Wayne (Mike Meyers), Garth (Dana Carvery) and Cassandra (Tia Carrere) are back again and once more, someone is trying to steal Wayne's gorgeous girl. Cassandra's career is really taking off and she has a new record producer in Bobby Cahn (Christopher Walken). Bobby is pretty slick and up to no good, hoping to spirit Cassandra away to Los Angeles to finish up her record, and steal her from Wayne in the process!
Wayne, however, has plenty on his mind. Following a series of trippy dreams involving a mostly naked Indian and Jim Morrison, he becomes determined to put on a huge concert called Waynestock complete with awesome bands like Aerosmith. Unfortunately, although Bobby has connections to help, he pushes Wayne to the side at every opportunity. So Wayne and Garth go about promoting the concert on their own, filling out the permitting paperwork and throwing parties at clubs to make the money they need. Needless to say, all of their hard work pays off when throngs of people flow in on the designated day. But will the bands show up? Of course they will. Party on!
I think what made this sequel especially funny was the sheer number of cameos included. Heather Locklear, Drew Barrymore, Rip Taylor and Aerosmith all have screen time. Garth gets a hot new girlfriend in the form of Honey Hornee (Kim Basigner) - that's French, you know. Pronounced Hor-nay. Then there's Cassandra's strict father, played by James Hong. He and Wayne disagree on Cassandra's freedom and they come to blows with samurai swords, complete with badly dubbed dialogue. This is my favorite part of the movie. However, it runs a close second to the scene where Wayne, Garth and their two friends dress up to do surveillance on Cassandra and Bobby, and when they get spotted, they duck into a gay bar. Sadly, they are dressed as essentially the Village People and are forced to perform. Too funny.
Overall, they just pulled out all the stops with Wayne's World 2, even including an homage to The Graduate. It's all very funny and clever stuff and it is pulled off masterfully by Director, Stephen Surjik (Kids in the Hall). While the jump to high def did see Wayne's World 2 getting a nice clean-up job, you'll mainly notice the difference in the surround sound, which sounds great. Special features are slim, inlcuding only a commentary by the director and a series of cast/crew interviews, but they were fun to watch and hear the cast's recollections. If you already have Wayne's World 2 in your collection, it may not be worth a re-purchase, but if you haven't seen it yet or haven't yet added it to your collection, this is the version. Even if you thought Wayne's World was just so-so, check out Wayne's World 2. I found myself laughing out loud a number of times.
