![]() Surrounded by a group of equally crazy and trigger-happy misfits, Topper goes in with guns blazing, setting out to make this the bloodiest (and silliest) movie ever! In this story, Topper Harley (played by Charlie Sheen) must return to Iraq to rescue a group of people held hostage by that evil madman, Saddam Hussein. "This kooky movie is the sequel to Hot Shots! and takes aim at the movie Rambo. Highly recommended for an hour and twenty-eight minutes of viewing pleasure." In summary, this is that rare sequel that stepped well beyond the confines of its previous version, and was much funnier. Some of the humor is risque but nothing is flat-out offensive it's not a movie for young children, but teens and adults alike should enjoy it very much. Toss into this mix a dead ringer for Saddam Hussein (with a lisp!), and the result is one crazy ride, almost as insane as the one Topper endures with the CIA blonde on a squeaky bed. Atkinson is acerbic and despicable as Ramada's self-absorbed and undeserving husband. Ferrer, not known for comedic parts, is deadpan, Joe-Friday hilarious as the hard-bitten Harbinger, especially when he goes to pieces during a battle. Gorgeous Golino and beautiful Bakke duke it out-literally, in an homage to American Gladiator. Bridges is sickeningly funny as the semi-lunatic president who's had more parts replaced than a '71 Volkswagen and may be a couple cards shy of a full deck. Crenna does an excellent if off-the-wall reprise of his colonel character from Rambo. Sheen, of course, deserves plenty of credit for the movie's success, for he breathes life into the potentially cardboard lead role. In a filmed spoof of both other films (Rambo, Terminator II) and real-life events (President George the elder Bush's unfortunate vomiting into the lap of a Japanese official), Hot Shots Deux is funny, fresh and at times even more insane than a Leslie Neilsen movie, without the tendency to bog down that usually plagues this type of sight comedy. His former CO finds him and asks Harley to go on a mission to find the men who went to find the men who were sent to find the men-you get the idea. 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).Ībandoned 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. Returning are the late great Lloyd Bridges, this time as the president, and Valeria Golino as the lovely Ramada. In this case, the supporting cast made the movie even more than Charlie Sheen as its troubled hero Topper Harley. (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. "Hot Shots: Part Deux! is an amazing rarity-a sequel that's actually superior to the first movie.
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