doesn't always make the most sense. The film is mostly about Lauren and her girlfriend,Chrissy trying to stop an evil corp from poisoning the word. This corp is ran by Lloyd Kaufman.
While I did enjoy this movie it does feel like there was at most 40 minutes leftover after volume 1. So Lloyd used stuff that was filmed years before,like the scenes with Lemmy from Motorhead as the President of the USA,and of course the Sgt Kabukiman NYPD car flip stunt is reused. Then there is a pile of new stuff filmed with Lloyd on very limited sets.
This isn't a film that will convert someone into a Troma fan. But if you already are this is one of the wildest Troma films in a long time. You got piles of nudity,male and female. Piles of gore and offensive material.
As far as Blade. Now I've only watched this movie twice now. And spotted him in 2 scenes. One of them he is on camera for a decent amount. The other it is a pause to find him moment.
This Blu Ray has two discs. And the second disc includes a documentary on the making of the 2 volumes of Return to Nuke'Em High. This documentary is titled 2 Girls 1 Duck. And it is great. Troma makes movies on a low budget. Lots of the time with a crew that is either not getting any pay or getting paid very little. In this documentary there is a great scene of Blade on set. And you can tell he is having a blast.
So if you are a Troma fan you should go out and get both volumes. If you want to see a decent documentary on the making of a low budget film get Volume 2 and watch 2 Girls 1 Duck.
Return to Return to Nuke'Em High aka Volume 2 gets a B+.
