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 | Crushed To Death | Subtitled Scene | Exploding Ship | Hit In Crotch

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:

All the female characters have the middle name Rodham, a nod to then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A few seconds after Michelle strikes a match on her leg, the sandpaper taped to her leg is visible.

Quotes:

Topper Harley: [narrating] Somebody once wrote, "Hell is the impossibility of reason." Well, that's what this place feels like - hell. I hate it already and it's only been a few hours. I'm so tired. We get up at four in the morning...
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard: [narrating] At first I thought they handed me the wrong dossier. I couldn't believe they wanted this man dead. Third Generation West Point, top of his class, Airbourne, Korea, about a thousand decorations, etc, etc...
Topper Harley, Capt. Benjamin L. Willard: [as their boats pass each other] I loved you in Wall Street.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Platoon (1986)

Soundtrack:

Theme

Greatest comedy ever!

OK, let's get this clear; Hot shots IS silly. Silly, simple, stupid and ABSOLUTELY pointless. But hey, it IS a slapstick comedy, and a ******* GREAT ONE! MUCH better than the first movie! In EVERY SECOND of the movie there is a gag, a joke, or someone or something that is so damn funny that I can't help myself from falling of the chair laughing like hell! I think I've seen this movie over 20 times, It's still the funniest movie ever for me. I guess when it comes to movies of this kind, I just want them to be as stupid, with as many jokes per minute, as possible. I think Charlie Sheen is perfect for this role, he does look serious, like some kind of a bad Rambo-wannabe, and a serious-looking person doing stupid things is always great. It's also great that Richard Crenna plays almost the same character as in Rambo 3, with many of his lines unchanged. If you've watched the Rambo-movies, (most important the third one), you'll get more of the gags and the dialogs, especially in the scenes from the Buddhist temple. Saddam Hussein is also excellent, he looks really like the real one! If you like stupid and crazy movies...WATCH THIS!