'Hot Shots' scores
By JOHN R. RYBOCK
With his new film,"Hot Shots Part
Deux," auteur James Abrahams has
once again proven his natural gift for
creatingintelligentsituationalcomedy
Hot Shots Part Deux
Directed by Jim Abrahams; written by
Jim Abrahams and Pat Proft; with
Charlie Sheen, Uoyd Bridges and
Valeria Golino.
which ...
HOLD ON! I just want to put my
twocentsworthintosaythatotherfilm
columns in other papers have taken
this movie waaaayyy too seriously.
Comeon!JimAbrahams("HotShots,"
"Big Business") is the guy whoalong
with partnersDavidand Jerry Zucker,
came up with "Surely you can't be
serious." "I am serious - and don't
call me Shirley."
By now, you're familiar with their
"style" (to use the term loosely) of
comedy - throw everything at the.
screen and hope that it sticks. Well,
"Hot Shots Part Deux" is no different.
The basic, and very loose premise has
Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) on an
MIA mission, or, as the film puts it,
"going in to get the men, who went in
to get the men, who..."
AmongthecaptivesismentorColo-
nel Walters, aka. Richard Crenna,
spoofing his "Rambo" role and either
having alot of fun, or taking it way too
seriously (p.s. "Whose Line Is It Any-
way?"fanscanlookforregularcontes-
tant, Ryan Stiles).
'Their target? An evil (and some-
what flaky) Middle East dictator with
a mustache and a beret. But wait! It's
not Saddam. No, this guy's country is
located between "Iraq" and "A Hard
Place."
Thoughitbasically spoofs Rambo,
"HotShotsPartDeux"hitslotsofother
targets along the way. Instead of dis-
cussing the fine camera work, here's a
brieflistofwhatripetargetstheychoose
to go after:
"TheHuntforRedOctober,"Gerald
Ford, "Basic Instinct," George Bush's
intestinal trouble, "Lady and the
Tramp," Japanese cuisine, "T2,"
GabriellaSabatini,"NoWayOue'(hey!
They can spoof an old movie!),
"Casablanca" (OK, they can spoof
REALLY old movies), "Sea Hunt"
(you got Lloyd Bridges, you use him),
American Gladiators, the damn Ener-
gizer rabbit, those 10-in-one hunting
knives,"TheWizardofOz"andmuch,
much more.
Yes, it's more of the same. But at
the same time, it's springtime fresh.
This type of film ("Airplane!" "Top
Secret!""The Naked Gun") began by
spoofing movie genres, but it has be-
come a genre itself. "Hot Shots Part
Deux!" is not the best film Jim
Abrahams has put together, with or
without the Zuckers. But it certainly
isn't the worst.
It boils down to this: if you like
these movies, you'llilike this one. And
if you don't like these movies... see it
anyway. You might surprise yourself
and like it.
And if you are not familiar with
these movies, then you are either too
young toreadthis anyway, or you, and
trust me on this, just won't get it.
HOTSHOIS PARTDEUX is playing
at Showcase.
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