Young actors are desperate for parts. Or just plain stupid. Sylvester Stallone's first starring role was in a softcore porn called 'Party at Kitty and Stud's', Brad Pitt was first noticed in 'Dallas', and George Clooney appeared in classics like 'Return to Horror High', 'Return of the Killer Tomatoes', 'The Golden Girls', and 'Murder, She Wrote'.

Tom Hanks is no different — long before he was sleepless in Seattle, he starred in an early '80s sex comedy, otherwise notable only for featuring a guy from William Shatner's 'TJ Hooker'. And due to Hanks' subsequent stardom, 'Bachelor Party' hasn't been forgotten alongside the likes of 'Porkies' and those 'Nerds' films.

That's the only explanation for this inane, unfunny, direct-to-DVD sequel. Billed as a re-imagination — which basically means they've updated the story by adding Viagra, cellphones and more gross-out humour — it's little more than a limp variation on the 'American Pie' franchise. And when compared to the likes of 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin', 'Wedding Crashers' and even 'The Heartbreak Kid', the dated, formulaic approach is cruelly exposed.

Ron is engaged to Melinda, but her conniving, jealous brother-in-law Todd doesn’t want him in the family. So he takes Ron and his three clichéd friends (the slob, the loser, the nerd) on the "ultimate bachelor party", intending to catch the groom-to-be with his pants down. So bring on the sexy stewardesses, sex addicts anonymous conference, a hot blonde who might just be Hitler's granddaughter, stripper fights, topless golf — and little in the way of comedy or originality.

Extras:

Deleted scenes add nothing new to a film that, at 99 minutes, already drags, 'Anatomy of a stripper fight' is yet another excuse for gratuitous nudity with the filmmakers and stunt coordinators providing an in-depth analysis of the intricacies of getting women to jump on top of each other, and the boys club audio commentary only highlights that it wasn't much of a stretch for the actors to inhabit their infantile characters.