With the high revenue movie “American Pie” generated last summer, it seems the film studios are trying even harder to tap into the college-aged demographic. College students represent one of the biggest markets for the film industry, and the film industry knows it.

“Road Trip” features a cast of up-and-coming actors and actresses, including Seann William Scott, whose defining role was Stifler, the horny jock teenager in “American Pie.”

Loaded with countless sex jokes and nudity, “Road Trip” takes on the feel of “American Pie” but with some exceptions.

While “American Pie” was loaded with clever scenes and endless humor, “Road Trip” takes the raunchy-style comedy a bit too far, causing the film to seem formulaic.

The story revolves around Josh (played by Breckin Meyer, “Clueless”), a college guy struggling to maintain a long distance relationship with his girlfriend. He constantly videotapes messages for her and sends them in the mail. It’s all in good taste, until he cheats on his girlfriend and it’s caught on tape.

The tape accidentally gets mixed in with a package he sends in the mail to her, and when Josh realizes it, he must go intercept the package so that his girlfriend (Amy Smart) does not find it.

So Josh takes his buddies E.L. (Scott) and Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), and they convince a dorky dorm rat named Kyle (DJ Qualls) to go with them so they can borrow his car.

The quartet take off from Ithaca, N.Y. to Austin, Texas, encountering various mishaps and altercations along the way, many of which provide a good amount of laughs.

One memorable humorous scene involves Tom Green’s character attempting to feed a mouse to a boa constrictor and flailing the snake around the room.

“Road Trip” is nothing groundbreaking, but it has its moments.

Newcomer DJ Qualls puts forth an excellent performance as Kyle, the dorky kid. Kyle undergoes a transformation after losing his virginity along the road, moving from the reserved shy guy to a loose and outgoing character.

Although he’s touted in the trailers as being a central character, comedian Tom Green sees less screen time than the film’s main characters, Scott, Meyer, Costanzo and Qualls. His character is just as obnoxious as he appears on MTV’s popular “Tom Green Show.”

In an age when films are constantly playing off of one another and adopting the same formulas, it’s tough to break through the noise. “Road Trip” doesn’t exactly carve out its own name for itself, but it’s a decent popcorn movie, and that is what redeems it. However, it’s nice to know that the film industry has pegged college students for being interested in nothing but low brow humor.

2 1/2 Stars

Rating based on a 5 Star scale.