I thought the film was thrilling after a rather slow beginning and it becomes explosive with funny jokes, crashing cars and of course, music. Aretha Franklin, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles and Cab Calloway were tremendous and it seems that nothing can go wrong. The great turns of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi are fine and they reform the band to raise money with a lot more crashing and gradually it goes nowhere. The last twenty minutes are rather sad with again the police and the Army and lots more crashes which are rather silly. It was great early on and had me smile almost all the time.