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Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples ... see more see more... , Kathleen Freeman , Frank Oz , Steve Lawrence , Erykah Badu , Darrell Hammond , Aretha Franklin , James Brown , B.B. King , Steve Cropper , Donald "Duck" Dunn , Murphy Dunne , Willie "Too Big" Hall , Lou Marini , Tom Malone , Alan Rubin , Matt Murphy , Sam Moore , Wilson Pickett , Eddie Floyd , Jonny Lang , Junior Wells , Lonnie Brooks , Eric Clapton , Clarence Clemons , Bo Diddley , Dr. John , Isaac Hayes , Billy Preston , Lou Rawls , Paul Shaffer , Koko Taylor , Travis Tritt , Steve Winwood , Jacob Adams

Dan Aykroyd and John Landis teamed to script this sequel to The Blues Brothers (1980), which they also co-scripted. With Landis once again at the helm as director, Aykroyd re-creates his role of rhyth... read more read more...m-and-blues man Elwood Blues, and the film's numerous R&B performances and production numbers include Aretha Franklin singing her classic "Respect". Released from prison after serving 18 years for the havoc depicted in the first film, Elwood learns that while he was serving time, his pal Jake Blues (John Belushi) has died, as did their hi-de-ho music mentor Curtis (Cab Calloway). Times have changed, but the blues beat goes on. Elwood visits Mother Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman), who runs the orphanage where Elwood and Jake were raised, and she puts 10-year-old Buster (J. Evan Bonifant) in Elwood's care. Seeking a loan, Elwood visits Curtis' son, Cabel Chamberlain (Joe Morton), and Buster picks Cabel's pocket. Now, 18 years after the original "mission from God," Elwood attempts to reorganize the Blues Brothers Band, beginning with bartender Mighty Mack McTeer (John Goodman) as a replacement for Jake. With the Russian Mafia in hot pursuit, Elwood, Mack, and Buster head cross-country, locating band members as they travel pell-mell toward a scheduled battle of the bands in Louisiana where the Blues Brothers Band competes with the Lousiana Gator Boys Band (Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Dr. John, Travis Tritt, Steve Winwood, Clarence Clemmons, Isaac Hayes). Filmed in Toronto and Chicago, this movie reunited Aykroyd and Goodman, who were seen previously in the 1996 video, The Return of the Blues Brothers, a performance taped January 24, 1995 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Elsewhere, the Blues Brothers are kept alive in a half-dozen or so websites, such as the House of Blues, and live stage productions. In England, the stage show A Tribute to the Blues Brothers began in 1991. At the request of Aykroyd and Judy Belushi, the title of that production was changed to The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers. With various cast members in the roles of Jake and Elwood (Con O'Neill, Warwick Evans, Brad Henshaw, Simon Foster), the show toured Britain throughout the 1990s. The "original Blues Brother" (who coached John Belushi and originated some of the blues raps used by Belushi) is Curtis Salgado (of the Robert Cray Band). One cast member of Blues Brothers 2000, bluesman Junior Wells, the last of the great Chicago harmonica players, died in January 1998, only days before the film was released. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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PG-13, 2 hr. 4 min.

Directed by: John Landis

Release Date: June 1, 1997

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  • spielberg00
    December 28, 2011
    spielberg00
    What makes this seemingly little-known sequel watchable is Dan Aykroyd's performance as Elwood Blues. He manages to maintain a similarly sarcastic, carefree attitude toward nuns, blues music, crime, and life in general as he did in the first film, and by this we are convinced th... read moreat a comedian such as him could easily hold up a sequel from nearly two decades later. In one scene, for example, he warns a child not to use a certain expletive. Immediately after, the child takes a cigarette out of the glove compartment, and Elwood begins using that word as if he were encouraging it. In another scene, a nun informs Elwood of his surrogate father's extramarital affair. Elwood responds with sly approval of the act, earning a whacking from the nun's metal rod. If this, to you, does not sound like something Elwood Blues would do, then you clearly have not seen THE BLUES BROTHERS or the skit on which it is based.

    Full Review: http://wp.me/p1Urcx-A5
  • fb100002359227440
    November 3, 2011
    fb100002359227440
    Facts about "Blues Brothers 2000".
    *First: The Blues Brothers, is a terrific film, that looks perfect in his way. A unforgatable cult film which will be in the minds of a lots of fans.
    * Second: Make a sequel is not gonna be better or remmember the first or at least make a homag... read moree to Belushi and Calloway.
    * Third: They make a sequel.
    * Fourth: Is suchs, have some nice scenes and good music... but don't compensate.
    * Fifth: Is rotten.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    March 4, 2011
    cancercapricorn2002
    I love the first film, its one of my top ten favorite films. The second - well, as we all know, we don't have John Belushi with us anymore, which is one strike right there. The filmmakers made the good choices of John Goodman and Joe Morton as backup singers. Had they stopped the... read morere, the film would have been much better.

