There’s a reason there hasn’t been a “This is Spinal Tap” sequel. There wasn’t a story to tell.
We learn as much with “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”
In the new film, the band reunites because their old manager had a reunion show written into their contract. Interested in the financial benefits, daughter Faith (Kerry Godliman) gets the ball rolling and filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) smells a documentary, so he starts tracking the three original members.
Estranged (for several reasons), Derek (Harry Shearer), David (Michael McKean) and Nigel (Christopher Guest) talk about the decades since the end and now. Nigel runs a cheese and guitar shop, David has another band, and Derek is trying to make money in the crypto world.
Eventually, they all land in New Orleans (because there w