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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Simply A Masterpiece

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

The original Airplane! from 1980 is highly regarded as one of the funniest films of all time, and most certainly the best 'spoof' ever made. Boasting the writing talents of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (Z/A/Z), the film accurately lampooned the formulaic disaster movies from the 1970's, which commonly boasted a ridiculously large roster of former A-list superstars to battle against whatever crisis they found themselves caught up in. It was a huge success, but Z/A/Z scoffed at the idea of a sequel. Paramount decided to go ahead and make one anyway despite the protestations of the creators, and hired the writer of Grease 2 (1982) to make the magic happen once again.Predictably, Airplane II - amusingly subtitled The Sequel - doesn't come close to matching the hilarity of the original, doing what most bad comedy sequels do and re-hashing most of the humour that worked so well previously, only without the same conviction or execution. Most of the original cast return, and this time find themselves on board a lunar shuttle named Mayflower One headed for the moon (it's set in the near future). It short-circuits, causing its on-board AI to go insane and change course for the Sun. Ted Stryker (Robert Hays), the hero from the first movie, escapes from the insane asylum he was placed in by his employers after he discovered technical problems with the space shuttles, and boards the Mayflower in the hope of averting disaster. Also on board is his old flame Elaine (Julie Hagerty), who is now engaged to one of the flight crew, Simon Kurtz (Chad Everett).Despite the absence of the original writers, there are still a few laughs to be had throughout the film, namely in the form of the permanently stressed and chain-smoking air traffic controller Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) and his incessantly chirpy assistant Jacobs (Stephen Strucker). There are welcome new faces as well, such as Chuck Connors, Raymond Burr, Rip Torn and William Shatner. But the saddest thing is that the best jokes are the ones re-worked from the original, with writer/director Ken Finkleman failing to inject enough humour to make this one stand out on its own and not just be remembered as the weak sequel to one of the funniest farces ever made. The surprise stand-out from the original, the late, great Leslie Nielsen, also sadly doesn't return. Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker claimed on a DVD commentary that they have never seen this film, and they'd probably do well to keep it that way.

Unlike the first more in this series, this movie has dated quite quickly but still stands up in many ways.So the characters from the first movie have progressed and developed in many ways. Ted Striker is now an important test pilot in the new space plane program and Elaine is a computer expert. Wow, how many other sequels have this level of character development between movies?Anyway, this time the problem is that the new shuttle has been poorly designed and this has been covered up while Ted Striker has had a nervous breakdown fighting the system while Elaine has moved on to the guy who was responsible for the cover up.Once again things play out the way they did in the first movie with Ted getting on the space flight with other commercial passengers and when the crew is sucked out into space he has to take over and land the plane.The beginning and end of this movie are good if not great with William Shatner being the man who has to talk down Ted Striker using nothing but the power of over acting and flashing lights. The middle of the movie is filled full of lame jokes that sometimes miss and sometimes make weak contact. But it is still a fun movie if you don't give up during the middle of the movie.

Although not quite as good as Airplane!, Airplane II is almost just as funny as the first film. Lots of odd-ball jokes and sight gags in the sequel. Ted and Elaine will do what they can to keep their passengers on the space shuttle safe but a computer error send them off their course and straight for the sun - can Ted get the shuttle back on the right course to the moon? Of course he can but not without a few more jokes and gags to help him and the audience along.If you liked Airplane! then you are sure to enjoy Airplane II The Sequel - it really is almost as funny as the first film.Recommended similar humored comedy movies: "Mars Attack!", "Galaxy Quest", "Spaceballs", and "Men in Black".9/10

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker (Robert Hays) save the day and get the shuttle back on track -- again??? Also, can he defeat an impotent Sonny Bono with a time bomb? Check out this amazing list of cast and cameos: Rip Torn, William Shatner, Chuck Connors, Raymond Burr, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, John Vernon. Now, how can that possibly be bad? (Okay, so Leslie Nielsen is not listed.) If you liked the first film, you will like the second. Maybe it was not directed by the same guys, but the writing style and jokes are very much the same, as is most of the cast. This truly is a sequel in every sense -- the logical continuation of part one.