Hot Shots!

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Hot Shots!

PG-13

1991

1h 25m

Comedy

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In this spoof of "Top Gun," former U.S. Navy pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is haunted by an accident in which his father lost control of a fighter jet. When Lt. Cmdr. James Block (Kevin Dunn) asks Topper to come out of retirement and help him complete a classified mission, Topper returns to active duty against the advice of his psychiatrist (Valeria Golino) and soon discovers that he may be a pawn in a devious arms manufacturing conspiracy.

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Critics Consensus

Hot Shots! hits most of its parodic targets with aplomb, excelling as a daffy good time thanks to inspired gags and Charlie Sheen's crack comedic timing.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Sep 7, 2011

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Kathleen Maher

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 3, 2003

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Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Jul 31, 1991

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a persistently irreverent (and uneven) comedy that benefits from the agreeable efforts of its various performers...

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 27, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Goes in with everything, and ends up with nothing. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 20, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…if you fancy seeing Hollywood with its pants around its ankles, Hot Shots offers top fun…

Rated: 3/5

Jul 9, 2022

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Rare T

Satirical in many aspects, but conventional and sarcasm-worthy in some as well. Hotshots is meant to be taken with a grain of salt, otherwise a large portion of it would be inconsistent and irrelevant.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/24

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Rosana B

Sei que não dá para esperar muita coisa de filme sátiras, apenas piadas bobas com situações já ocorridas de forma infinitamente piorada e geralmente sem sentido e pouco engraças, sem história, atuações modestas e abobadas, efeitos patéticos, tudo de bom (contém muita ironia), mas como não desperdiçamos um filme ruim e estou maratonando TODOS os filmes do Stream Disney + Star, sejamos forte e sigamos em frente, filmes melhores virão...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Lucas t

I don't even think this film had a plot there is that many jokes, I was too focused on the joked, so if there was a plot, very distracting me from it. 6.4/10.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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Gnr E

My childhood crush is in this movie i loved choice of actors

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Cluedo

This movie is meant to look the way it does and brings comedy to a whole new level. I watched the Movie more then 10 times and its still funny to me so thats what i call a great movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/24

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Alec B

Some great gags to be sure but the out of the blue jingoistic finale almost completely derails the movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Jim Abrahams

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Charlie Sheen

Lt. Topper Harley

Cary Elwes

Lt. Kent Gregory

Valeria Golino

Ramada Thompson

Lloyd Bridges

Adm. Thomas "Tug" Benson

Kevin Dunn

Lt. Cmdr. James Block

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Synopsis

In this spoof of "Top Gun," former U.S. Navy pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is haunted by an accident in which his father lost control of a fighter jet. When Lt. Cmdr. James Block (Kevin Dunn) asks Topper to come out of retirement and help him complete a classified mission, Topper returns to active duty against the advice of his psychiatrist (Valeria Golino) and soon discovers that he may be a pawn in a devious arms manufacturing conspiracy.

Director: Jim Abrahams
Producer: Bill Badalato
Screenwriter: Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $68.3M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Surround

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