By Ryan Broderick

Coming out via the straight-to-DVD method, “Bachelor Party 2” is the sequel of-you guessed it-1984’s “Bachelor Party.” However one will quickly discover it has absolutely nothing to do with the original, and, upon reading the back of the box, it’s clear that viewers shouldn’t expect much of anything from this campy sequel. They should maybe even prepare to sit through 104 minutes of horrifyingly bad “American Pie: Band Camp” or “The Naked Mile” level of cinematic garbage, that usually comes with the DVD movie genre.

Here’s how 20th Century Fox chooses to describe its masterpiece: “Leave your inhibitions at the door! You are cordially invited to join the wildest party of all time that pits liquor, luxury and loose women against the groom-to-be’s best intentions in Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation! Premiering exclusively on DVD March 11 from Fox Home Entertainment, the hilarious follow-up to the classic Tom Hanks 80’s comedy Bachelor Party features a new generation of off-the-wall characters, a witty original story that pushes the envelope of “sex comedy” with tons of rowdy, naked antics, booze-soaked debauchery and super-sexy fun that turn this sacred male pre-wedding bonding ritual into the craziest Bachelor Party ever!”

Sounds like a classy good time, right? It’s pretty much guaranteed that this is the same description the “No Country For Old Men” DVD is going to have, too.

Here’s the problem, though, with the whole plan of panning this movie to the point where only curses and stick-figure drawings of hangman could describe how a viewer felt watching it, “Bachelor Party 2” isn’t a train wreck. It’s not “The Crying Game,” but it’s funny. The movie stars a slew of C-list actors, and it’s directed by first-timer James Ryan.

The movie is well paced, the jokes are surprisingly original for the subject material and, at times, one might almost think it’s innovative for its genre. It’s surprisingly very well put together. “Bachelor Party 2” is a good-hearted, well-organized buddy comedy into which gratuitous nudity and senseless party shots have been spliced. By the way, the topless scenes average about one every 10 minutes.

It takes a long time to put your finger on it, but “Bachelor Party 2” is the ultimate example of shock comedy money making.

Nowadays, a lot of studios know that they can save money and make boatloads more if they slap an unrated sticker on a straight-to-DVD sequel-and make sure it revolves around some sort of plot device calling for constant partying, sex and other forms of overindulgence. It’s an insulting statement on the intellect of college students, but, then again, the American Pie spin-offs make money, and let’s face it, “Bikini Airwaves 5: Trouser Snakes On A Plane” has more of a plot.

It’s a shame, because had “Bachelor Party 2” spent its budget slightly better and completely separated itself from the first “Bachelor Party” with another title, it might have had a good take at the box office.

Critics would still have blasted it, but at least it could have had a chance of being a real movie.

As it stands now, only time will tell which type of comedy wins: funny-porn or legitimate movies. Hope and popular opinion, though, are not on the side of the filmmakers here and it is unlikely this grown-up frat party farce will go too far..

A sequel to the Tom Hank’s 1984 comedy, “Bachelor Pary 2 (amazon.com)