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Wayne's World
Score: 85%
Rating: PG-13
Publisher: Paramount
Region: 1
Media: Blu-ray/1
Running Time: 94 Mins.
Genre: Comedy
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French
           2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono

Subtitles: English, English SDH, French,
           Spanish, Portuguese


Features:
  • Commentary by Director Penelope Spheeris
  • Wayne's World Extreme Close-Up: Exclusive Cast & Crew Interviews
  • Theatrical Trailer - HD

Ahh, classic SNL comedy from the 90's. There's nothing like it and seeing Mike Myers and Dana Carvey doing their schtick just brings it all right back again. Wayne's World is the big screen adaptation of the Saturday Night Live skit that propelled Mike Myers into the comedic stardom that he enjoys today. Mike Myers stars as Wayne Campbell, and along with his trusty sidekick, Garth Algar (Dana Carvey), they air their public access TV show every week, much to the pleasure of Chicago's local kids. Wayne and Garth are metal heads and have a great time on their show, having such interesting guests as the guy who invented the Suck Cut, which is awesome, NOT! One day, their show is spotted by sleazy ad man Benjamin Kane (Rob Lowe) and he decides that a sponsorship for the show by Noah's Arcade's would make them all a lot of money. He sets out to trick Wayne and Garth into signing a contract that essentially turns their show over to his control.

Wayne and Garth couldn't be more happy, because they get a signing fee of $5000 each! Add to Wayne's happiness the fact that he has met his dream girl in Cassandra (Tia Carrere), beautiful lead singer of a popular metal band. She and Wayne hit it off, but leave it to Benjamin to try to steal her away and plot against Wayne. Will Wayne and Garth save their beloved show and triumph over corporate America sleaze? Depends on which ending you watch.

Wayne's World is simply hilarious. Seeing the two of them re-enact the opening scene from Laverne and Shirley is enough to bring tears to my eyes - from laughing too hard! Co-starring folks like Chris Farley, Meatloaf, Lara Flynn Boyle and the lovely Donna Dixon, Wayne's World is sure to bring back some classic laughs and plenty of memories. While it does date itself with all of the pop culture references, it's still loads of fun. This movie alone changed the way people rocked to "Bohemian Rhapsody" forever, so how can you not love it?

The move to high def isn't all that noticeable, aside from the film being cleaned up a good bit. It's not one of those movies that begs for high def, but the rockin' tunes on the surround sound sure did sound good. Special features are sparse and include commentary with director Penelope Spheeris, theatrical trailer and cast and crew interviews, which looked like they were fairly recent and were enjoyable, but nothing to write home about.

While the humor is pretty low-brow, the laughs are undeniable, but still, Wayne's World isn't a film for everyone. If you already know and love it, and you don't already have Wayne's World in your collection, then this is the version to pick up. However, if you already have it, I wouldn't necessarily say you need to replace it with the Blu-ray.



-Psibabe, GameVortex Communications
AKA Ashley Perkins
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