Hot Shots Part Deux
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| Directed by | Jim Abrahams |
| Produced by | Bill Badalato Pat Proft |
| Written by | Jim Abrahams Pat Proft |
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| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | John R. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $133.8 million |
Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 parody film, and a sequel to the 1991 comedy Hot Shots!. The sequel primarily spoofs the 1980s action films Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III.
Directed again by Jim Abrahams, the film stars Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson and Jerry Haleva. Sheen, who portrays a spoof of John Rambo, went through a tough weight lifting/training program to gain the physique needed to play the role of an action hero.
Abrahams and Pat Proft wrote the screenplay. Members of both men's families have roles as extras.
One night, an American special forces team invades Saddam Hussein's (Haleva) palace and a nearby prison camp to rescue captured soldiers from Operation Desert Storm and to eliminate Saddam, but they find the Iraqis prepared for them, and the entire rescue team is captured. This failed operation turns out to be the latest in a series of rescue attempts which were foiled by the Iraqis, and consequently the advisors of President Benson (Admiral Benson in the previous film, played by Bridges) suspect sabotage in their own ranks. Colonel Denton Walters (Crenna) suggests to gain the aid of war hero Topper Harley (Sheen) for the next mission, but Topper has retired from the United States Navy and become a Buddhist in a small Thai village. Walters and Michelle Huddleston (Bakke), CIA, arrive and try to persuade him to come out of retirement in order to rescue the imprisoned soldiers and the previous rescue parties.
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