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Never seen an American Pie film before? Well you don't really need to for Band Camp as there is no continuation from the previous trilogy, although band camp is a phrase that has came through the ages for those followers of the franchise. If you missed them band camp is not just a place for the outcasts of the school, but is actually the place to get the best teen sex education you can. The 2005, fourth installment, of American Pie features new cast member Tad Hilgenbrink as Matt Stifler.
Matthew is the younger brother of the Stifler featured in the earlier films, and like younger brothers seem to do, he idolizes the original Stifmeister. Afterall, meister is German for master. This route of life is guarenteed to get him in trouble, and sure enough as Stifler and his two friends decide to ruin the band geeks performance by putting pepper spray on the ends of their instruments his can of pepper spray leaks into his pocket. With all the commotion of the performance falling apart Matt finds a water fountain where he dacks his trousers and underwear to cool himself down with the water, only a member of the band trips off after the horror of tasting pepper spray therefore pulling down the
curtain hiding Matt and his bare behind is revealed to the entire crowd.
A typical American Pie beginning, but with only two characters making the cast cut it's not going to feel like your usual film. Those two who have made it to the fourth film are Mr. Levenstein (Jim's dad) and the Sherminator. Sherman, who was well known for his cheesy Terminator chat up line, is now the school guidance councillor and it is on his say so that Matt goes to band camp to make up for what he did to the band performance, or he will be expelled from school. The education side of things isn't was worries Matt, but missing his final year at school and Prom would be a big blow for anyone in their last year of schooling.
Things begin to fall into place for Matt as he realises by going to band camp he could secretly video them all just like his older brother used to make videos. It's a very strange story, but nevertheless que the scene with Matt ordering boxes of spy equiptment to use. We do get more of an insight into Matt's character than we ever have with a Stifler in the past, because I mentioned earlier not only does Matt look up to his older brother and try to be like him, he's scared not to be like him. And the trademark arrogance comes into play as soon as Stifler arrives at Talloaks Band Camp.
Upon arriving at band camp Matt is confronted by the veterans who seem to spend every Summer there, and this small group is lead by Brandon Vandecamp. If you can't tell by the name, he's the rich boy who gets pretty much whatever he wants. This year he wants to win the band camp competition, where the winner will get a very special musical apprenticeship. Matt is not one to be told what to do, and fights back against Brandon and his friends. These confrontations lead to Matt having to go to speak to the big scary M.A.C.R.O. incharge of things at Talloaks, only this job falls to Jim's dad.
Here we find out a little about the other old characters missing, and that Michelle is usually incharge except she's pregnant with Jim's baby so he's taken over. This pretty much means anyone can get away with anything throughout the film. Don't hope for anymore cameos because as I said before Mr. Levenstein and Sherman are it!
Matt has problems with the geeks for being a jerk, and the girls for being a Stifler, mean that for once he's not the man everyone wants to be friends with. And after getting 5 points deducted from his band group for not wearing his newbie hat, he has to shape up and win everyones trust. Elyse, the band leader, cannot stand Matt but after he begins to act like he's interested in making the band a success she does fall for him and that means Matt is one step away from getting what he wants - a successful porn video.
Other characters to feature are; Riggler, the fat but loveable black guy; Jimmy, the asian; Chloe, the freaky girl; and Ernie, the shy boy. These act as a fundamental part of the story, although nothing really comes of a Chloe/Ernie relationship and the Riggler/Jimmy scenes aren't actually that funny. The entertaining scenes, that come few and far between, are all led by Matt. For example, after a night drinking Matt gets his penis stuck in an instrument and has to go to the nurse (like he does many times in the film) to have his problem fixed.
To be honest I think Band Camp comes as an embarrassment to the American Pie franchise. Matt played his character well at the beginning of the film and you could actually take him seriously as being a part of the Stifler family, although as his character grows he just becomes another one of those guys in a teen comedy. This is just a teen comedy afterall, because I find it hard to believe anyone older than the certificate 15 will actually want to watch this. At an hour and 27mins it's not that long, but still a waste of time. The big question of the film is will Matt make his video and will Elyse lead her band to victory, but it's all very predictable so I won't even bother to include a question mark there.
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