The National Lampoons franchise is a strange beast that includes a wide variety of movies that range from downright cult classics, to utter bottom of the barrel dross. Aside from the odd one or two, the main movies within the franchise have to be the Vacation flicks which have become the epitome of pure 8. Ed Helms stars in the New Line Cinema reboot of the Vacation film series as Rusty Griswald, the son of Chevy Chases iconic character of the original four films. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Full Movie here. Americana and beyond. The original trilogy consisting of a road trip movie, a holiday abroad and being at home for Christmas, literately resonates with everyone of a certain age perhaps and never fails to please. They fit right in at the right times, you cant go wrong at Christmas with Christmas Vacation. Now the big question is, could this new movie sequelreboot manage to hold its own, or would it fall into a pit of pathetic fan service and rehashed gags from the originalsWell everything starts off perfectly, how can it fail not too with that classic rock tune Holiday Road. Yes that sounds like they are just rehashing but lets be honest here, how can you not have that song, its a must, 1. So a nostalgic, rose tinted ripple thundered its way through my body as the credits fired up and you get that familiar montage of family photosimages through the years. So far everything looked good, they seemed to have the right vibe going, that is until we see Ed Helms as a grown up Rusty and the first visual gag. Basically Rusty is an airline pilot and has stepped out of the cab for a moment, he greets a young boy and his parents. 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Clever, but unfortunately they lied, because the film is pretty much the same as the original ugh. Alongside the miscast Helms as Rusty there is Christina Applegate as his wife, never a great sign as Applegate is pretty much a B listB movie actress, and two young lads as their sons amazed there were no young daughters. One of the boys is small, very rude and obnoxious, he swears a lot which is not a funny as it sounds. The other is the older of the two, bigger, but very effeminate, this guy wasnt too bad and had some decent laughs with his wimpiness. IMDb went to New York Comic Con 2017 to learn crucial tidbits about Marvels anticipated new series, Runaways. Watch to find out what we discovered. Continues from Part 2. If you need help identifying a long forgotten movie, youve come to the right place. Wed always recommend a bit of selfsufficient key. Watch Chuck Episode 11 Season 1 on this page. There are also some big cameos in the form of Chris Hemsworth as Audreys husband who is just some stereotypical jock cowboy type, and of course we see Chevy Chase and Beverly DAngelo reprising their roles but not really doing or offering much at the same time. Supposedly a passing of the torch setup, but Im not overly sure if were getting anymore of these soooo. Most everything else we see is merely rehashed from the older better movies Im afraid, its amazing how Hollywood just never learns. We get another sexy girl in a red Ferrari, sure theres a twist for her, but who cares, still the same bloody joke. Even one of the young boys gets a sexy girl of his age in another car setup, just like the Ferrari girl, I mean come on The plot does resemble the plot layout of the original movie, with the same type of stop overs and the same type of basic story arc, but of course being 2. But again its all predictable stuff such as a really dirty, unhygienic motel, some sort of frat house party scenario, the weird foreign car, a crazy trucker ala Duel, running out of gas in the middle of nowhere and trying to have sex unsuccessfully. Watch Total Frat Movie IMDB' title='Watch Total Frat Movie IMDB' />Things become really forced and desperate when at one point, Clark and Ellen give Rusty their old Wagon Queen Family Truckster to continue the road trip. Apparently the same Wagon Queen Family Truckster from the original movie, or so it appears. Just in case you forgot this was a National Lampoons sequelreboot and they managed to squeeze every last drop of nostalgia into this project. Watch Come And Find Me Online. Why would they still even have that car This movie has moments of decent entertainment that hark back to the good old days but overall its just a very very average film. I really didnt like the excessive profanity which is peppered throughout, including the soundtrack, I really thought it was unnecessary. There is also quite a bit of gore and hints at gore which again kinda felt unnecessary for this type of flick, they really seemed to go far too adult orientated here. It just felt like they ditched the original charm and made everything more. I can use that word without sounding too extreme. Pretty big swing and miss for me, you cant just rely on the epic main title tune and two cameos.