Brad Boron and Mollie Levison

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Unnecessary sequel isn’t wilder, it’s just more terrible

The one thing that can be said for ""Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj"" is that it answers the question: Could there be a Ryan Reynolds sequel so bad that even Reynolds himself could not stand to be in it? The star of such cinematic achievements as ""Just Friends"" and ""Big Monster on Campus"" declined to reprise his role in the sequel to his most famous and popular movie despite the fact that it still bears his character's name. In his stead is the usually reliable Kal Penn, but even he gets sucked down into the abyss that is this film.