The spoof-comedy well was starting to run dry by the time Airplane! director Jim Abrahams made the first Hot Shots!, but there's still more than enough to enjoy in both movies. Charlie Sheen and Lloyd Bridges stand out as the particularly game stars playing it straight and perfectly willing to send themselves up. Top Gun and Rambo are the prime targets, but no genre is safe from spoofery. Both movies fire scattergun gags at the screen, and a good portion hit their targets.
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