SlyGuy21
If there's one thing that the first "Airplane!" taught us, it's that some parodies can only be done once. The main problem with this sequel is that it just feels like the first movie again, some of the same jokes are even recycled from the first movie to a T. Aside from a few minor changes, this is essentially the first "Airplane!", but without the effort or charm of the original. It just feels lazily put together in order to shovel out a sequel. I will say however that William Shatner is the highlight of the movie. His character here is a great parody of Captain Kirk from "Star Trek", and almost all the jokes he has work. Besides Shatner though, the rest just feels phoned in and not worth your time.
Desertman84
Airplane II: The Sequel is the sequel of the 1980 satirical comedy Airplane,which received a lot of praise for being a great film that parodies accident genre films that became popular during the 70's. It was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and it features Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono. Without the involvement of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker unlike in the original,this film does not hold a candle to the timeless classic.The significant difference in this film and the original is that the event takes place in the spaceship headed towards the moon after an airplane crew was assigned by the management to take over.While it may still offer tons of laughter especially with tons of references based on frequent sex and drugs,it wasn't as funny as the first film.Despite of it,it was still a film worth one's while and it is nice to see stars like Hagerty,Hays and the rest get together again for one sequel of Airplane.
slightlymad22
"Airplane 2" isn't a sequel to 1980's hit movie "Airplane" it's a clone. Following the theory that success is not to be tampered with, in "Airplane 2" director Ken Finkleman hired most of the cast of "Airplane" and poured them in to story little change from the original. That said the story has been updated a little bit, as now it's a trip to the moon on a rocket ship instead of a standard flight. And since it's set in Space Capatain James T Kirk himself makes an appearance. Yes. William Shatner is in this. The first ten minutes has some really laugh out loud moments, and there are a few more throughout the movie. Not as many as the first movie, but there is still a lot of fun to be had. Despite not understanding a lot of the references, my two kids 15 and 8 respectively both got a lot of laughs out of it.
grantss
The first Airplane movie was a classic comedy. A spoof of airplane disaster movies, and a great one. This, the sequel, is not as good as the first movie - the novelty has worn off somewhat. The structure and formula of the jokes is set, and the same as the first movie. Makes some of the jokes quite predictable.Still a good movie though. Hilariously funny at times. Like the first movie it does suffer from the fact that some of the jokes would have been topical at the time, but are mostly meaningless now.The two leads, Robert Hays and Julie Hagarty, reprise their roles from the first movie., and do a good job. As do Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves.Some famous faces in minor roles: Raymond Burr, William Shatner, Sonny Bono.
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