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Older parody movies were great in taking blockbuster hits and making fun of them without most of the jokes being over the top sex jokes, adding drugs, or cussing all the time. And Hot Shots! is one of those great older parody movies.
Taking a lot from Top Gun, Hot Shots! has Charlie Sheen playing a hot shot fighter pilot, Topper Harley, who's father was a fighter pilot and was rumored to have caused his co-pilots death 20 years earlier and Harley freaks out every time his father is mentioned.
He has left the Navy and is convinced to return for a up coming mission. When he reaches the base, Harley's attempts to woo his therapist Ramada which happens to be Kent Gregory, Harley's rival because Gregory's father was Harley's father's co-pilot.
All while that is going on a aerospace company bribes Harley's fighter commander to sabotage the up coming mission so that a company can convince the Navy to use their new fighter.
And of course all the while hilarity ensues with crazy references, physical comedy, and weird situations.
The writing for this movie is great, bringing lots of jokes and laughs that are genuinely funny.
Hot Shots! has a top notch cast with Cary Elwes playing the rival pilot, Valeria Golino playing the love interest, Lloyd Bridges playing the absent minded air base leader, and a bunch of supporting cast members adding characters that bring wonderful laughs all around.
I find today's parodies that have come out recently to be really, really, really out of taste and watching a parody like Hot Shots! makes really wish that people would stop watching today's parodies and demand more of these.
7/10
