The DVD’s picture quality is in the 1:85:1 widescreen aspect ratio, with the sound quality in Dolby Digital Surround 5.1. The DVD is also packed with plenty of special features.

The first feature is a behind-the-scenes featurette titled Union Jack-Offs: The Making Of The Rise Of Taj. The featurette contains plenty of noteworthy information about the making of the film and contains fun interviews with Kal Penn, the cast, and crew.

. The second feature is the featurette On Set In Romania: Kal Penn Tours The Barn, which essentially is Penn goofing off during filming with the cast and crew in a highly cynical attempt to film material to fill up space on the DVD. Another feature is an array of numerous deleted scenes that are noteworthy only in how many of them seemed to potentially bog down the film if they hadn’t been removed from the final cut.

Also included are two music videos from the film’s soundtrack. The first one, Jonny Lives!’s “Get Steady”, is mildly amusing and features a cameo from Kal Penn.

The second one, Marion Raven’s “Heads Will Roll”, is of little noteworthiness, except for its sheer presence of scantily-clad girls. And rounding out the special features is a gag reel, which is occasionally amusing, but of very little to write home about.

All in all, despite Kal Penn and the rest of the cast’s best efforts, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj is undeniable proof of how tired and unfunny the gross-out sex comedy genre has become in its current formula. Hopefully, the next filmmaker and screenwriter that makes one will learn that making the films more gross and over-the-top alone is not a concrete litmus test for how successful the film will be.

Movie Grade: D
DVD Grade: C
Overall Grade: C