Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
***
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, Nina Conti, Griffin Matthews, Kerry Godliman, Chris Addison
Forty-one years after his iconic documentary, filmmaker Marty Di Bergi returns to chronicle the reunion of legendary metal band Spınal Tap as they prepare for one final concert after years apart. This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's directorial debut, was a clever, hilarious, and highly influential mockumentary. His final film opens with some wonderful sight gags and sharp verbal jokes, but it soon settles into a likeable but disappointing nostalgia trip, weighed down by endless callbacks to the original and pointless celebrity cameos. Ultimately, there is little justification for this sequel's existence.
