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Festivale online magazine, April, 1998 Blues Brothers 2000 movie review |
Blue Blues Sequels to classic films tend to fall into one of two categories: something totally different that alienates the fans of the first, or something that looks exactly the same and makes you wonder why they didn't just re-release the original. Blues Brothers 2000 falls into the second category. |
Set 18 years after the original, its plot is pretty familiar. Released from prison at last, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) decides to get the band back together and play a few cross-country gigs. Along the way, he acquires three new hat-and-sunglasses sidekicks, a Belushi-like John Goodman, a kid and a black guy who joins in an unexpected way. The crazy nun from the first film is there, along with the neo-Nazis and vast numbers of police chasing them across the countryside. A few gestures have been made to bring it up-to-date - the addition of a group of Russian mafia for a start - but it really isn't very different.
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Erykah
This would be OK perhaps if Blues Brothers 2000 had the same manic energy of its predecessor. Unfortunately, it looks tired and formulaic. There are a host of guest appearances by famous musicians, but it does have that feel of a movie that is was more fun for the actors to make than the audience to see. |
Save it for video unless you're a real Blues Brothers fanatic.
See also: Ali's review with cast/crew list and official website | |
For more pictures, Just the Facts, cast and crew credits, and official website see Ali's review.
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