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Airplane II: The Sequel

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6.1/10 • 1.1K

1982-12-101h 25m

Comedy

For the ride of your life... All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

Directors
Ken Finkleman
Editors
Dennis Virkler

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Lloyd Bridges

    Lloyd Bridges

    Steven McCroskey

  2. Raymond Burr

    Raymond Burr

    Judge D.C. Simonton

  3. Chuck Connors

    Chuck Connors

    The Sarge

  4. Rip Torn

    Rip Torn

    Bud Kruger / President Reagan

  5. John Dehner

    John Dehner

    The Commissioner

  6. Chad Everett

    Chad Everett

    Simon Kurtz

  7. Peter Graves

    Peter Graves

    Capt. Clarence Oveur

  8. Julie Hagerty

    Julie Hagerty

    Elaine Dickinson

  9. Robert Hays

    Robert Hays

    Ted Striker

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CinemaSerf

Jul 9, 2022

6/10

Well I suppose a sequel was bound to happen after the success of the first film, but sadly this isn't a patch on that. Essentially, this is exactly the same film only we substitute a lunar space shuttle for the aircraft. "Ted" (Robert Hays) has been certified (by "Perry Mason" himself - Raymond Burr) after his wartime PTSD finally got the better of him - or, perhaps because he was just aware of flaws in the systems of the shuttle that the big bosses wanted to overlook. Anyway, he manages to escape custody and get a black-market ticket for the flight that duly goes awry. Can he stop it from crashing into the moon-base and thereby really irking William Shatner's "Murdock"? Most of the cast from the first outing have stuck with this, and there are quite a few entertaining parodies for the likes of Burr, Shatner, Chuck Connors, Bono and Rip Torn but the comedy ship had already sailed. This is a feeble imitation that struggles right from the start to find that sweet spot; the humour is more crass and vulgar delivering more emphasis on the disjointed box office cameos rather than providing us with a decent plot. It's watchable but quite forgettable.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$27,200,000.00
Keywords
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