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Hot Shots!

Hot Shots! (1991)

The mother of all movies.

Release:1991
Runtime:1h 25m
Country:United States
Director:Jim Abrahams
Language:English

Genre

ActionComedyWar
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Keywords

Secret MissionBad LuckParodyDrill InstructorJet CrashForeboding
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Hot Shots! rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 124K votes
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic61%
TMDb6.59/10· 2K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Hot Shots!

The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Cast of Hot Shots!

  • Charlie Sheen

    Charlie Sheen

    as Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman

  • Cary Elwes

    Cary Elwes

    as Kent Gregory

  • Valeria Golino

    Valeria Golino

    as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

  • Lloyd Bridges

    Lloyd Bridges

    as Admiral Benson

  • Kevin Dunn

    Kevin Dunn

    as Lt. Commander Block

  • Jon Cryer

    Jon Cryer

    as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach

  • William O'Leary

    William O'Leary

    as Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson

  • Kristy Swanson

    Kristy Swanson

    as Kowalski

  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

    Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

    as Wilson

  • Bill Irwin

    Bill Irwin

    as Buzz Harley

  • Heidi Swedberg

    Heidi Swedberg

    as Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson

  • Bruce A. Young

    Bruce A. Young

    as 'Red' Herring

Hot Shots! facts

Budget
$26M
Box office
$181.1M
Collection
Hot Shots! Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Clever parody humor lands consistently throughout comedy action adventure
  • •Self-aware comedy style appeals to audiences appreciating genre satire
  • •Action sequences maintain momentum while delivering comedic absurdist moments

What the audience disliked

  • •Parody humor sometimes feels dated reflecting era of action films
  • •Character development minimal in favor of comedic set pieces overall
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