- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
-
4 out of 5
Wayne's World heroes Wayne and Garth may have won at the box office, but Bill and Ted remain the original and best dudes. This time around the two airheads (played with enormous energy by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) are still trying to get their band together, when they are murdered by their robotic doppelgangers sent from the future by the evil Joss Ackland. They must then face the Grim Reaper if they are to become the saviours of mankind. This sequel lacks the inspired stupidity of the original but it is still a hoot, especially in the knowing nods to Ingmar Bergman's classic The Seventh Seal as the gormless duo play battleships with the Reaper. Reeves and Winter are once again cheerfully inept, and British director Peter Hewitt stages the spectacular set pieces with some panache. Mostly excellent.
Plot Summary
Goofy sequel to the comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. The evil De Nomolos sends two robot replicas of Bill and Ted back in time in order to stop the boys' heavy metal group winning the all-important Battle of the Bands.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ted / Evil Ted
- Keanu Reeves
- Bill / Evil Bill
- Alex Winter
- Rufus
- George Carlin
- De Nomolos
- Joss Ackland
- Joanna
- Sarah Trigger
- Elizabeth
- Annette Azcuy
- Captain Logan
- Hal Landon Jr
- Missy
- Amy Stock-Poynton
- Colonel Oats
- Chelcie Ross
- Grim Reaper
- William Sadler
- Bill Double
- Jeff Miller
- Ted Double
- David Carrera
- Gatekeeper
- Taj Mahal
- Miss Wardroe
- Pam Grier
Crew
- Director
- Peter Hewitt
- Share this episode
-