Hot Shots! Part Deux

"Just deux it."

1993 1h 28m EN

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6.5

SOLID

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59%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 2,155🥫59%Rotten Tomatoes●64Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 103,359

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Synopsis

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Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.

“Just deux it.”

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Cast

Charlie Sheen
Topper Harley
Lloyd Bridges
President Thomas 'Tug' Benson
Valeria Golino
Ramada Rodham Hayman
Richard Crenna
Col. Denton Walters
Rowan Atkinson
Dexter Hayman
Miguel Ferrer
Commander Arvid Harbinger
Brenda Bakke
Michelle Rodham Huddleston
Jerry Haleva
Saddam Hussein

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jim Abrahams
Writers: Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.4× over at the box office.

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Hot Shots! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jim Abrahams, shot by John R. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Charlie Sheen and Lloyd Bridges and Valeria Golino carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jim Abrahams directs. John R. Leonetti behind the camera. Basil Poledouris scores. Malcolm Campbell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 5.4× over at the box office.
333 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Hot Shots! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Jim Abrahams, shot by John R. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Charlie Sheen and Lloyd Bridges and Valeria Golino carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Just deux it.".
10IMDB entry: tt0107144 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: John R. Leonetti
Original score: Basil Poledouris
Editing: Malcolm Campbell
Production design: William A. Elliott
Makeup / hair: Adam Rifkin
Stunt coordinator: Ernie F. Orsatti
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $133,752,825
Return: 535% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 59% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 64/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 103,359 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

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Part of

Hot Shots! Collection

Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof film starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer and Ryan Stiles. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. Carrying the same comedic vein as Airplane!, a film Abrahams co-directed, the film primarily spoofs the 1986 action film Top Gun, but also draws material from films like Rocky and Superman. It spawned a sequel in 1993, Hot Shots! Part Deux. Sheen and Cryer would later co-star in the television series Two and a Half Men, in which Stiles also went on to play a recurring role.