Dan Aykroyd, Isaac Hayes, J. Evan Bonifant
Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
Another glorious piece of blues, soul and funk melded together with a poor plot that just rips the original almost word for word. The cast are all old and fat and the acting is just as bad haha but the musical numbers and performances are again stunning, as said in my review of t...( read more)
This sub-par sequel is really just a "re-imagining" of the original, existing only as an excuse for the musical numbers (which are great), instead of a celebration of the music, as in the original. Sad, really. And the zombie sequence is in poor taste, I thought.
Tiresome cash-in and virtual remake of the original. Sadly, no Belushi who is "replaced" by John Goodman who has little to work with, and an irritating child. Some reasonably well handled set pieces though.
This movie is generally cheezy and ejoyable, and the soundtrack is worldclass.
An unfortunate miss. It will grow on you with repeat viewings, but the magic is lost without John Belushi. There are touching tributes to those who didn't live to film the sequel. They did the best with what they had.
What the hell were they thinking???? This movie is garbage.Watch the original version.Worst remake ever!!!
It makes an audience pay for every two seconds of pleasure with 10 seconds of pain. full review
Okay, we need to cut these guys some slack. Dan Aykroyd wasn't that pleased that Jim Belushi couldn't get out of a contract to play Joe Morton's role. All in all I think it worked well considering it was 18 years later. Who here hasn't changed in 18 years? (except you guys who are 20.)
We're looking at an older, more mentally mature Elwood. He wanted to pick up the pieces when he got out of prison but that too had changed.
A lot of script dialog was cast aside as well as footage.
For instance, when Elwood gets a ride from the prison he asks the young lady to drop him off on the middle of the bridge. There, he contemplates suicide, jumps over the rail and lands in the water...at low tide and only up to his knees. He then cries out for a sign to go on and as he looks up, a car hauler with the future Bluesmobile passes overhead. He follows it Mr. Gasperon's yard. That's why, if you look carefully, Elwood is wet looking when he 'arrives' at Mr. Gasperon's salvage yard.
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Laughless and ill-conceived. The music isn't as good by far this time around either (Blues Traveler!? Definitely not in the same league as Cab Calloway, James Brown, or Aretha Franklin to say the least). And John Goodman is no John Belushi--that should have been evident before he was cast.
Skip this, forget that it was ever made (despite the Blues Brothers in the title), and watch the 1980 original, which is excellent.
Making this movie without Jim Belushi means that this movie should never have been made! I am rather confident that I will never see this movie.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND THE BLUES BROTHERS! I THOUGHT IT WAS PURE GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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