Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 85 minuten
Alternative title: Flying High II
Country:
United States
Directed by: Ken Finkleman
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty
IMDb score:
6,2 (61.723)
Releasedate: 10 December 1982
Airplane II: The Sequel plot
"For the ride of your life... All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!"
Humanity is about to colonize the moon. The first passenger space shuttle, the Mayflower 1, departs today despite warnings that the wiring is not secure enough and another month of testing is needed. A test pilot who has suffered a collapse after an accident escapes from the mental hospital to stop the launch. If that doesn't work, he decides to go with the space shuttle. What he does not know is that there is a terrorist with a bomb on board.
Actors and actresses
Steve McCroskey
Judge D.C. Simonton
The Sarge
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Commissioner
Simon Kurtz
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Elaine Dickinson
Ted Striker
Dave Unger
Reviews & comments
Chainsaw
-
- 8845 messages
- 3711 votes
The references to well-known science fiction such as Star Wars, Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey must hide the fact that Airplane II: The Sequel is a literal copy of the first film on almost all fronts. Not only cast members and style, but also a striking number of jokes return. It makes Airplane very unnecessary and - just like the first film - not such a fun comedy as genre fellow Naked Gun. Not all jokes work and a number of jokes that do work you already know from the previous film. Fortunately, Airplane II also has some new nonsense, a few new puns and lame slapstick does work. Especially if the movie doesn't try to be funny in your face too much, it works. Like seeing "Worst Boy - Adolf Hitler" in the credits.
3 stars.
Translated from Dutch · View original
mrklm
-
- 12860 messages
- 10708 votes
This time it concerns a space flight with a terrorist on board and a technical defect. Of course, Ted Striker [Robert Hayes] is back on board, initially to win back his ex-lover Elaine [Julie Hagerty], but of course also to get the spaceship safely back on the ground.
Who the original Airplane! If you haven't seen it, will undoubtedly rate this film a little higher. This is basically a remake of that movie, with many of the original cast members returning to do a (usually slightly less fun) twist on their prank or even simply repeat the prank! As a result, there is only sporadically something original to discover in the first hour. It's not until the last fifteen minutes, when William Shatner steps in as the commander to help Striker, that the film is at its strongest. Then the strong jokes follow each other in quick succession and there is really something to laugh about for fans of the original film!
Translated from Dutch · View original
rcuppen79
-
- 717 messages
- 1632 votes
Sequel to 1980's Airplane!. While much of the cast returned for this sequel, much of the behind-the-scenes crew has been replaced. The main absentees are of course the trio Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. They directed the first part and were also the creators of all the jokes. None of them returned for this sequel. Instead, we'll have to settle for writer and director Ken Finkleman, who previously wrote and directed the flopped Grease 2.
The fate of Airplane II was not much better, the revenues were only a fraction of the original and the film was slammed by the press. Not entirely unjustified, because the film recycles happily. There are simply too many jokes from the first movie being copied 1-on-1. This film also lacks the presence of Leslie Nielsen, who stole the show together with Lloyd Bridges in the previous film. The latter is fortunately present again and does not disappoint (that joke about the name 'Striker'). Chuck Connors plays a nice supporting role as The Sarge, but his role is unfortunately very short. William Shatner also shows up at the end to ridicule his own Star Trek image. However, his role is a direct copy of Robert Stack from the first film.
This sequel has some fun jokes (that girl running up to her grandma), but otherwise it kind of suffers the same fate as most comedy sequels and that's that it's a bit more of the same.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
