Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jim Abrahams

Writers (WGA):

Jim Abrahams (characters) &
Pat Proft (characters) ...

Release Date:

21 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | War

Tagline:

Just Deux it.

Plot:

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Plot Keywords:

President | Punched In The Face | Flashback | Fall Off Cliff | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Topper Harley
Lloyd Bridges	...	President Thomas 'Tug' Benson
Valeria Golino	...	Ramada Rodham Hayman
Richard Crenna	...	Col. Denton Walters
Brenda Bakke	...	Michelle Rodham Huddleston
Miguel Ferrer	...	Commander Arvid Harbinger
Rowan Atkinson	...	Dexter Hayman
Jerry Haleva	...	Saddam Hussein
David Wohl	...	Gerou
Mitch Ryan	...	Senator Gray Edwards (as Mitchell Ryan)
Michael Colyar	...	Williams
Ryan Stiles	...	Rabinowitz
Rosemary Johnston	...	Lavinia Rodham Benson
Ben Lemon	...	Team 2 Leader
Buck McDancer	...	Richard Nixon

Also Known As:

Hot Shots 2! The Exploitation (USA) (working title)
Hot Shots! 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual spoofs and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:18 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Brazil:Livre | UK:12 (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA

Company:

Sidley Wright & Associates

Trivia:

The original title for this movie was, "Hot Shots, Part Deux! The Exploitation. Takin' it to the Bank".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Saddam points his pistol at Topper and orders him to drop his gun, Topper slowly turns until his gun is almost pointed at Saddam. Yet a moment later when Topper lays the gun down, the butt end is facing Saddam.

Quotes:

Topper Harley: Do you know what its like to have your heart shot out of season and tied to the top of a car? How it feels to be passed like the world's largest kidney stone? Ramada... I don't THINK so.

Movie Connections:

References "Geraldo" (1987)

Soundtrack:

Theme

"War...It's Fantastic!"

This sequel to the first Hot Shots! movie has a different target this time: mindless, Rambo-style action movies. Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is now doing odd jobs for some monks in the far east, and is recruited to lead a rescue mission in the Persian Gulf.

For some reason, after seeing both this and the first movie on Sunday, I actually enjoyed this one more (maybe because I haven't seen this one as many times). The target is definitely worthy of some lampooning, and the cast is once again a pleasure to watch. Lloyd Bridges is, once again, hilarious as "Tug" Benson, who, despite clearly being something of a moron, managed to get elected President of the United States.

Trivia note: Ryan Stiles, who plays "Lewis" on the Drew Carey Show, and is a regular on the improv-comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? plays Rabinowitz in this movie, and he was also in the first movie, playing the ill-fated "Mailman" Farnham. You never know who's going to pop up where.

I gave it eight out of ten.