Film Snail

5.3

Blues Brothers 2000

PG-13·1998·123m

Music

Action

Comedy

Crime

Music

Action

Comedy

Crime

Summary

Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.

Cast

Dan Aykroyd

Elwood Blues

John Goodman

Mighty Mack McTeer

Joe Morton

Cab Chamberlain

Frank Oz

Warden

J. Evan Bonifant

Buster Blues

B.B. King

Malvern Gasperon

Junior Wells

Willie Hall

Matt Murphy

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy

Lou Marini

'Blue Lou' Marini

Aretha Franklin

Mrs. Murphy

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Steve Cropper

Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper

Tom Malone

'Bones' Malone

Alan Rubin

'Mr. Fabulous'

Jonny Lang

Custodian

Wilson Pickett

Mr. Pickett

Sam Moore

Reverend Morris

James Brown

Cleophus James

Paul Shaffer

Marco

Eric Clapton

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Bo Diddley

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Isaac Hayes

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Dr. John

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Lou Rawls

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Jimmie Vaughan

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Nia Peeples

Lt. Elizondo

Kim Roberts

Dancer

Erykah Badu

Queen Moussette

Max Landis

Ghostrider

Billy Preston

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Steve Winwood

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Grover Washington Jr.

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Gary U.S. Bonds

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Tommy McDonnell

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Jon Faddis

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Charlie Musselwhite

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Joshua Redman

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Travis Tritt

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Clarence Clemons

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Demo Cates

Stripster Band

Patrice Goodman

Dancer

Jack DeJohnette

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Darrell Hammond

Robertson

Slavko Hochevar

Russian thug #2

Danny Ray

Deacon

Crew

Director, Screenplay

John Landis

Writer

Dan Aykroyd

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

I guess it's not as bad as the one star rating might suggest. And I get that they moved from Chicago to New Orleans, I mean, who hasn't started in Memphis and worked their way from W.C. Handy down the Delta Blues Trail with a couple of stops at both Robert Johnson's crossroads?

So, it seems like it want's to be a tribute to the Blues in that way... but it doesn't come across as the same comedic love letter to the music as the original one did.

And of course John is gone and even though this was Akroyd's love child, it just feels wrong having John Goodman--or anyone else--in his place.

But on the other hand it does have Koko instead of Franklin and I always liked her more. But it was the cameo of all cameos wasn't it?

It's still lacking Buddy Guy and Magic Slim and Fats Domino and some of the other greats of Blues who where alive at the time and in their place is B.B King, who isn't bad in his own right, but doesn't doesn't at all like the line up they had in the original.

So, really what was probably intended to be a tribute just ended up feeling like a sequel, and one twenty-years too late