Airplane II: The Sequel Movie
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For the ride of your life... All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!
Just when you thought it safe to go back into the departure lounge.
The hero of an unlikely airplane disaster must overcome his own inadequacies, improbable accidents and his former girlfriend in order to save a space shuttle from destruction in this spoof sequel of the disaster parody Airplane!
| Robert Hays | Ted Striker |
| Julie Hagerty | Elaine Dickinson |
| Lloyd Bridges | Steven McCroskey |
| Chuck Connors | The Sarge |
| Peter Graves | Capt. Clarence Oveur |
| William Shatner | Cdr. Buck Murdock |
| Chad Everett | Simon Kurtz |
| David Paymer | |
| Raymond Burr | Judge D.C. Simonton |
| Rip Torn | Bud Kruger/President Reagan |
| John Vernon | Dr. Stone |
| Stephen Stucker | Controller Jacobs/Courtroom Clerk |
| Kent McCord | Navigator Dave Unger |
| James A. Watson Jr. | First Officer Dunn |
| John Dehner | The Commissioner |
| Sonny Bono | Joe Seluchi |
| Ken Finkleman |
5.70 out of 10 (9426 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Very funny!
posted on 27 Aug 2009This is a pretty good movie, not as good as the first, but still a great movie. Where did Leslie Nielsen go? He would have been great in this movie. Some of the jokes are corny, and then some are very funny. Overall this is a decent movie that gets a 7/10 on my scale. This movie was ranked down for no Leslie Nielsen, and some corny humor. This movie is very surprisingly rated PG. This movie contains 2 scenes of nudity, swearing, and a lot of sex related humor. This movie would be fine for around 13 and up.
Comedy Genius: The Sequel
posted on 22 Aug 2009Another fantastic movie. Airplane! was fabulous this one was almost just as good. Instead of a plane we have a space shuttle and this is set in futuristic times. One thing this movie missed was the presence of Leslie Nielsen(except in a flashback from the first movie). Once again I'd have to say Stephen Stucker had many of the movies funniest lines in his role as Jacobs. William Shatner replaces Robert Stack in the role of talking Striker down...however I think Stack was a little better. Nevertheless this is a very, very funny movie. Keeps you laughing from the beginning to the end.
Sequel? More like Airplane the remake
posted on 12 Aug 2009I couldn't count how many of the jokes in this movie were in the original. I enjoyed some of the last part of the movie. But overall it felt more like a remake to me than a sequel. It just goes to prove most sequels are bad ideas. And in Spoof movies it's always a bad idea to make a sequel. Like you have the very good "Naked Gun". Then you have "Naked Gun 2 & 1/2: The Smell of Fear" and "Naked Gun 33 & 1/3: The Final Insult". Both okay movies, but didn't even come close to the original. Mel Brooks, to my knowledge, never made a sequel. I wonder why? Airplane II: The Sequel, I give it 5 out of 10. See the original.
One of the funniest sequels ever
posted on 03 Aug 2009This is one of the funniest sequels ever. It has all of the same types of jokes, the same writing style, the same filming style, and a hilarious cast of people who understand exactly what it takes to make a movie funny.The site gags, the plays on words, the silly facial expressions and the overall humor of this movie works so well that I can watch it over and over without losing any real fun value.I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who liked the first movie or who can watch a funny movie without taking it seriously at all.I think that this is one of the first movies that William Shatner was in that I really liked, and he helped add a lot to the fun value of the movie. It might be that this is one of the first movies he was in where he did not take himself seriously, making it even funnier.
Not bad but the original is better
posted on 13 Jul 2009I'm not usually a fan of sequels but this is one of the few that I enjoy. It's not as good as the original, but then, nothing is. Too many of the jokes are taken from the original but there are still some good ones here. One of my favourite gags is when Captain Oveur is trying to shut down the computer, this scene manages to spoof 2001 and Peter Graves' role in the Mission Impossible TV series simultaneously. The shift to a space setting allows for the sequel to spoof a few sci-fi classics as well, including the scrolling text opening from Star Wars. This film also contains one of the rarest things in the world, a performance from William Shatner that doesn't make you want to punch him! He plays his role with gusto and there is a great moment when he looks through the periscope and sees the Starship Enterprise.Overall I would describe this as a good movie, but it's probably not a good idea to compare it to the original or you will be disappointed.
