Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Director:

Jim Abrahams

Writers:

Jim Abrahams (characters), Pat Proft (characters)

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Sheen	...	Topper Harley
Lloyd Bridges	...	Tug Benson
Valeria Golino	...	Ramada Rodham Hayman
Richard Crenna	...	Col. Denton Walters
Brenda Bakke	...	Michelle Rodham Huddleston
Miguel Ferrer	...	Harbinger
Rowan Atkinson	...	Dexter Hayman
Jerry Haleva	...	Saddam Hussein
David Wohl	...	Gerou
Mitchell Ryan	...	Gray Edwards
Michael Colyar	...	Williams
Ryan Stiles	...	Rabinowitz
Rosemary Johnston	...	Lavinia Rodham Benson
Ben Lemon	...	Team 2 Leader
Buck McDancer	...	Richard Nixon

Storyline

Topper Harley is found working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA wants him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm. The President is Tug Benson, who also likes to be in on the action. Basically, it's a send-up of all the big shoot-em-up Rambo/Robocop/T2/Commando-type movies.

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | ronald reagan character | saddam hussein character | richard m. nixon character | parody | 

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Taglines:

Grab your guns! It's Hot Shots Part Deux!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual spoofs and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hot Shots 2! The Exploitation

Filming Locations:

Stockton, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$38,911,970

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$133,752,825

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Abrahams originally wanted Marlon Brando instead of Lloyd Bridges to play The President.

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Goofs

When Topper jumps off the balcony after Saddam swings the sword at him, the stunt man's legs can be seen when Charlie gets up.

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Quotes

Michelle Rodham Huddleston: Oh, Ramada, how could you have been so blind? You always too wrapped up in being Miss Perfect College to notice me. Why should you concern yourself with the feelings of one insignificant roommate? One fabulous day, one incredible experience.
Ramada Rodham Hayman: I had no idea it meant so much to you.
[Col. Walters looks extremely fascinated by the women's conversation]
Michelle Rodham Huddleston: I remember that day as if it were yesterday. The exhilaration of experimenting, sharing something so new, so dangerous, so intimate.
Col. Denton Walters: [...]

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Crazy Credits

CAST (in order that you should know their names)

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Alternate Versions

The film has had a checkered UK censorship history. For its original cinema release, 54 secs were cut for a 12 certificate, removing all footage of nunchakus during the Rambo scene and editing the spoof Basic Instinct sex scene in the apartment. The video was rated PG and the cuts were expanded with a further 1 min 7 secs of additional edits to remove a single use of 'fuck' and the complete removal of the bedroom scene. The same print was used as a basis for the PG-rated DVD, although the distributors made a further two minutes of edits including the removal of Ramada's line "Wild, free, passionate, unbridled sex. I'd fondle you in ways you can't imagine" and even the already PG approved scene in the limousine. The UK Blu-ray version reinstates the previously cut footage and was passed 12 uncut in 2013.

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Connections

Spoofs Home Alone (1990)

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Soundtracks

It Takes Two
By William Stevenson and Sylvia Moy
Performed by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
Courtesy of Motown Record Co., L.P.
by arrangement with Polygram Special Markets
a Division of Polygram Group Distribution

User Reviews

Comedy parte de dos

While the original will always be considered better, this film still held true to the Hot Shots mentality. While the whole concept may have been a little dragged out, at least they didn't try to make another movie to further destroy this franchise. Charlie Sheen was once again, Charlie Sheen. With yet another tongue-in-cheek performance, Sheen proves to us he is one of the most nonchalant comedy actor of our day. Plenty of funny things to talk about, but far too many to mention.