There must be a niche audience for this travesty -- probably among teenagers whose hearing and mental faculties are impaired.
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:18
Rotten:22
Average Rating:5.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The now-brotherless Ellwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) is finally out of prison, attempting to reunite the old band and find a few new partners in crime (John Goodman and J. Evan Bonifant). In this sequel... The now-brotherless Ellwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) is finally out of prison, attempting to reunite the old band and find a few new partners in crime (John Goodman and J. Evan Bonifant). In this sequel to the original BLUE BROTHERS comedy/musical, Ellwood battles the Chicago police, sings and dances his way out of numerous sticky situations, and manages to get the old band on the road for a hair-raising adventure. With the police in hot pursuit, the Blues Brothers set off on a road trip to Kentucky for their first gig at a redneck fair where they have been billed as the Bluegrass Brothers, stopping to perform a thunderous rendition of "Riders on the Storm" and narrowly escaping the clutches of the police and a raving band of neo-Nazis, among other archenemies. With the help of gospel revivals and good disguises, Ellwood and the boys reach their final destination: the Plantation Club of Louisiana's Queen Mousette (Erykah Badu), where they must conquer the queen's powerful voodoo to win the battle of the bands. In this breathtaking finale the stage is packed with musical giants, including B. B. King, Lou Rawls, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Dr. John, and Screaming Jay Hawkins, among others. [More]
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Evan Bonifant
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Evan Bonifant, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Murphy Dunne, Willie Hall, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, Alan Rubin, Matt Murphy, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Kathleen Freeman, Tom Davis, Gloria Slade, Jennifer Irwin, Leon Pendarvis, Steve Potts, Birch Johnson, Demo Cates, Michael Bondar, Slavko Hochevar, Igor Syyouk, Victor Pedtrchenko, Wally High, Richard Kruk, George Sperdakos, Esther Ridgeway, Gloria Ridgeway, Gracie Ridgeway, Howard Hoover, Jillian Hart, Liz Gordon, Susan Davy, Soo Garay, Chris Marshall, Nicholas Rice, Max Landis, Danny Ray, Sandi Ross, Patrick Patterson, Candide Franklin
Director: John Landis
Director: John Landis
Screenwriter: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
Producer: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, Leslie Belzberg
Composer: Paul Shaffer
Reviews for Blues Brothers 2000
Everything bar the musical numbers is stolen from the original film, and comes across as desperately lackluster...
Easily one of the most worthless, shameless, and unnecessary sequels ever concocted. Not even the music can save it.
Landis apparently lost almost any trace of inspiration or creativity.
Virtually worthless without the music. But the music's so good, it doesn't matter.
Like the original, it's a rambling wreck of a movie that's more fun than it deserves to be.
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