Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 Directed by Ken Finkleman
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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!
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Allow me to start by saying that is probably the most pointless and unnecessary sequel in the history of cinema. Airplane! is a complete one-off; it’s hilarious, it’s barmy and it’s totally of its time. No other comedy has come close to matching Airplane!’s complete and utter disdain for rules and conventions and been such a blinding success. It should have been obvious to everyone involved that no other film, least of all a sequel, would ever be able to match Airplane! without being nothing more than a pale imitation. Nevertheless, blinded by money and a complete disregard for originality, Ken Finkleman decided to plough ahead anyway. The resulting film is exactly what everyone knew it would be; a…
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I'm only doing this review because I feel a numeral score isn't enough to convey my full opinion of this movie. Feelings were hurt, tears were shed and laughs were(n't) had, and now I must vent. Shall we?
First of all, I must declare that I'm a big fan of the original Airplane and its style of humor. Even at 30+ years since release, its delivery of deadpan humor never fails to get me in one way or another. The Zucker/Abrahams team, responsible for such classic series as The Naked Gun or Police Squad!, left us some of the biggest laughs of the 1980s and Airplane is, to me, their best work to date.
So why did it take me…
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As everybody else has said in their reviews, it's just the same jokes but done badly, like having that person you know who thinks he's funny, but isn't funny, tell you a Jimmy Carr gag.
I also found it really offensively sexist. It's a bug bear of mine in most films, I guess, but this was just a bit lecherous. "Haha lets look at these boobs for a bit". It wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't seem like they weren't aware of how pervy the whole thing was. Just showing tits isn't funny. Nudity is only funny on its own when it's a naked cock because, lets face it, cocks look ridiculous.
It also needed Leslie Nielsen. Shatner…
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This is just the same movie as the first one. It's not a sequel, it's a repeat. Don't do what I did and watch both on the same day.
Strictly for the William Shatner completionists.
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This is a funny movie. Most of the jokes are copied from the original. However they still work. Slow at parts but still funny enough. The acting is good. The script is written well enough. It isn't a great sequel but it's a decent enough sequel. It has nothing on the original but still. Mostly worth a watch.
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Does its bit for the environment by recycling jokes.
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"Things sure haven't changed."
Yes they have, and for the worse. Still like it though.
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Jimmy: Can I ask you a question?
Striker: What is it?
Jimmy: It's an interrogative statement, used to test knowledge. But that's not important now, mister. -
This is not a good sequel at all. Only a few raised smiles but they're only there because they're only repeating some of the good jokes from the first film. Became extremely tedious by the end.
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This was on right after the first one. How could I resist a mini-marathon?
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The jokes are 50/50 hit and miss. Ultimately not as good as the original, but still has some entertaining moments. It's also a bit surprising to see how much boobage can show up in a PG film, even if they were more lenient about the rating system back then (back when PG meant something).
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Turpinājums Cukera, Cukera, Abrahama (CCA) Airplane!. Otro daļu gan režisē cits cilvēks- Kens Finkelmans. Joki praktiski tie paši, līdz ar to Finkelmans neko jaunu Airplane! neieviesa. Tās pašas CCA vārdu spēles, kuras bija pirmajā daļā. Stāsts arī tas pats tikai šoreiz padumjie varoņi un pasažieri lido uz mēnesi. Vārdu sakot šajā filmā nav nekas orģināls, bet priekš piektdienas vakara komēdijas ir labi.
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I'm only doing this review because I feel a numeral score isn't enough to convey my full opinion of this movie. Feelings were hurt, tears were shed and laughs were(n't) had, and now I must vent. Shall we?
First of all, I must declare that I'm a big fan of the original Airplane and its style of humor. Even at 30+ years since release, its delivery of deadpan humor never fails to get me in one way or another. The Zucker/Abrahams team, responsible for such classic series as The Naked Gun or Police Squad!, left us some of the biggest laughs of the 1980s and Airplane is, to me, their best work to date.
So why did it take me…
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Funny, yes. Repetitious, absolutely. A halfway decent accomplishment by a Canadian writer/director who was big in LA for a second. The space shuttle setting now seems pretty stupid though, as do some of the extraneous characters, Shatner especially seems to not get that he might need to draw from something other than his own persona. The trial is one of my more favorite original scenes, but the film on a whole seems to have just been recycled, like half the sets in the film scrounged from the Wrath of Kahn stages. The fabulous Joe Biroc returned to make sure his jokey lighting was still present and Elmer Bernstain's original score is around , along with the best non verbal jokes-two…
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Not as good as the original one, but still worth the laughs. The nonsense is all around, so, to fully appreciate the movie, you must be aware of everything that happens in the background too.