Typical sequel!
posted on 16 Jun 2009Airplane! (the original, that is) was better, but you can still revel in ridiculous humor just for the fun of it. Johnny is back, as is the glue-sniffing, barbituate-downing McCrosky. Some of the jokes are stale and just left over from the first movie, but you don't watch this film for its social importance. More totally unrelated, non sequitor lines abound. My favorite line: I want a profile on everyone who has seen The Sound of Music more than four times!Where did THAT one come from? That's the stuff Airplane is made of. Yes!
Not as good as the original... but still darned funny...
posted on 20 Apr 2009It's hard to follow perfection....I gave the original Airplane 10/10. It's one of my top five movies of all time. Airplane II is pretty darned close, I give it 8/10.A lot of the material is a retread of the first movie. However, William Shatner makes an unforgettable appearance. I can't get enough of him making the "shhhhh" sound to make the doors on the moon base open....Our favorite gay character Johnny has a great moment as well with his famous bit, "Well... first the earth cooled... then the dinosaurs came..."Other highlights include: Over Under and Dunn, Simon turning to Jello, Sonny Bono buying a bomb at an airport gift shop, blowing the computer, and my favorite... the playing of the mission impossible theme while Peter Graves gets gassed.If you liked Airplane, I promise you'll like the sequel!
More of the Same, but in the Future
posted on 14 Apr 2009It is the future. People are getting ready for there first transport to the Moon to live in Moon colonies, and Ted Striker knows something bad is going to happen. The Roc 4000 computer goes nuts and kills the crew of the spaceship and sets the ship towards the sun. If Striker can't take back the ship and change it's course they will all fry. Sequel to Airplane! is mainly a parody on 2001, with all the original Airplane! jokes thrown back in. Most of the cast has returned including Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, and even the jive talking dude. William Shatner and Sunny Bono are very good as a few new characters. Is it funny? Yes, but not as funny as the first. People who enjoyed the first one should enjoy this one. Fairly average comedy. **out of **** Note: After the end credits they say Airplane 3 coming soon. It never came.
Not as funny as the original but still fun!
posted on 05 Apr 2009Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) is a lesser shade from its original (though not by much and therefore almost just as funny). Again, this film by the filmmakers of Naked Gun, Hot Shots!, and Scary Movie 3 and 4, have put together the right ensemble (which reunites Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, and the late Lloyd Bridges). William Shatner also has a very funny cameo (which is Star Trek inspired - could it be anything else?!) as the Lunar Commander Buck Murdock. One actor I sorely miss from the first film is Leslie Nielsen (the Shirely man!). Oh well, regardless, this is a funny film and you should see this right after seeing the first film. A 7 out of 10.
Its a good sequel
posted on 13 Feb 2009OK, so it wasn't as good as the original and it used some of the same gags... But the same gags are still funny and the new ones were hilarious. Considering the absence of Leslie Nielsen and the ZAZ trio, i was pretty impressed and rate it as a deserving sequel to one of my favourite films of all time. I gave it a 10/10 if only for the jive guy in the court trial, which I thought was better than the jive scene in Airplane!
Almost as funny as the original
posted on 21 Dec 2008Like most people, I was a huge fan of the first "Airplane." This is not quite as good as the Zucker/Abrahams comedy classic, but it's almost as good, and that's quite an accomplishment. Though Ken Finkleman is in the director's chair this time around, it still has that Zucker Bros. feel, and the timing of the gags (for the most part) is still razor sharp. There are even moments that pay homage to the first movie, like bringing back the ebonics-speaking passenger for the trial scene. That's a gag you could never get away with now in our politically correct times. I was hesitant to watch this movie at first, but I was talking to my friend on the phone who said he liked this movie just as much as the original, and lo and behold, the film came on cable a couple nights later. So I watched it, and found myself laughing almost as much as I did when I saw the first "Airplane." One mild criticism would be that the verbal puns get a little repetitive at times. It would be great if Leslie Nielsen reprised his role, but most of the cast is back. I don't think it would be as effective if Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Lloyd Bridges dropped out of the cast. Even if you loved the first "Airplane," you should enjoy the sequel as well. That's not something I say very often.
