Nearly 30 years after they outwitted death playing Twister and went through heaven and hell to defeat their evil robot twins, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves have returned to our screens as lovable, metal-obsessed dimwits Bill and Ted. “No way!?” I hear you cry. Yes way! And can watch Bill and Ted Face the Music online and stream this most triumphant return right now.
Released: August 28, 2020
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Kid Cudi, Jillian Bell, Kristen Schaal
Run time: 1 hr 31 mins
Rating: PG-13
Stream now: Amazon Prime Video
It’s San Dimas circa 2020. The ex-Wyld Stallyns rockers are now the middle-aged Dads of two teenage daughters, “Billie” Logan and Theodora Preston, and, while still married to the “medieval babes” Elizabeth and Joanna, they’re all currently in couples therapy. Things seem pretty non-NON-heinous for Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan when a visitor from the future informs them that they’ve only 78 minutes to devise a song that will save the world.
This belated third-instalment to the series that started with 1989’s Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and and then brought us a sequel 1991’s Bogus Journey delivers plenty of nostalgia – especially if you’re old enough to have ever used a payphone. On their quest to produce a killer track, the duo locates their old pal the Grim Reaper (William Sadler), while also encountering their adolescent selves meeting Rufus in the first film outside the Circle K (George Carlin, making a posthumous appearance through archive footage).
But, like our slack jawed heroes, this new film isn’t stuck in the past. Series writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon keep things fresh with a bevy of new characters. Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine play Bill and Ted’s daughters, intrepidly riding the Circuits of Time to corral some historical figures into joining their band, and there’s some totally excellent cameos by musicians like Kid Cudi and Win Butler. Meanwhile, Flight of the Conchords’ Kristen Schaal makes an appearance as Rufus’ daughter Kelly, a member of the Utopian society delivering a dire warning.
In an age of political division and perpetual hand-washing, this dose of heartfelt hilarity is just what the doctor ordered. So, remember: “Be excellent to each other.” Wasn’t it So-crates who said that?
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How to stream Bill and Ted Face the Music online in the US
How to watch Bill and Ted Face the Music from outside your home country
While there are myriad ways you can watch Bill and Ted Face the Music online, if you’re out of the country for work or abroad on vacation – not impossible now Covid-imposed travel restrictions are relaxing – you’ll have trouble accessing VoD platforms due to regional geo-blocks.
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Bill and Ted Face the Music release date: when does the new Bill and Ted Movie come out?
American audiences can watch Bill and Ted Face the Music online through a variety of VoD services and in cinemas from August 28.
Elsewhere, audiences in the UK will have to wait until September 23 to shred those air guitars once again - though it's unclear if it's getting both a theatrical and streaming release then, or just coming to cinemas.
Australians get it a bit earlier than that, on Thursday, September 3, while Canada's Bill and Ted Face the Music release date is in line with that of the US - so August 28.
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