Wayne’s World 2 – Blu-ray Review

“We’re not worthy!”

You just knew this was going to happen when Wayne’s World made 121 million (Schwing!) at the box office. Myers and Carey reprise their goofball, signature roles in an attempt to recreate that box office, but fell short. It’s not for trying, but the sequel felt forced.

It’s a year later and Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) have moved on. Not from their television show, but at least out of the parent’s basement. Cassandra (Tia Carrere) is also moving on in her career as record producer Bobby Cahn (Christopher Walken) has taken an interest in her and not exactly for business only. One night Wayne has a dream where Jim Morrison (Michael A. Nickles) and a weird naked Indian (Larry Sellers) come to him and Morrison tells Wayne that it’s his destiny to organize a monumental concert that Wayne dubs “Waynestock” (what else?). Meanwhile, back at the farm, Garth has met the foxy Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger) at the Laundromat, but she appears to have ulterior motives for seducing the shy Garth. Cassandra and Wayne’s relationship hits the skids and she becomes engaged to Bobby, not only that but tickets to Waynestock are on the wane as well. If there’s one thing you can count on it’s that if a movie makes a ton of ka-ching that a sequel will be in the works. That’s what happened with Wayne’s World. The first film went on to gross over 100 million and this sequel was hastily put into the works while the iron was hot. Something melted as the sequel just tries to capitalize on the things that made the first one work. It feels rushed and just in it for the money. It still has some funny but doesn’t feel as fresh and funny as the first one. It does offer a bigger cast of cameos and players, as Walken and Basinger join the cast and Aerosmith, Charlton Heston, Jay Leno, Rip Taylor, Drew Barrymore, and Harry Shearer cameo. It still made good box office (48 million) but failed to live up to the high hopes envisioned after the first film. Wayne’s World 2 is presented in a 1080p high definition transfer (1.85:1). Special features include a commentary by director Stephen Surjik. The 14 minute “Extreme Close-up” (standard definition) features cast and crew thoughts on the sequel.

It only was a year after the hit of the first film that this sequel limped into theaters and it shows. This sequel does feature more celebrity cameos than the first film (I always loves me some Charlton Heston) but comes up short in all departments. Wayne’s World 2 [Blu-ray] is now available at Amazon. Visit the DVD database for more information.