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A Disappointing Continuation

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

An American special forces team is captured on an assassination mission after the Iraq war. A rescue team is itself captured. The missions were sabotaged. President Tug Benson (Lloyd Bridges) is losing support in his re-election bid. Col. Denton Walters (Richard Crenna) is to lead the rescue and Benson wants Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen). Topper is working at a monastery in Thailand and doing dimsum fighting. He is still haunted by Ramada (Valeria Golino). Walters and CIA Michelle Huddleston (Brenda Bakke) try to recruit Topper but he refuses. Walters is captured and Topper returns to rescue him. He is surprised that Ramada is in country as the local contact.The first section is bland without Topper Harley. It takes awhile for the comedy to be really funny. The mission is much more compelling and funnier. The second half is better as Topper goes full Rambo. Killing comically is hilarious slapstick. The movie takes off with the fun slapstick and Golino has a good comic vibe with Sheen. Her natural accent just makes it that much funnier. Martin Sheen makes a hilarious short cameo.

Saddam(Haleva, looking the part) has taken hostages taken by a foreign dictator, and several failed rescue attempts, the US is running out of specialists to send in. Topper(Sheen, doing a good Rambo) is tracked down, but he's heartbroken over the loss of Ramada(Golino, sultry as ever). Maybe something will motivate him... like Crenna playing the same role he did in the First Blood series.With the new military-themed blockbuster ripe for parodying chosen(one with a grander scope, as it should be), a cast of new and old faces alike all game, this sequel does a lot to live up to its predecessor. Like the franchises of Naked Gun and Airplane!, this works in part because so much of it is played straight. One element in a scene or bit will be off, but usually only that, so that it contrasts against the "real" backdrop.The pop culture references, gags and jokes are plentiful, with a gradual rise towards the climax. We get to breathe, and it doesn't rush so that anything really goes completely unnoticed. Rarely does something fall flat. The material is both visual and verbal, with cleverness, silly stuff, plays on words, etc. Roles are well-cast, and no one is really given too much or little screen-time or laughs.This is Abrahams before these got excessive - in spite of the "drop in/out" nature of the hilarious antics, they never feel disjointed, and there is a clear whole... one with a defined plot, I might add, another thing some more recent entries in the genre have gotten wrong. FX and stunts look and feel real, thus successfully convincing us that we really *are* watching a big-budget action flick - just one where a lot "goes wrong", strange things are said and done, etc.There is a lot of violence, some sexuality(both comically over the top) and a little strong language in this. I recommend this to any fan of send-ups. 7/10

Hot Shots Part Deux is a better than average movie with a alright story line and a great cast.Its definitely not better than the original Hot Shots,but its not an awful sequel.People who where fans of the first might be disappointed,but I didn't have very high hopes because I wasn't a huge fan of the first,but its definitely not as good as the first,I just found it to be a movie to just laugh at,but still misses a lot,its not as good as movies like Airplane or The Naked Gun.Fans of the first Hot Shots will probably be disappointed,but will probably still laugh at many scenes.Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) returns,this time in a parody of Rambo as he is the leader of a team in heading to Iraq to rescue a soldier who has been kidnapped.

If you are the hardcore movie fan, particularly comedy fan, this movie rocks! Everything is over the top, but only for a very big laugh from the audiences. I saw this movie after a long time of Charlie Sheen's big bad news. However, he had a great look of the main actor even in comedy movie. Lloyd Bridges also showed his outstanding performance as the poker face comedian. He made me think of the late Leslie Nielsen. Oh god! the United States has the Rambo president!Every gag that we see in this movie are non-sense, silly, and flawlessly laughing matter. However, I love this and I will grant that Hot Shots! Part Deux is one of the greatest comedy movie in all time!