Review of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) by Robbie G — 17 Jan 2015

Popular culture is replete with examples of '80's culture that make you pine for those bygone days of the macho rock image. Meanwhile, this soulless husk of a movie will remind you why we abandoned those days in the first place.

Keeping in mind that this was made in 1991, the noisy, excessive pop culture of the 1980's had already overstayed its welcome, and that doesn't bode well for the film's overall style. If I were alive some twenty-four years ago, I'd describe this film as a corpse, but it's not just because of the embarrassingly dated manner in which it presents itself.

The story is a complete waste of human imagination, and even if there was a glimmer of potential, it ends up being quashed by a haphazardly written script, and some incredibly cheesy acting. The whole film felt like a product of committee thinking, and that's mainly because all Bill and Ted seem to do is spout a bunch of meaningless slogans.

In the first film, it was alright, but in this film, they overstay their welcome very quickly. By the way, the dialogue lacks all subtlety, to the point that Bill and Ted's robotic doppelgängers are somehow dumber than the real Bill and Ted.

Not content with having made such a disaster of outdated culture, the writers apparently wrote in the stupidest ending imaginable, so bad that I'm not even dignifying it with an explanation. All in all, the whole sordid affair could aptly be summed up as "Bill and Ted Rot Your Brains", because this is literally one of the dumbest movies I've ever had the misfortune of seeing.

If the producers are considering a Bill and Ted sequel, I wouldn't. Given what this film represented, I think it'd be better to leave Bill and Ted to rest.