Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 comedy spoof film, and a sequel to Hot Shots!. It starred Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, and Jerry Haleva. It was directed by Jim Abrahams and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft.

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1993 - Spoof - Film - Hot Shots! - Charlie Sheen - Lloyd Bridges - Valeria Golino - Richard Crenna - Brenda Bakke - Miguel Ferrer - Rowan Atkinson - Jerry Haleva - Jim Abrahams - Pat Proft

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Topper Harley is persuaded to come out of retirement again to lead a rescue team in Iraq, who are being sent in to rescue a previous rescue team. While there, he meets his former love Ramada (Golino), whose husband Dexter (Atkinson) is being held captive by Saddam Hussein. There follows much fighting and bloodshed as they try and rescue Dexter while the President (Bridges) aims to get personal revenge on Saddam.

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Iraq - Saddam Hussein

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The film parodies action movies such as Apocalypse Now, Predator, and Commando. Richard Crenna's character is in homage to his role in the Rambo movies. It also takes shots at, among other things, Lady and the Tramp, Casablanca, ', The Wizard of Oz and American Gladiators.

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Apocalypse Now - Predator - Commando - Rambo - Lady and the Tramp - Casablanca - The Wizard of Oz - American Gladiators

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Hot Shots! Part Deux began to be played in more heavy rotation on various cable channels after the US invasion of Iraq.

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