Review of The Blues Brothers (1980) by Adam B — 27 Mar 2011
The slew of Saturday Night Live adaptations to the screen would not be complete without the classic 1980s movies where the SNL cast got to act completely insane and decimate culture as they knew it. Dan Akroyd and the late John Belushi play 'brothers' who are reunited after the wild younger brother gets out of jail and wants to help his older brother raise the money to pay off the mortgage on the orphanage they were raised in.
Taking place in and around Chicago, the characters reunite an old blues band, which for some reason includes pasty white leads, the brothers, who trade racial barbs with the likes of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin as though it happens every day.
The outlandish road trip turned gig includes some of the funniest action chase sequences ever filmed. They drive around in a used cop car. Thirty cop cars chase them all over town. An insane ex girlfriend of the short brother, Carrie Fisher, uses several huge weapons to try and dispatch them, including a rocket launcher.
This movie could literally not be filmed today. Smokey and the Bandit meets American Bandstand. But they're on a mission from God!
This review of The Blues Brothers (1980) was written by Adam B on 27 Mar 2011.
The Blues Brothers has generally received very positive reviews.
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