Hot Shots! (1991)

Directed by

Jim Abrahams

Genre

war film, parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 2,474 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parody film that spoofs Top Gun and other movies. A hotshot Navy pilot enters a top-secret flying program where he deals with ridiculous superiors and a love interest.

sillyfast-pacedgoofylightheartedabsurdirreverentparodicwinking

What happens

Hot Shots! is a 1991 American parody film directed by Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of Airplane!, and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. It stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Kristy Swanson, Bill Irwin, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The film is primarily a spoof of Top Gun, with some scenes spoofing other popular films, including 9½ Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dances with Wolves, Marathon Man, Rocky, Superman, First Blood, and Gone with the Wind. A sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux, was released in 1993, with Sheen, Golino, Bridges and Jerry Haleva reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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