Hot Shots, Part Deux! [HD]

Rare: A Sequel That Outshines The Original!
Hot Shots: Part Deux! is an amazing rarity---a sequel that's actually superior to the first movie. (Not that Hot Shots! was bad; it was quite funny and enjoyable in its own right.) Like the second Star Trek film, this sequel gels all of the good elements from its predecessor and discards whatever didn't quite click. In this case, the supporting cast made the movie even more than Charlie Sheen as its troubled hero Topper Harley. Returning are the late great Lloyd Bridges, this time as the president, and Valeria Golino as the lovely Ramada. Joining Topper are his former CO (Richard Crenna), a no-nonsense tough-guy soldier (Miguel Ferrer), a cool blonde CIA operative (Brenda Bakke) and Ramada's hapless yet scornful spouse (the wretchedly hilarious Rowan Atkinson).

Abandoned for no apparent reason by Ramada, Topper seeks inner peace at an Asian monastery, kicking the crap out of whoever steps into the fighting arena with him. His former CO finds him and asks Harley to go...

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Just one word of advice: Don't watch this movie while recovering from hernia surgery. I literally laughed till it hurt.

FITFULLY FUNNY
HOT SHOTS PART DEUX is an admirable sequel to the hilarious HOT SHOTS. Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino and Lloyd Bridges return from the original, but their characters have different histories in this one, which doesn't really make much sense in a sequel, but hey, who's complaining? It's a fun-filled movie filled with some excellent sight gags, some off the cuff dialogue and the wonderful background gags you might not see if you're paying too much attention to the movie. Both a cinematic and political spoof, Sheen shines in his reprisal of Topper Harley in his buffed Rambo body; Golino and Brenda Bakke keep the hormones bubbling in their effectively sexy and funny performances. The Sadam Hussein spoof is hilarious, with his lisp and his Americanized habits. Check out the different foods he keeps in his cupboard. The T-2 "morphing" sequence has hilarious results too. Bridges as usual steals most of his scenes, and Richard Crenna effectively spoofs his own RAMBO character. I...

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