I’m not talking about the swashbucklers of the 1930s. Speaking of which, if you thought the James Bond fencing scene in Die Another Day was the best fencing sequence in action movie history, prepare to be educated. But in that remaining 30 minutes there are many more deaths, including those of a young Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a. With 30 minutes still in the film, Hot Shots! surpasses Robocop’s body count. So many bullets fly that the body count rises faster than the human mind can count. At times, Topper is up his waist in expended shells (literally). When the bullets start to fly Topper and crew demonstrate that they are no strangers to hot, flying lead. Even the referee feel the thrust of his fist, to mind-numbing effect. With just his bare hands wrapped in cloth and caramel, Topper tears down a martial arts dojo and defeats a leading kick boxer in hand-to-hand combat. The film wastes no time showing Topper’s martial prowess. How ‘Point Break’ Perfectly Balances Ironic and Sincere Awesomeness One of the highlights of Hot Shots! is when these ladies compete in an American Gladiators competition, which Golino wins via the joust. ![]() ![]() She’s the more demure, yet exotic of the ladies and makes a good evil-twin to Bakke’s seductive temptress role. Valeria Golino plays the primary love interest. Truth be told, Bakke should’ve had every role Cattrall and Sandra Bullock got in the 90s because she’s more appealing in every way. In the film, she resembles a young Kim Cattrall in in appearance, though Bakke is far hotter. Brenda Bakke played the secondary love interest, the more sensual and erotic of the two. Charlie Sheen had a surprisingly Van-Damme-esque physique for this role and it showed.īut the real stars of this films were the seductive women. In 1993, packing on some muscle for an action role was expected. It’s funny how modern action movie stars don’t bother getting ripped because their characters are gifted superheroes. Red Dawn: Back When American High Schoolers Kicked Russian ButtĬharlie Sheen returns to his role as Topper Harley. The first movie to do this well was Hot Shots! Part Deux. Even fewer movies can combine these elements into fast-paced thriller of a film. Few action movies blend all these elements into one cohesive plot. There is an ebb and flow between shoot outs, dialog, explosions, intrigue, martial arts, and sex. “It was cosmically bitchin’.Even the best action movies have a certain rhythm to them. 13 years apart, we’re finally back together and he’s talking about the same food’” he chuckles. “The next thing we do together is the pilot for Two and a Half Men and his character has a line that mentions veal piccata. “We’re not on screen together all that much in Hot Shots! because he’s largely in the control tower, but there’s a bizarre moment where he’s being pulled by an ambulance, slams into it and says ‘Why thank you Andre, I’ll have the veal piccata’,” says Sheen. We all auditioned for it and he got it,” laughs Sheen, referencing Director Jerry Schatzberg’s 1984 rom-com that co-starred Demi Moore. “We crossed paths in the early 80’s audition days and everybody was pissed at him because No Small Affair was the hottest script in town. ![]() The film also paired Sheen with his future Two and a Half Men co-star John Cryer, who played as the visually impaired Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach - however it wasn’t the first time they’d met. Jon Cryer in a still from Hot Shots! (20th Century Fox) “I had done Men at Work, Navy Seals and The Rookie and none of them really did any business,” recalls Sheen, speaking exclusively to Yahoo. Read more: Sheen, Depp, Dillon enjoy Platoon reunion ![]() It was helmed by Jim Abrahams, one third of the relentless comedy braintrust that brought us 1980’s goofy masterpiece Airplane!, the movie that rebranded Nielsen as a comic icon and forever changed the face of modern comedy with its ridiculous humour and dedication to deadly serious line delivery.įor Sheen, the chance to work with someone responsible for creating one of the most influential comedies of all time wasn’t just too good to pass up: it was a lifelong dream. Taking its comedy cues from Tony Scott’s high-flying and more-than-a-little camp 1986 fighter pilot flick Top Gun, Hot Shots! (coming to Disney+ on 30 July) wasn’t just any old laugh-a-minute parody. Detail from the poster for Hot Shots! (20th Century Fox)ģ0 years ago this week, Hot Shots! introduced audiences to Charlie Sheen’s Topper Harley cockpit pro, tortured hero and the man behind the best deadpan comedy performance since Leslie Nielsen boarded an aeroplane and asked people to stop calling him Shirley.
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