DVD Movie Rating for: Hot Shots

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Hot Shots

Topper Harley, a top gun fighter pilot, is recalled to serve on the SS Essess. Topper's mission is to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear plants. Unfortunately, Topper is psychologically imbalanced and is sure to crack under pressure.

"Top Gun" meets "Airplane!" Ace pilot Topper Harley is asked to come back to the Navy for a special assignment (he dropped out to go live with Native Americans after an incident made him doubt his abilities). He has personality conflicts with the other Top Gun, as they are both romantically interested in the same woman. An aerospace company's owner is trying to sabotage the mission so the current fighter jet will be scrapped in favor of his jets.

DVD Production Details of: Hot Shots

Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes

Director: Jim Abrahams

Format: Color, Closed-captioned

Studio: Fox Home Entertainment

DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002
DVD Features:
Theatrical trailer(s)

"Making of an Important Movie" featurette

Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Hot Shots

• Charlie Sheen .... Lt. Topper Harley
• Cary Elwes .... Lt. Kent Gregory
• Valeria Golino .... Ramada Thompson
• Lloyd Bridges .... Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson
• Kevin Dunn .... Lt. Cmdr. James Block
• Jon Cryer .... Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
• William O'Leary .... Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson
• Kristy Swanson .... Kowalski
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr. .... Wilson
• Bill Irwin .... Buzz Harley
• Heidi Swedberg .... Mrs. Mary 'Dead Meat' Thompson
• Bruce A. Young .... 'Red' Herring
• Ryan Stiles .... 'Mailman' Farnham
• Rino Thunder .... Owatonna, 'The Old One'
• Mark Arnott .... Rosener

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Reviews of the movie: Hot Shots

The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an ax to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux

This is so funny it's unbearable. Topper is the best. The sequel is Hilarious.