Even funnier than the first one
posted on 09 Nov 2008This inevitable sequel to "Airplane" surprisingly delivers even more genuine laughs and sight gags than its hilarious predecessor did. Robert Hays reprises his role as Ted Stryker. This time, he escapes from a mental hospital and seizes control of a commercial space shuttle that a mad bomber (Sonny Bono) has rigged and placed a time bomb on. Stryker must disarm the bomb and prevent the shuttle from crashing into the sun. Most of the original cast members return and are all even funnier the second time around. Once again several TV stars (including William Shatner in a scene stealing cameo) shine plenty of light on the hilarious proceedings.
Jon Monsarrat review: very silly but good if you like that
posted on 28 Oct 2008"Airplane II" is one of those films you either love or you hate. If you like wacky comedy, like the British comedy "Monty Python" or the recent "Rat Race", you'll probably make it through Airplane II. Or if you like puns, this is definitely your film -- but it's not lowbrow bathroom humor. It's sort of stupid comedy for intellectuals, rather than stupid comedy for, um, well, let's just say it's dumb but it's not "Dumb and Dumber".If you don't like the first 10 minutes it won't get any better. I you do like it, rent "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".Who should see this film:-- Very silly people only, or anyone else but on a rainy daywhen you have nothing better to do. Really really rainy.-- Kids, although this is not a kids film, they can sit throughanything, right?"Airplane II" gets a "bad but bad means good" 7 out of 10.
Oveur was over Unger, and I was under Dunn.
posted on 19 Sep 2008Another hilarious spoof of disaster films, this one takes most of the cast of the original "Airplane!" and puts them in the future where space shuttle travel is the hot new thing. Robert Hayes and Julie Hagerty reprise their roles as Ted Stryker and Elaine Dickinson, two bumbling and likeable characters who fall in love (like so many times before...) during the inevitable breakdown of... well... EVERYTHING on the Mayflower 1's maiden voyage to the moon. Some of the jokes are tired retreads of the earlier film's efforts, but most are rapid fire gags that hit the mark every time.I'm still surprised that NBC didn't develop a sitcom based on Stephen Stucker's character of Johnny..."Tell me everything that's happened so far, Johnny.""Well, first the Earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they died and turned to oil. And then the Arabs started buying Mercedes Benzes. And then Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes, I couldn't believe it..."
More of the same
posted on 01 Sep 2008Airplane II - The sequel is quite literally more of the same, same cast (I'm glad to say) except Leslie Nielson (shame that) same jokes (Most of which still work well) same plot (Only this time we are in space) and the same hero.Given all of the above, you may wonder why bother? Put simply - it's still funny, it's still better than a lot of spoof movies and OH YES! why change a winning formula.Aiplane 2 is inferior to its predecessor in every way, but if you enjoyed the first film, you'll be entertained by the sequel (Just not quite as much) 8/10
Funny...
posted on 23 Aug 2008And that's all that matters. Of course, this isn't on the same level as the first "Airplane!", but it's a good parody movie, even without the ZAZ team around.The main actors reprise their roles and that makes it seem like a legit sequel (Sorry - no Leslie Nielsen here). Only this time it's set in an alternate, absurd future and the aircraft is heading toward the moon.The sight gags are there, the verbal puns are there, and the plot manages to keep the funny and treat the absurdity of it all with naturality. However, many jokes are recycled from the first one - they're still funny, but this means that "Airplane II" just doesn't have the same staying power as the original - I liked it, but I'm not in a hurry to rewatch it again anytime soon. The first one just never gets old.Another problem is that some jokes that are repeated WAY too much. It's like, without ZAZ, they just couldn't figure out when to stop at the right time, and that makes some jokes not so funny after a while.But if you forget there was a first movie, you will have fun with this silly little comedy. It delivers the goods - laughs - and that's all that really matters in the end.
Plenty of laughs.
posted on 30 Aug 2009There are plenty of laughs in Airplane 2, just not as many as the first film. I did enjoy this movie but was left wanting more.