

Wilson, who has recently built a new "Super Fighter" that will make the American pilots superior. Meanwhile, Topper gets into a feud with another fighter pilot, Kent Gregory, Mailman's son and a former boyfriend of Ramada, who blames Buzz Harley for his father's death and believes Topper is dangerous.īlock starts privately meeting with an airplane tycoon, Mr. His therapist, Ramada, tries to stop Topper from flying, but she relents, and also starts to fall in love with him. Harley experiences intense psychological problems, especially when his father is mentioned. Navy, to help on a new top secret mission: Operation Sleepy Weasel, commanded by the senile and accident-prone Admiral Benson.

Commander Block asks him to return to active duty as a pilot in the U.S. Topper Harley wakes up from a nightmare he is having about the event when Lt. Although Mailman survives, he is mistaken for a deer owing to the branches stuck to his helmet and is shot by a hunter. A pilot named Leland "Buzz" Harley loses control of his plane and ejects, leaving his co-pilot Dominic "Mailman" Farnham to crash. The film begins at Flemner Air Base 20 years in the past. The film is primarily a parody of Top Gun, with some scenes spoofing other popular films, including 9½ Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dances with Wolves, Marathon Man, Rocky, Superman, and Gone with the Wind.Ī sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux, was released in 1993, with Sheen, Golino, and Bridges reprising their roles. It stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Kristy Swanson, and Bill Irwin.

Hot Shots! is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of Airplane!, and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft.
