DVD Movie Rating for: Airplane 2 - The Sequel

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Airplane 2 - The Sequel

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!

Years have passed since Ted Striker heroically saved many lives by avoiding a plane crash. Working as a test pilot for a new Lunar Shuttle, he gets innocently sent into a mental ward after a crash of the badly constructed, computer-navigated spaceship. When he hears that the exactly same type of shuttle is scheduled for a moon flight soon, he breaks out to hinder the launch. Aboard, Ted finds his ex-ex Elaine Dickinson working as stewardess again and her fiancé Simon, a member of the committee that wants the Mayflower I to be launched. In flight, the ship's computer ROK 9000 takes control, killing the crew. Ted and Elaine manage to switch it off, and now it is up to Ted again to save the passengers' lives - if there only wouldn't be these flashbacks to the war and these people who know Ted and have no faith in his abilities at all.

DVD Production Details of: Airplane 2 - The Sequel

Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty

Director: Ken Finkleman

Format: Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned

Studio: Paramount Home Video

DVD Release Date: October 24, 2000
DVD Features:
Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Airplane 2 - The Sequel

• Robert Hays .... Ted Striker
• Julie Hagerty .... Elaine Dickinson
• Lloyd Bridges .... Steven McCrosky
• Chad Everett .... Simon Kurtz
• Peter Graves .... Capt. Clarence Oveur
• Chuck Connors .... The Sarge
• William Shatner .... Cdr. Buck Murdock
• Raymond Burr .... Judge D.C. Simonton
• John Vernon .... Dr. Stone
• Stephen Stucker .... Controller Jacobs/Courtroom Clerk
• Kent McCord .... Dave Unger
• James A. Watson Jr. .... Dunn
• John Dehner .... The Commissioner
• Rip Torn .... Bud Kruger/President Reagan
• Sonny Bono .... Joe Seluchi

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Airplane 2 - The Sequel

Reviews of the movie: Airplane 2 - The Sequel

The 1982 sequel to Airplane! is basically more of the same class-clown ironies but with a more forced feeling to the jokes. In the first film, veterans such as Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Lloyd Bridges were feeling their way through self-parody, and the air of experimentation was part of the fun. By this film, however, everybody knows what's up, and the assuredness of new cast members Raymond Burr, William Shatner, and Chuck Connors is almost counterproductive. Still, there's lots to laugh about

My favorite parts are when Elaine says "I love you, Ted" and everyone on the plane smiles, when Ted says the engine is starting to shake up and everyone screams, McCroskey asks Johnny what's happened up till now, and the trial. Most of the cast from the first movie is back (except for Leslie Nielson, too bad), and William Shatner is a great addition. Louise Sorel from Days of Our Lives has a very funny cameo as a nurse. A funny sequel.