Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, but let’s face it: Even the best highs start to lose their novelty after a while. When it feels like reboot and reunion announcements are as much a fact of life as death and taxes, it’s easy to feel numb to it all. For (mostly) better or worse, that conundrum is something that Spinal Tap II: The End Continues understands all too well.

It’s been 41 years since This Is Spinal Tap introduced one of England’s self-proclaimed “loudest rock bands.” Fronted by Michael McKean and Christopher Guest, the film’s satirical rendition of self-serious metal rockers was so well-realized that, cult-classic status aside, you can forgive scores of viewers for mistaking Spinal Tap for the real deal.

Its mockumentary style can be felt in everything from The Office to The Lon

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