    Instead, a kid was thrown into the mix. An orphan, of course. Awwww. Elwood Blues is supposed to act as mentor for the kid (Buster), but forgets to return Buster to the orphanage, getting half the cops in the country and several mean orphanage workers on his tail.

    Now, the whole point of the first Blues Brothers film is that these guys can't stay out of trouble. The character of Elwood, with or without Brother Jake, is going to get himself in it up to his eyeballs. The whole story about Elwood being chased for kidnapping is ludicrous. Elwood is going to get in trouble for one thing or another. It didn't have to be kidnapping.

    Thus, we end up listening to a prepubescent kid squalling the lines of a damned good song, one that was belted out by three fine singers (Aykroyd, Goodman, and Morton), thus ruining the whole effect. It's no wonder that the Blues Brothers lost the Battle of the Bands - I'd have booed them offstage for bringing a kid into the mix.

    There's an cloying, aren't-we-cute gushiness about Buster and his little Blues Brothers outfit that almost gags me. I loved the musical numbers and all the guest artists - and what an impressive group they are! - so I can't understand why the filmmakers would drag down the storyline by introducing a kid, and throwing in all the clichés associated with a small child interacting with adults. The kid is just needless baggage. He's (supposedly, though I see no evidence of it) a good singer. He gives a pep talk at the crucial time. He's easy to bond with. It just doesn't work.

    This of course had a hard to getting to screen with studio " notes" such Buster being one of them and the other wanting a pg-13 rating which to me totally took the life out of the film and made it to lite.. I do really blame Landis or Aykroyd for the faults with this film. I've heard time and time again about how the dealing with a studio who has no clue about the audience for a film can screw it up. Also not the worst sequel ever made despite what some will tell you. Not even close. See Highlander 2 if you wanna see the worst sequel ever made.

    In the end I like the film will watch it for the music and for Elwood's highly inventive method of parallel parking
  • phubbs1
    May 21, 2009
    phubbs1
    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 morehe original this is almost historical due to the performances alone.

    Great fun if you like the music and some excellent one off 'stage' shows make this worth your time despite it being a shit film in terms of an actual film

    Its for the music only people ;)
  • ajaymuthecooldevils
    October 11, 2008
    ajaymuthecooldevils
    A typical old musical movie with a different taste of music... The music played in this movie were great, they're all lovely and easy listening... The performance from Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman were pretty good, they make the movie more alive.. But I get a little disappointed ... read moreand confused with the story... It's too simple, but kinda weird... After all, I didn't make it to the ending because I'm too sleepy...
  • deano
    December 17, 2007
    deano
    In this follow-up to be 1980 comedy, the accent this time is on the music. Featuring a mind-boggling assemblage of blues and R&B greats, it serves not only as homage to the late Junior Wells but also as an earpleasing celebration of one of America's few original art forms. From A... read moreretha Franklin's reprise of her classic "Respect" to an eye-popping all-star finale jam featuring practically every notable performer in the blues and R&B fields, it's a real treat for fans of the music.
  • nuheart
    May 4, 2007
    nuheart
    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.
  • superclerk25
    January 27, 2007
    superclerk25
    Fun. It had a weak plot but the music was great and it had some funny parts.
  • garyX
    December 28, 2006
    garyX
    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.
  • dreamfaeries
    November 9, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    Not a bad movie.

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Critic Reviews

Joe Leydon
May 18, 2008
Joe Leydon, Variety

The sequel offers more of the same, only less. Full Review

Rick Groen
April 12, 2002
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Once upon a time, it was funny. Full Review

Lawrence Van Gelder
January 1, 2000
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

Once the new sequel gets past its cumbersome plotting and gets down to its music, it overrides the temptation to suggest buying the soundtrack recording and forgetting the rest. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

'I always thought there was another story to be told,' Landis says in the film's notes. Fine; then tell one. Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
January 1, 2000
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

It's a pity the film doesn't respect the art of acting as much as that of music.

Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It makes an audience pay for every two seconds of pleasure with 10 seconds of pain. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Blues Brothers 2000 isn't anywhere close to the landmark its predecessor was, but it's still enjoyable. Full Review

Sandra Contreras
May 18, 2008
Sandra Contreras, TV Guide's Movie Guide

Endless scenes of pointless buffoonery and crashing cars. Full Review

May 18, 2008
Film4

There must be a niche audience for this travesty -- probably among teenagers whose hearing and mental faculties are impaired. Full Review

June 24, 2006
Time Out

This isn't a sequel, it's a remake. Full Review

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