Review of Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) by Stuart K — 10 Aug 2010

18 years after the original, and despite the death of John Belushi since then, Dan Aykroyd and John Landis decided the time was right to do another Blues Brothers film, and there was demand from fans for another film.

So, they did it. It's certainly not as good as the first film, but it's a sort of guilty pleasure, and it's worth it for the musicians and music, and there is some good comedy throughout. It has Elwood Blues (Aykroyd) being released from jail, and learning Jake has passed on.

But, he learns he has a half-brother with Cabel "Cab" Chamberlain (Joe Morton), who just happens to be commander of the Illinois State Police, Elwood wants to get the band back together, he's also got bartender Mighty Mack (John Goodman) and 10-year old orphan named Buster (J.

Evan Bonifant) also in the band, and with the band back together, they get a gig at a Battle of the Bands contest at the home of voodoo practitioner Queen Moussette (Erykah Badu). It has it's moments with a lot of cartoonish police car action and slapstick comedy, alot of it doesn't gel, but the Battle of the Bands at the end with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, B.

B. King, Isaac Hayes, Dr. John, Lou Rawls, Jimmie Vaughan and Bo Diddley is well worth sitting through the film for.