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Hot Shots!

PG-13 1991 1h 25m Comedy List
82% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
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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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 Full Review Kathleen Maher Austin Chronicle Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 3, 2003 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Jul 31, 1991 Full Review 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 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Goes in with everything, and ends up with nothing. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 20, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Gnr E My childhood crush is in this movie i loved choice of actors Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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