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Hot Shots!

Hot Shots! (1991)

July. 31,1991
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6.7
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PG-13
| Action Comedy War

The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an ax to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux.

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Moustroll
1991/07/31

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Limerculer
1991/08/01

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

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Paynbob
1991/08/02

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Kinley
1991/08/03

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Mr-Fusion
1991/08/04

I'm not really sure how it is that I'd seen "Part Deux" a good five or six times as a teenager but never the first one. The humor in "Hot Shots" is as broad as possible, always trafficking in outright silliness. In that regard, not all of the jokes work, but the ones that do are knee-slappers. And Lloyd Bridges is comedy gold, I mean the man doesn't have one line that isn't a scream.And the humor doesn't even stop until the credits are done. Gotta respect that.7/10

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Miguel Neto
1991/08/05

Hot Shots! is a fun and watchable film, is not to die laughing, most also ta far from a movie dull, the film that spoofs very films such as Top Gun, has a good cast, Charlie Sheen this very well, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer (to find Charlie Sheen future in the series Two and Half Men), and etc, the soundtrack is good, has very funny scenes, the script has problems, some dialogues are weak, have unnecessary scenes, even the movie is short, It is unnecessary times Hot Shots! It is not the best comedy of all time, more is far from being a bad movie, it's fun, and it has very funny scenes, plus the sequence of the film's funniest and fun Note 6.5

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videorama-759-859391
1991/08/06

Hot Shots is a fun movie to watch, but funny, NO. For me, the gags just kept misfiring, or falling on their arse. Essentially, this is a parody off of Top Gun, with a more likable hero and gifted pilot, Topper Harley-love the name, played by Sheen Jnr in an adequate performance. He's called back into action, on a mission, where he's set to take a fall, by some dirty dudes, one taking a huge fall at the end of the film off the tarmac, but of course, good conquers over evil. Topper falls for the sexy young navy doctor/cabaret singer (the delicious, Golino).Cryer, another Two And A Half Men favorite, plays a navy pilot with not the best eyes, demoted to aerial patrol. Faces to him seem bigger and more intrusive. Not to say, this film isn't without warranting a viewing. I still quite like it, regardless, mainly cause of seeing Sheen in this kind of role, back when he was doing many films. Cary Elwes plays, like a warring, begrudging, pilot of Topper's, like Goose to his Maverick. Even the King is dredged up to a Tom Jones number. This movie to me, still quite a fascinating view if you can grasp, what I mean, but laughter wise, the gags kept on missing. Another Two And A Half Men co star, Ryan Stiles, stars as the memorable Mailman, who plane went down. He flew with Topper's father, considered the best pilot in the game, but Hot Shots certainly isn't the best in the Flying High creator's books. Sorry.

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gwnightscream
1991/08/07

Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, Cary Elwes, Jon Cryer and Lloyd Bridges star in this 1991 comedy. This is obviously a spoof of "Top Gun," but also pokes fun at other classic films like "Dances with Wolves," "Gone With The Wind" and "Superman." Sheen (Wall Street) plays Topper, a navy pilot who has issues mainly dealing with his father's death. Soon, he's recruited to lead a mission to destroy a nuclear plant with other fighter pilots and they eventually learn that someone's sabotaging the planes. Golino (Rain Man) plays Ramada, a psychiatrist whom he gets help and finds romance with, Elwes (The Princess Bride) plays Kent, a pilot and Ramada's ex-boyfriend who doesn't get along with Topper, Cryer (Two and a Half Men) plays pilot, Washout who has walleye vision and the late, Bridges (Airplane) plays senile Admiral, Tug Benson. This is a good comedy spoof with a good cast and if you like "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" films, I recommend this.

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