![]() Some of this is still funny too much of it, however, is not (Lloyd Bridges is a washout as a bumbling, addled commander). Featuring the comedically challenged Charlie Sheen as cocksure daredevil pilot Topper Harley, Cary Elwes as his vain nemesis, and Valeria Golino as the va-va-voom psychologist, Hot Shots!'s stock characters also include a good-hearted family man tellingly nicknamed "Dead Meat." When not taking potshots at Top Gun, the film references Dances with Wolves, Michelle Pfeiffer's piano-writhing in The Fabulous Baker Boys and the food-tasting bit from 9½ Weeks. 2019 is a different era though, one that knows how to appreciate an ultimate action movie, the temptresses that make the heroes explode, and the explosions that make the women ask for more.The 1991 Top Gun spoof Hot Shots! had the advantage of being co-directed and co-written by Airplane!'s pilot Jim Abrahams. It should have done the same for Brenda Bakke, but America wasn’t ready for so much awesomeness back in 1993. Hot Shots! Part Deux was the movie that discovered Ryan Stiles and made him a star. Bush had strained relations with Japan, you’ll appreciate the drama of these scenes. and Japan, but they don’t slow down the plot much. Yes, the dialog can be confusing, with talks of international peace treaties and international politics between the U.S. And when Topper’s true love re-enters his life midway through the film, you learn some more plot-twisting bombshells. ![]() She always had a devilish look to her, seductive and hypnotic. You won’t be spoiled to know that the traitor of the film all along was Brenda Bakke. The Top 100 Ultimate Action Movies of All Time gets into a heated fencing match with Saddam Hussein, with deadly results. In Hot Shots! Part Deux, the President of the U.S. I’m not talking about the swashbucklers of the 1930s. Speaking of which, if you thought the James Bond fencing scene in Die Another Day was the best fencing sequence in action movie history, prepare to be educated. But in that remaining 30 minutes there are many more deaths, including those of a young Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a. With 30 minutes still in the film, Hot Shots! surpasses Robocop’s body count. So many bullets fly that the body count rises faster than the human mind can count. At times, Topper is up his waist in expended shells (literally). When the bullets start to fly Topper and crew demonstrate that they are no strangers to hot, flying lead. Even the referee feel the thrust of his fist, to mind-numbing effect. With just his bare hands wrapped in cloth and caramel, Topper tears down a martial arts dojo and defeats a leading kick boxer in hand-to-hand combat. The film wastes no time showing Topper’s martial prowess. How ‘Point Break’ Perfectly Balances Ironic and Sincere Awesomeness One of the highlights of Hot Shots! is when these ladies compete in an American Gladiators competition, which Golino wins via the joust. She’s the more demure, yet exotic of the ladies and makes a good evil-twin to Bakke’s seductive temptress role. Valeria Golino plays the primary love interest. Truth be told, Bakke should’ve had every role Cattrall and Sandra Bullock got in the 90s because she’s more appealing in every way. In the film, she resembles a young Kim Cattrall in in appearance, though Bakke is far hotter. Brenda Bakke played the secondary love interest, the more sensual and erotic of the two. Charlie Sheen had a surprisingly Van-Damme-esque physique for this role and it showed.īut the real stars of this films were the seductive women. In 1993, packing on some muscle for an action role was expected. It’s funny how modern action movie stars don’t bother getting ripped because their characters are gifted superheroes. Red Dawn: Back When American High Schoolers Kicked Russian ButtĬharlie Sheen returns to his role as Topper Harley. ![]() The first movie to do this well was Hot Shots! Part Deux. ![]() Even fewer movies can combine these elements into fast-paced thriller of a film. Few action movies blend all these elements into one cohesive plot. There is an ebb and flow between shoot outs, dialog, explosions, intrigue, martial arts, and sex. It might be a parody film, but we’ll be damned if ‘ Hot Shots! Part Deux‘ isn’t an ultimate action movie classic!Įven the best action movies have a certain rhythm to them. ![]()
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