Hot Shots! (1991)
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83% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
63% of users liked it
(140,210 ratings)
From director Jim Abrahams, one of the minds behind the Airplane! and Naked Gun films, comes another parody. This time around, Abrahams has his sights set on the action-adventure genre, specifically Top Gun. Charlie Sheen stars as Topper Harley, a maverick air force pilot who constantly lives in the… More From director Jim Abrahams, one of the minds behind the Airplane! and Naked Gun films, comes another parody. This time around, Abrahams has his sights set on the action-adventure genre, specifically Top Gun. Charlie Sheen stars as Topper Harley, a maverick air force pilot who constantly lives in the shadow of his father's legacy. Unable to handle the pressure, Harley has left the Air Force to live among a tribe of Native Americans. But when the United States seeks to destroy some Iraqi nuclear facilities, there's only one man for the job. After being coaxed back into service, Harley soon realizes that in addition to Saddam Hussein, he'll have to contend with a rival pilot, played by Cary Elwes, and a devious aerospace executive. Among the many films lampooned are Dances With Wolves, 9 1/2 Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and Gone With the Wind. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jim Abrahams
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 31, 1991 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
A good parody will make a forceful play for laughs, but this movie practically holds the viewer down in a tickle chair, drilling for any reaction. I admire the determination but the effect has worn off some. Maybe it's Sheen.
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Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
Daffy flight with the Airplane! crew; some crudeness.
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Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
Well, it's not Airplane! but precious little is.
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James Plath, Reel.com
Lloyd Bridges is the unflappable show-stealing Admiral Tug Benson, a battle-hardened veteran with more artificial body parts than the Six Million Dollar Man
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Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
No one does silly better than Lloyd Bridges.
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Cast
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Charlie Sheen
as Rhett Butler, Sean "Topper" Harley, Supe...
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Valeria Golino
as Lois Lane, Ramada Thompson, Scarlett O'H...
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Cary Elwes
as Kent Gregory
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Lloyd Bridges
as Admiral "Tug" Benson
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Kevin Dunn
as Lt. Comm. Block
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Jon Cryer
as Jim "Washout" Pfaffenbach
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Kristy Swanson
as Kowalski
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William O'Leary
as Pete "Dead Meat" Thompson
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Wilson
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Nancy Abrahams
as Family in front of TV Store
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Mark Arnott
as Rosener
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John Bankson
as Parking Valet
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Charles Barkley
as Himself
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Gary Brayboy
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Jeff Bright
as Communications Officer
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Al Clegg
as Jazz
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Willie Collins
as Liberace
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Kelly Connell
as Air Controller
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Chris Coyle
as Conspiratorial Crewman
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Cylk Cozart
as 1st Drill Sergeant
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Ryan Cutrona
as Captain Margolis
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Kevin Eads
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Richard Emanuel
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Ryan Fitzgerald
as Scooter
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Brent Freeman
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Eugene Greytak
as Pope John Paul II
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Jerry Haleva
as Saddam Hussein
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Ed Herschlar
as Rabbi
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Max Jones
as Boxer #2
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Judy Kahan
as Nurse
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Christopher Keene
as 2nd Drill Sergeant
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Bill Laimbeer
as Himself
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Don Lake
as Doctor
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Richard Lasting
as Handsome Milkman
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Jimmy Lennon Jr.
as Ring Announcer
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Bob Lenz
as Elvis "The King" Presley
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Tony Lorea
as Humphrey "Bogie" Bogart
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Don Luce
as Paramedic
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Craig McIntosh
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Tony Moreno
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Annie O'Donnell
as Amish Woman
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Kip Pierce
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Pablo Prietto
as Parking Valet
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Robert Puro
as Precocious Paper Boy
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Elston Ridgle
as Boxer #1
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Tony Simotes
as Ambulance Driver
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Ryan Stiles
as "Mailman" Farnham
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Heidi Swedberg
as Mrs. "Dead Meat" Thompson
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Marie Thomas
as Francine the Secretary
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Rino Thunder
as Owatonna
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Jimmie Ray Weeks
as Amish Man
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Sean Wright
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member
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Mack Yamaguchi
as Eskimo
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Bruce A. Young
as "Red" Herring
- Mali Finn
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Pat Proft
as Lawrence Lipps
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Marc Shaiman
as Piano Player
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William Irwin
as Buzz Harley
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Dave
as Sleepy Weasel Squadron Member



