Blues Brothers 2000 Movie Review 1998

Eighteen years after the original caper, Landis, Aykroyd, and most of the original cast return to the scene of the crime. Jake's died but Elwood's (Aykroyd) still around. He gets the band back together, recruits a Blues cousin (Goodman), a half-foster-brother (Morton), and an orphan (Bonifant) in need of mentoring, and heads for a battle of the bands between New Orleans and Chicago. The music, performed by the original Blues Brothers Band as well as a rock and blues all-star lineup, is the highlight. As for the rest of the flick, watch the original instead. Did Aykroyd learn nothing from "Caddyshack 2"?

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Nuns & Priests, Men in Prison, Rock Flicks, New Orleans, Chicago, Road Trip, Cops, Voodoo, Adapted from Saturday Night Live, Rock Stars on Film, Adoption & Orphans, Slob Comedy, Jazz & Blues

Screenplay

John Landis, Dan Aykroyd

Cast

Paul Shaffer, Murphy Dunne, Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples, Kathleen Freeman, Frank Oz, Steve Lawrence, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, James Brown, Erykah Badu, Darrell Hammond

Cinematography

David Herrington

Director

John Landis

Music

Paul Shaffer

Producer

John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, Leslie Belzberg, Universal Studios