The original Without a Paddle — starring Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and Dax Shepherd — was surprisingly well-received. But I didn’t think anyone watched it and thought SEQUEL. I was wrong.
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling — starring What a Girl Wants‘ Oliver James and…two other guys — will hit DVD and Blu-ray on Jan. 13. Per the release: "Everything that can go wrong goes hilariously wrong when two best friends and one zany Brit venture out into the wilderness in search of a high school sweetheart. On this trip, the stakes are higher, the river is wilder and the creatures are nuttier! Trying to grant a last wish to a little old lady (Ellen Albertini Dow), lawyer Ben (Oliver James) and nursing home attendant Zach (Kristopher Turner) join forces with a wacky Brit named Nigel (Rik Young) in search of the woman’s missing granddaughter whose last known address is — the wilderness. These three not-exactly-outdoorsmen demonstrate their subsistence level survival skills in a series of sidesplitting misadventures sure to have audiences camping out in front of the TV again and again."
Even I won’t watch this movie.* Is it the most unnecessary sequel ever? If not, what is?
* Though I could be talked into screening the bonus feature Furious Nuts, a "behind the scenes look at casting the perfect squirrels for Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling."**
** Not sarcasm.
Would you watch? Let us know in the poll below.
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“Speed 2: Cruise Control.”
The original had a great concept for an action movie. Unfortunately, it was also pretty much impossible to replicate for a sequel, so they didn’t even try. On top of that, someone decided it’d be a good idea to go ahead with the movie even though they couldn’t convince the hero of the first one to come back. I mean, getting the hero’s girlfriend back is just as good, right?
Do you really want me to get started on this???
- Every ROCKY movie after the second.
- Every HALLOWEEN movie after the second.
- Every FRIDAY THE 13TH movie after the first.
- Every EXORCIST movie after the first.
- Every SAW movie after the first.
- Every VACATION movie after the first.
- Every POLICE ACADEMY movie after the first.
- Every NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movie after the first.
- Every ALIEN movie after the second.
- Every SPIDERMAN movie after the first.
- Every OCEAN’S movie after ELEVEN.
- Every POLTERGEIST movie after the first.
- Every LETHAL WEAPON movie after the second.
- Every SHREK movie after the first.
- Every PSYCHO movie after the first.
- GREASE 2
- STAYING ALIVE
- TERMINATOR 3
- SUPERMAN III and IV
- THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN
- MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
- SHOCK TREATMENT
- GHOSTBUSTERS II
- STAR TREK V and INSURRECTION
- FLETCH LIVES
- KING KONG LIVES
- CROCODILE DUNDEE II and IN LOS ANGELES
- BEVERLY HILLS COP III
- SPEED2
First of all I need take a moment to declare my ultimate love and devotion to Prince. Even though I paid to see it at the theater twice in my youth.
Graffiti Bridge
All he needed to do was release an album with that name, not come with a movie, cause I love “Thieves in the Temple” but the movie, unneccessary.
I’m sure I’ll think of others as this blog grows.
Let’s throw in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and U.S. Marshalls (sequel to The Fugitive) and all the National Lampoon movies, with the exceptions of Animal House and Vacation.
Agree with Shock Treatment and Speed 2 and the Saw sequels (cuz the first one was actually good). I’d have to add Legally Blonde 2, the Bring it On sequels, and all of the follow ups to Silence of the Lambs.
More:
- NAKED GUN 2-1/2 and 3-1/3
- AIRPLANE II
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBEAN II and III
- INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
- HOME ALONE 3
- ANOTHER 48 HOURS
- THE JEWEL OF THE NILE
- THE TWO JAKES
- BATMAN FOREVER and ROBIN
- SUPERMAN III and IV
Please stop saying “wacky Brit”. Please, please stop.
This sequel needed to be made if only to give me a shot at obtaining my life long dream of being in a crappy movie. I am an extra in the bar scene. Unless I ended up on the cutting room floor, I am the largest long hairiest guy in the bar. I can die happy now. Sell you an autographed photo for a $1.00?
Kristopher Turner is on “Instant Star” on the “N” and has been in some tv movies, he’s not a nobody.
That said, I dont think this movie was a good idea.
You have to actually see the movie for what it is. Most of the great actors you know, started out in movies like this. These actors are starting their careers in a traditional way. So, it’s not really about how ‘corny’ or ‘cheesy’ the movies is, rather, it gives you a look at potentially great actors in their earliest stage, while making you laugh your ass off in the process….. come on….lighten up.
Unnecessary sequel? Maybe. Will I watch it for Oliver James? Yes.
Also the ridiculous games they keep churning out on myspace.com/withoutapaddle interest me a bit…
SERIOUSLY. This movie was SO not needed. I got all excited when I saw this on watch-movies.net too. I expected Matthew Lillard and Seth Green and the other guy. But I get some stupid nobodies. Who in their right minds would have actually WANTED a sequel to the movie that ended in a way that no good possible thing could have grown from it. The first one ended so perfectly. This is a disgrace.
the original was a hilarious movie and they could have wrote a sequal if you could get the same crew but it did end good and there really wasnt a reason for a 2nd and eric friedmann the rocky movies were awsome so dnt get me started on you
i have seen the first 1 quite a few time and every time was as good as the first. this new one is probably going to be more cartoony and no where near as good as the first 1 with seth green and the gang
and saw, lethal weapon 3,terminator three,beverly hills cop three were not bad as bad as this is going to be
Ok Look. Eric sometimes sequels are necessary to complete the end of the original. Shrek 2 was hilarious, with Puss in Boots giving everybody the puppy dog eyes is funny. Indiana Jones is awesome I loved the new movie. I’m kind of surprised that you didn’t put in any of the Star Wars movies. Ghostbusters is great I loved the sequel. The Pirates of the Caribbean was a great series
You could have put in the second Miss Congeniality film, that was a dumb movie.
Well Im fan of Oliver James so I will definitelly buy the movie just to watch him!