Topper Harley is found working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA wants him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who… who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm. The President is Tug Benson, who also likes to be in on the action. Basically, it's a send-up of all the big shoot-em-up Rambo/Robocop/T2/Commando-type movies. "Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams. Hot Shots Part Deux is another hilarious if sometimes not totally perfect comedy from Jim Abrahams, mastermind of the first Hot Shots and Jane Austen's Mafia. Now he brings Sheen back as a Rambo-like hero who has to save soliders who were sent to rescue soldiers who were sent to resuce soldiers from desert storm. Sometimes misses, but it's made up by outrageous and outstanding sequences making fun of (said earlier) Rambo, Deer Huunter (I think), Sadaam's whole regime, Apocalypse Now, and much much more. Not great but certainly can't be ignored either. Bridges once again is awesome (he has fun sharpening a pencil in his ear). Note, this is also the only film where it's making of special makes fun of dramatic making of specials of movies. A- If you liked the original spoof-a-rama, "Airplane", or any of Abrahams' slampooning flicks from "Police Squad" to "Naked Gun", you'll like "Hot Shots: Part Deux" with Sheen as a Rambo knock-off gunning for Saddam Hussein. There's never a dull moment in this gag-a-second flick which borrows bits and pieces from "Apocalypse Now" to "Star Wars" and beyond in its rampage of nonstop silliness. A must see for spoof junkies who don't mind putting their brain on hold for 90 minutes of slaphappy nonsense. (B)
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