Themes: Arrested Adolescence, Righting the Wronged
Main Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrere, Ralph Brown
Release Year: 1993
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Everyone's favorite headbangers from Aurora, Illinois, are back in this sequel to the 1992 hit comedy Wayne's World. The success of their TV show allows Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) to finally move out of their parents' homes, but now they have to figure out what to do with their lives. Wayne's girlfriend, up-and-coming rock star Cassandra (Tia Carrere), is enjoying a career boost thanks to her new manager Bobby Cohn (Christopher Walker), but Garth thinks that Bobby is more interested in her body than her place on the charts. Meanwhile, Wayne is visited in a dream by the late Jim Morrison (Michael A. Nickles), who convinces him to promote a massive rock festival, "Waynestock," featuring Aerosmith as headliners. Garth, on the other hand, is finally relieved of his pesky virginity by femme fatale Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger), though it turns out that Honey has a hidden agenda. Drew Barrymore, Harry Shearer, and Charlton Heston play cameo roles in Wayne's World 2, and Jay Leno, Rip Taylor, and Todd Rundgren appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Kim Basinger - Honey Hornee; Chris Farley - Milton; James Hong - Mr. Wong; Larry Sellers - Naked Indian; Ed O'Neill - Glen-Mikita's Manager; Olivia D'Abo - Betty Jo; Kevin Pollak - Jerry Segel; Drew Barrymore - Bjergen Kjergen; Aerosmith - Aerosmith; Dan Bell - Neil; Scott Coffey - Heavy Metaller; Frank di Leo - Mr. Big; Lance Edwards - Heavy Metaller; Richard Epper - Guy at Concert; George Foster - Lead Guitarist; Googy Gress - Gate Security Guy; Jay Leno - Himself; Joe Liss - Chicken Guy; Ron Litman - Tool Box DJ; Heather Locklear - Herself; Rob Lowe - Benjamin Kane; Ted McGinley - Mr. Scream; Michael A. Nickles - Jim Morrison; Joseph V. Perry - Aerosmith; Paul Raczkowski - Recording Engineer; Rip Taylor - Himself; Lee Tergesen - Terry; Steven Tyler - Aerosmith; Duke Valenti - Security Guy; Charlton Heston - Good Actor; Harry Shearer - Handsome Dan; Al Hansen - Bad Actor; Bob Larkin - Wedding Minister; Tim Meadows - Sammy Davis Jr.
Credit
Richard Yanez - Art Director, Lora Kennedy - Casting, Barnaby Thompson - Co-producer, Dinah Minot - Co-producer, Matt Earl Beesley - First Assistant Director, Stephen Surjik - Director, Malcolm Campbell - Editor, Howard W. Koch - Executive Producer, Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score), Lynne Eagan - Makeup, Gregg Fonseca - Production Designer, Francis Kenny - Cinematographer, Leonard Michaels - Producer, Lorne Michaels - Producer, Stephanie J. Gordon - Set Designer, Jay R. Hart - Set Designer, Mike Myers - Screenwriter, Bonnie Turner - Screenwriter, Terry Turner - Screenwriter
Wayne and Garth now do their acclaimed Friday-night TV show in an abandoned doll factory in Aurora. At the end of the broadcast, Wayne, Garth, and his friends, head into the Mirthmobile, and off to an Aerosmith concert. After the band's performance, Wayne and Garth head backstage (thanks to backstage passes), and grovel like they did to Alice Cooper. That night, Wayne has a dream where he meets Jim Morrison and a "weird naked Indian", in which Morrison tells Wayne that his destiny is to organize and put on a big concert. Dubbing the concert "Waynestock," Wayne and Garth get to work on arranging such a monumental task. Their early attempts to sign bands and sell tickets fall flat, though, and Wayne wonders if the whole thing was a good idea.
Cassandra, meanwhile, spends a lot of time out of town where she is working with record producer Mr. Big (from the first film) on recording music. Her new producer, Bobby Cahn (Christopher Walken), slowly tries to seduce her away from Wayne and Illinois. After Wayne admits that he was spying on her, Cassandra breaks off the relationship and hastily gets engaged to Bobby on the rebound. Garth meets a beautiful woman, Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger), at the laundromat, and she quickly ropes him in with her charms. Eventually, it's revealed that Honey is manipulating Garth into killing her ex-husband. Garth quickly bails on the relationship.
Back in the real world, tickets for Waynestock are finally selling but no bands have shown up. Wrestling with what to do, Wayne departs the festival grounds so he can find Cassandra, leaving Garth to keep the rowdy crowd in check. In an homage to The Graduate, Wayne travels to a church and breaks up the wedding of Cassandra and Bobby before escaping the ceremony with her. Upon returning to Waynestock, the bands still haven't shown up, so he and Garth consult Jim Morrison, who said that no one will come. They leave and
They lost their way, not knowing how to get back, and therefore die of thirst (the sad ending).
They drive their car off a cliff (the Thelma & Louise ending).
Aerosmith, The Gin Blossoms, and other bands have finally arrived, and the whole event is a huge success (the happy ending).
Rich Fulcher as Garth's body double when they "travel to London"
WPIG 95.7 as the Aurora radio station. The call sign, frequency and branding were based on the real life country-music outlet in Olean, New York.
Reviews
"Wayne's World 2 maintains a "Rotten" score of 57% at Rotten Tomatoes.[1]Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and wrote that the characters of Wayne and Garth are "impossible to dislike."[2]
