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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) -- Ex-con Elwood Blues outraces the Russian mafia, the police and the FBI while trying to organize a new band.
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Overview

User Rating:
4.4/10   11,627 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Dan Aykroyd (film The Blues Brothers) and
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Release Date:
6 February 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Blues Are Back
Plot:
Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God." full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
There are much worse films than this. more (186 total)

Cast

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Walter Levine ... Same Guard

Dan Aykroyd ... Elwood Blues
Tom Davis ... Prison Clerk

Frank Oz ... Warden
Shann Johnson ... Matara / Dancer
B.B. King ... Malvern Gasperon
Kathleen Freeman ... Mother Mary Stigmata

J. Evan Bonifant ... Buster

Gloria Slade ... Police Receptionist
Joe Morton ... Cabel Chamberlain

Jennifer Irwin ... Nun #1
Junior Wells ... Junior Wells
Lonnie Brooks ... Lonnie Brooks
Leon Pendarvis ... Stripster Band
Steve Potts ... Stripster Band
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for exotic dancing and some language.
Runtime:
123 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Ontario/Prince Edward Island/Saskatchewan) | South Korea:All | USA:PG-13 (#35812) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Iceland:L
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When the Blues Brothers are playing "Ghost Riders In the Sky" at the bluegrass festival, we can hear Elwood say "Duck, give me a mountain tempo in A minor". In the first Blues Brothers film, when they need to play country music, and decide on "Theme from Rawhide", someone in the band asks "What key?", and Duck Dunn answers: "A. Good country key, A." more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Originally the leader of the militant group is crushed and explodes with the boat. However, he reappears at Queen's saying" If you try any of that...” more
Quotes:
Cab Chamberlain: I thought you said she was old and ugly.
Elwood Blues: Ix-nay on the ugly-ay.
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35 out of 44 people found the following review useful.
There are much worse films than this., 6 October 2005
6/10
Author: Chris Allan from United Kingdom

It takes guts to make a sequel to a movie after 20 years, especially after the original has become a legend and the star has died since.

However this movie does a lot of things right and frankly, even if it had been perfect, some people would hate it anyway. The film suffers from not having John Belushi, but John Goodman puts in a good effort, and I for one was surprised at the quality of his singing. James Brown and Aretha Franklin reprise their guest roles. The music is not as good as the original but still better than most music in the charts these days.

The humour from the original is here but it is not as funny as the original. In fact all elements from the original are here in slightly inferior forms, with the exception of the car chase, which is better.

To be honest, it is worth seeing this film just to see how all the band has aged. i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Blues music, though fans of the original may be disappointed

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