Wayne's World 2 DVD
Paramount Home Video
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Length: 94 minutes
Director: Stephen Surjik
Year: (1993)
Britt Gillette's Wayne's World 2 DVD Review
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl…
So begins the 90's cult comedy classic Wayne's World, the ingenious brainchild of Saturday Night Live standouts Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. The movie, born from a SNL skit of the same name, chronicles the lives of teenage party animals, Wayne Campbell (Myers) and Garth Algar (Carvey). Wayne and Garth are the stars of a local cable access TV show titled Wayne's World which is a big hit with their niche audience…
While certainly not as good as its predecessor, Wayne's World 2 is still a highly entertaining film. Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) return as the inseparable teen duo engaged in a series of activities that always merit the taglines "party on dude" and "excellent"! Huge hits in the early 1990's, the influence of the Wayne's World franchise may fade over time because the films were so in tune with the time frame in which they were written that future generations probably will not understand a lot of the humor that made them blockbusters.
The premise of this second film revolves around Wayne and Garth's efforts to stage a rock concert called Waynestock. The film also boats of the return of Tia Carrere as Wayne's rocker girlfriend Cassandra Wong. As in the first movie, Wayne must fend off a successful man (this time a record producer instead of a TV executive) who is after Cassandra.
As in the first film, the plot is really just a skeleton for the talents of popular SNL performers Mike Myers and Dana Carvey to be put on display. Neither one will disappoint. If you enjoy comedies, Wayne's World 2 is worth the effort. It probably doesn't rank as a must-see as does the original, but I'll include it in this set of reviews because it doesn't suck either… Wayne and Garth would probably be jubilant to receive such a compliment.
Britt Gillette
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Posted on 16 December 2004