Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lloyd Bridges | ... | Steve McCroskey | |
Raymond Burr | ... | The Judge | |
Chuck Connors | ... | The Sarge | |
Rip Torn | ... | Bud Kruger | |
John Dehner | ... | The Commissioner | |
Chad Everett | ... | Simon Kurtz | |
Peter Graves | ... | Captain Clarence Oveur | |
Julie Hagerty | ... | Elaine Dickinson | |
Robert Hays | ... | Ted Striker | |
Kent McCord | ... | Unger | |
James A. Watson Jr. | ... | Dunn | |
William Shatner | ... | Commander Buck Murdock | |
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Stephen Stucker | ... | Jacobs / Courtroom Clerk |
John Vernon | ... | Dr. Stone | |
Al White | ... | Witness |
Still haunted by that fateful wartime incident and the nearly catastrophic events of Airplane! (1980), Ted Striker, the pilot who hates flying, escapes from the funny house. But, as the first passenger lunar shuttle, the state-of-the-art but untested Mayflower One, is about to take off on its maiden flight, once more, an unforeseen malfunction forces Ted to take over the controls of the shuttle. Now, the traumatised commander is holding everyone's lives in his hands, and as if that weren't enough, Striker has to patch up his already complicated relationship with his engaged former lover, Elaine Dickinson, and confront an unhinged voyager bent on destruction. Can Ted Striker, the reluctant hero, save the day for the second time? Written by Nick Riganas
The makers of "Airplane II: The Sequel" simply took every joke from the first one and made it again. This gets boring after a while. People taking things too literally is so overused in this movie it's getting painful (like the "trip" scene - ouch!). There are one or two good moments, though (some William Shatner scenes and the 2001 waltz spoof) and it's a good thing that the main cast (excluding Leslie Nielsen & Robert Stack) from "Airplane!" returned for this one. All in all, "Airplane II: The Sequel" is watchable but I'm glad that they never made a third part. It only could have gone downhill from the original, anyway.