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Wayne's World 2 - Blu-ray DVD / comedy DVD review
WAYNE'S WORLD 2 Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America curledupdvd.com rating: 3 1/2 stars
Featuring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrere, Chris Farley
Director: Stephen Surjik Studio: Paramount
DVD release: 12 May 2009 Runtime: 95 min.
(1 disc)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Blu-ray
DVD features: 1080p High Definition, Aspect ratio 1.85:1, Audio tracks (Dolby TrueHD 5.1 - English; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - French, Spanish), Subtitles (English SDH, English, Spanish, French), Commentary (dir. Stephen Surjik), Wayne's World 2 Extreme Close-up

Due to the low budget and runaway success of the first Wayne's World, could there be any doubt that a second would be made? The second Wayne's World takes place a year later. Wayne (Mike Myers) has moved out of his mother's house. He and Garth (Dana Carvey) have moved into an old doll factory and continue their local access TV show and aimless existence. Cassandra (Tia Carrere) is working on her first album with Sharp Records. Producer Bobby Cahn (Christopher Walken) is there to make things go smoothly, but he sees Wayne as an encumbrance. Wayne's keeping her in Aurora, Illinois, and inhibiting her immediate rise to stardom.

Wayne gets introduced to Cassandra's father, and he's immediately intimidated. Jeff Wong (James Hong) does not approve of Wayne right off the bat. Wayne is insulted by this, and the two have a kung-fu battle for Wayne's honor (naturally, they must have their voices dubbed during this sequence). Wayne needs direction in his life to make him more acceptable to Cassandra's father. In a fever-dream vision, Jim Morrison tells him to put on a festival show and enlist the aid of Del Preston (Ralph Brown), a roadie's-roadie from way back.

Meanwhile, Garth is coming into his manhood. He meets a girl at a laundromat named Honey Horneé (Kim Basinger) who carbonates his hormones. She occupies much of Garth's time, so Wayne has to handle more of the Waynestock duties on his own.

Wayne's World 2 is a good sequel with a ton of good moments in it, including an elaborate bit where Wayne and three friends spy on Cassandra as she dines with Bobby. They are disguised as a construction worker, a cop, a motorcycle hoodlum, and a cowboy. The chase leads to a gay bar, and if you lived through the late '70s, you can guess what happens. With all the stuff going on here, Wayne's World 2 is excellent in its components. Unfortunately, when you take it as a whole, it's lost a touch of the kinetic magic in the original.

The extra on this Blu-ray disc is a short making-of featurette. The picture quality is fine - never before have I seen a native American's posterior repeatedly in high-def (and hopefully never again).
 
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