Hot Shots!

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Charlie Sheen
Lt. Topper Harley, Rhett Butler, Superman

Cary Elwes
Lt. Kent Gregory

Valeria Golino
Ramada Thompson, Scarlett O'Hara, Lois Lane

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

Jim Abrahams
Director

Bill Badalato
Producer

Pat Proft
Executive Producer

Jim Abrahams
Screenwriter

Pat Proft
Screenwriter

Sylvester Levay
Original Music

Bill Butler
Cinematographer

Jane Kurson
Film Editor

Eric A. Sears
Film Editor

Mali Finn
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Audience Reviews for Hot Shots!

• Dec 24, 2015

  one of the better spoofs out there, Sheen makes for an excellent Tom Cruise in this take on Top Gun. The film jumps from joke to joke with total ease and should be a blue print to future filmmakers attempting such genre films. The sequel had a hard time topping this one.
  Brendan N Super Reviewer
• Aug 16, 2014

  <i>Top Gun</i> takes a turn for the funny in Jim Abrahams' <i>Hot Shots!</i>.<p>Flying in at 80+ minutes of screen time, the comedic spoof of a story manages to keep itself together with all the senseless antics. Much like any other comedy, the humor is hit and miss; however, <i>Hot Shots</i> does manage a good number of laughs, as it should with the constant barrage of senseless comedy written into the script.</p><p>The brain doesn't have to function at a high level to pick up on the fun. At the same time, a lot of it is easily relatable without having to be high on pop culture.</p><p>The faces of Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, and Cary Elwes, among others, do what they have to do in a film of this caliber. Lloyd Bridges is the star of the show. If there are laughs to be had, it is at his expense.</p><p><i>Hot Shots!</i> is a comedic quickie and a relaxing sit through. Nothing more, nothing less.</p>
  JY S Super Reviewer
• May 07, 2013

  One of the funniest spoof films ever made, Hot Shots! lampoons some of the most popular films of the '80s. Basically a parody of Top Gun, ace pilot Topper Harley is recruited and trained for a top secret mission, but is haunted by his past. Starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, and Lloyd Bridges, the cast is full of solid comedic talent. In addition to Top Gun, there are parodies of Dances With Wolves, Superman, Rocky, and 9 1/2 Weeks. The writing is particularly good; it does a great job at transitioning into parodies and knows just how far to take the goofball humor. A smart and hilarious comedy, Hot Shots! is full of laughs.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Dec 02, 2011

  Hot Shots is a good spoof film that constantly made me laugh, however I felt it was weaker compared to classic spoofs like The Naked Gun and Airplane. Charlie Sheen is hilarious and the rest of the cast was great, and it was even fun seeing him and Jon Cryer interact knowing they would be on one of the most famous TV sitcoms ever in about a deacde after this films release. The plot is exactly what we expect out of a spoof film, just a funny and stupid series of events. You will never see Top Gun the same way after this film, and I honestly enjoyed this even i it could've been so much better if it took some lessons from other classic spoofs.
  Bradley W Super Reviewer

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