Blues Brothers 2000 List Price: $9.99 Our Price: $3.67 Your Save: $ 6.32 ( 63% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Universal Studios Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Walter Levine, Tom Davis, Frank Oz Directed By: John Landis Average Customer Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 9780783228051 Format: Anamorphic ISBN: 0783228058 Label: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: 1998-08-04 Running Time: 123 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: 1998-02-06 Related Items The Blues Brothers (Collector's Edition) Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack National Lampoon's Animal House The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording The Best of the Blues Brothers Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Terrible, just terrible... Comment: I watched this movie years ago, and throughout watching it I realized it was absolutely god-awful. I wanted to just stop the tape many times throughout watching it, and return it to the rental store. It was not worth the 2 hours of my life to watch the BB return to the big screen. The kid is annoying as hell, John Goodman could never fill the big shoes that John Belushi left. The police car crash scene is too long to be belieavable and it ends up not being funny. Don't bother paying to buy this piece of garbage! Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent music, pitiful script Comment: Elwood Blues (Dan Ackroyd) is released from prison only to find that his brother Jake (John Belushi) has died in his absence. And that's not the only thing that's changed. The orphanage where he grew up is closing, and Sister Mary Stigmata asks for his help in raising money for the children's hospital that will be taking its place. The answer to which is, of course, putting the band back together. Oh, and in the meantime, the good sister wants Elwood to spend a couple of hours with Buster, one of the last kids from the orphanage. There are the usual hijinks with putting the band back together, and Elwood forgets about taking Buster back. So the cops, including Cab, the illegitimate son of Curtis (Cab Calloway, who also died in the meantime), who's sort of an honorary stepbrother, are after him for kidnapping the boy. And of course there are a bunch of other groups after him, including some of those from the first movie who are after revenge. Once again, it's a race to get to The One Gig that'll earn them the money they need. This time, it's a battle of the bands in New Orleans. The problem is, my summary sounds a lot more cohesive than the plot is. Starting with the obvious question of why Elwood was the only one in jail (at the end of the last movie, they were all in jail. Granted, the other band members might have had lesser sentences, but Jake's should have been the same as Elwood's). The Mission From God wasn't really a mission from God, this time. The orphanage is closing regardless, and Elwood's quest is more along the lines of a charity drive, so there's no urgency there. Buster and Cab... well, I didn't much see the point. They seemed like tangents to me. Cab's story could have been pretty good--learning about and then eventually embracing his musical heritage--but it's barely touched on. And then once they get to New Orleans, there's some completely out-of-left-field magical voodoo effect that make no sense and doesn't have anything to do with the plot. It's almost like a few minutes of footage from another film got spliced into this one by mistake, except that the same actors are in it. On the other hand, there's the music. It's no surprise that the DVD has 3 stars, while the soundtrack has 4.5. The sheer number--and quality!--of famous musicians who appear in this movie is amazing. In the jam sessions at the end, we made a game of trying to see who could identify more of them. Mostly, the plot is rushed through to get to the music. Which is, I suppose, understandable, unless you compare it with the original, in which the plot, while simplistic, still made sense, and was funny as hell. It feels like they tried to add too much to make up for the absence of Belushi and Calloway, when a simpler plot would have worked better--it could have been more completely explored, and it wouldn't have been so obvious that the plot was sacrificed to the music. It was great music, though. So much so that my kids argued with me about giving this 3 stars, saying it deserved more just for the music. Customer Rating: Summary: one of the best! Comment: This is a must see if you enjoyed The Blues Brothers. It follows on in the same madcap way with more excellent music, You will not be disappointed, Customer Rating: Summary: Oh, please, no.........this didn't happen!!! Comment: Making a sequel of the 1980 megablockbuster "Blues Brothers" after the 1983 death of John Belushi is, at its gentlest, a very bad idea, and at its starchiest, a universe-altering affront bordering on celestial heresy. The uneven and overall creepy sequel named "Blues Brothers 2000" (which came out in 1998) is--simultaneously--very good and very awful. The ghost of John Belushi floats above the whole affair, and that ain't good. Oddly, the music in the sequel is really, really good, and much bluesier than in the original film. "Blues Brothers 2000" seems like an awkward, almost surreal mixture of big budget, big names, pencil-thin script ideas, and fear of the ghost of John Belushi. This movie tries--and fails--to be many things at once: a movie for true blues fans; a movie for kids; a light-hearted comedy; a gritty, insider-winking-at-clever-jokes-about-the-blues-community chuckle parade; and a worthy sequel to its predecessor. You will not be wrong in calling this film a train wreck. Dan Ackroyd's attempt at a Chicago accent (.......he sounds--alas--Canadian) is not up to snuff for me, a pure Cook County product. Also, when watching this dumbed-down-below-dumb script, I continuously found it hard to believe that sober adults would have knowingly agreed to be part of this project. You know what? Last night in the Wal-Mart parking lot I saw one of those cool grasshoppers that look like they're actually a little green stick. Very cool! Anyway, that grasshopper who looks like a stick and lives outside of Wal-Mart...even he--an INSECT--would have thought that the script of "Blues Brothers 2000" was stupid as all getout. So...the movie gets three stars nonetheless because the MUSIC in it is absolutely first-rate, as long as you ignore everything that actors Dan Ackroyd and John Goodman sing on the soundtrack alongside a Mount Olympus of blues gods. Long live the Chicago blues! Customer Rating: Summary: Great Comment: I love this movie, it's funny, the music is great & it has a great cast. The musical talent in this movie is amazing. This is a real band playing real music, no lip syncing here. If you like The Blues give it a try it's really a good movie. Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Terrible, just terrible... Comment: I watched this movie years ago, and throughout watching it I realized it was absolutely god-awful. I wanted to just stop the tape many times throughout watching it, and return it to the rental store. It was not worth the 2 hours of my life to watch the BB return to the big screen. The kid is annoying as hell, John Goodman could never fill the big shoes that John Belushi left. The police car crash scene is too long to be belieavable and it ends up not being funny. Don't bother paying to buy this piece of garbage! Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent music, pitiful script Comment: Elwood Blues (Dan Ackroyd) is released from prison only to find that his brother Jake (John Belushi) has died in his absence. And that's not the only thing that's changed. The orphanage where he grew up is closing, and Sister Mary Stigmata asks for his help in raising money for the children's hospital that will be taking its place. The answer to which is, of course, putting the band back together. Oh, and in the meantime, the good sister wants Elwood to spend a couple of hours with Buster, one of the last kids from the orphanage. There are the usual hijinks with putting the band back together, and Elwood forgets about taking Buster back. So the cops, including Cab, the illegitimate son of Curtis (Cab Calloway, who also died in the meantime), who's sort of an honorary stepbrother, are after him for kidnapping the boy. And of course there are a bunch of other groups after him, including some of those from the first movie who are after revenge. Once again, it's a race to get to The One Gig that'll earn them the money they need. This time, it's a battle of the bands in New Orleans. The problem is, my summary sounds a lot more cohesive than the plot is. Starting with the obvious question of why Elwood was the only one in jail (at the end of the last movie, they were all in jail. Granted, the other band members might have had lesser sentences, but Jake's should have been the same as Elwood's). The Mission From God wasn't really a mission from God, this time. The orphanage is closing regardless, and Elwood's quest is more along the lines of a charity drive, so there's no urgency there. Buster and Cab... well, I didn't much see the point. They seemed like tangents to me. Cab's story could have been pretty good--learning about and then eventually embracing his musical heritage--but it's barely touched on. And then once they get to New Orleans, there's some completely out-of-left-field magical voodoo effect that make no sense and doesn't have anything to do with the plot. It's almost like a few minutes of footage from another film got spliced into this one by mistake, except that the same actors are in it. On the other hand, there's the music. It's no surprise that the DVD has 3 stars, while the soundtrack has 4.5. The sheer number--and quality!--of famous musicians who appear in this movie is amazing. In the jam sessions at the end, we made a game of trying to see who could identify more of them. Mostly, the plot is rushed through to get to the music. Which is, I suppose, understandable, unless you compare it with the original, in which the plot, while simplistic, still made sense, and was funny as hell. It feels like they tried to add too much to make up for the absence of Belushi and Calloway, when a simpler plot would have worked better--it could have been more completely explored, and it wouldn't have been so obvious that the plot was sacrificed to the music. It was great music, though. So much so that my kids argued with me about giving this 3 stars, saying it deserved more just for the music. Customer Rating: Summary: one of the best! Comment: This is a must see if you enjoyed The Blues Brothers. It follows on in the same madcap way with more excellent music, You will not be disappointed, Customer Rating: Summary: Oh, please, no.........this didn't happen!!! Comment: Making a sequel of the 1980 megablockbuster "Blues Brothers" after the 1983 death of John Belushi is, at its gentlest, a very bad idea, and at its starchiest, a universe-altering affront bordering on celestial heresy. The uneven and overall creepy sequel named "Blues Brothers 2000" (which came out in 1998) is--simultaneously--very good and very awful. The ghost of John Belushi floats above the whole affair, and that ain't good. Oddly, the music in the sequel is really, really good, and much bluesier than in the original film. "Blues Brothers 2000" seems like an awkward, almost surreal mixture of big budget, big names, pencil-thin script ideas, and fear of the ghost of John Belushi. This movie tries--and fails--to be many things at once: a movie for true blues fans; a movie for kids; a light-hearted comedy; a gritty, insider-winking-at-clever-jokes-about-the-blues-community chuckle parade; and a worthy sequel to its predecessor. You will not be wrong in calling this film a train wreck. Dan Ackroyd's attempt at a Chicago accent (.......he sounds--alas--Canadian) is not up to snuff for me, a pure Cook County product. Also, when watching this dumbed-down-below-dumb script, I continuously found it hard to believe that sober adults would have knowingly agreed to be part of this project. You know what? Last night in the Wal-Mart parking lot I saw one of those cool grasshoppers that look like they're actually a little green stick. Very cool! Anyway, that grasshopper who looks like a stick and lives outside of Wal-Mart...even he--an INSECT--would have thought that the script of "Blues Brothers 2000" was stupid as all getout. So...the movie gets three stars nonetheless because the MUSIC in it is absolutely first-rate, as long as you ignore everything that actors Dan Ackroyd and John Goodman sing on the soundtrack alongside a Mount Olympus of blues gods. Long live the Chicago blues! Customer Rating: Summary: Great Comment: I love this movie, it's funny, the music is great & it has a great cast. The musical talent in this movie is amazing. This is a real band playing real music, no lip syncing here. If you like The Blues give it a try it's really a good movie. Eighteen years after the blues brothers original mission form god elwood blues is out of prison and on a whole new mission to reassemble the band restore the family ties and set a wayward orphan on the path to redemption. Includes making of featurette featuring interviews with the director stars & band. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/24/2006 Starring: Dan Aykroyd Joe Morton Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: John Landis Ask about this healthcare product "Blues Brothers 2000" in the forum Give review on this healthcare product "Blues Brothers 2000" in the forum Search related information in the forum