HBO Max subscribers can now watch among the best basic comedy motion pictures from the Eighties on the streaming platform, together with its 2025 sequel.
As of at this time, followers of Rob Reiner’s mockumentary movie This Is Spinal Faucet will lastly be capable to stream the 1984 cult basic on HBO Max. As well as, three months after its theatrical launch, the film’s sequel, Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues, which reunites the fictional heavy metallic band of Christopher Visitor’s Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean’s David St. Hubbins, and Harry Shearer’s Derek Smalls, is now obtainable to stream as effectively.
What do we all know concerning the Spinal Faucet sequel?
“Estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls are pressured to reunite for one closing live performance,” reads the sequel’s official synopsis. “Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues additionally marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty Di Bergi, who as soon as once more tries to seize his favourite metallic gods as they ponder mortality, and the hope that their twelfth drummer doesn’t be part of them in The Nice Past. Spinal Faucet wrestles with their checkered previous to placed on a live performance that they hope will solidify their place within the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.”
Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues was directed by The Princess Bride filmmaker Rob Reiner, who co-wrote the screenplay with Visitor, McKean, and Shearer. The sequel additionally options appearances from music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, together with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Along with main the solid, Visitor, McKean, and Shearer additionally served as producers with Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner, and Matt George. Since its theatrical launch, the film has acquired a Tomatometer score of 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, based mostly on 133 evaluations. That is considerably decrease than the 1984 film’s Licensed Contemporary rating, which is at present at 98% based mostly on 175 evaluations.
