![]() Amusing Injuries: The Running Gag of Benson having sustained many of those in the past continues.Aerith and Bob: During Colonel Walter's torture scene, the interrogater turns towards the soldier assisting him, calling him "Phil".Richard Crenna portrays a parody of his Rambo character (Colonel Trautman) Troutman), named after his Our Miss Brooks character ( Denton Walters being named for Walter Denton).Lloyd Bridges narrating his scuba diving, just like when he was on Sea Hunt.Topper Harley and Benjamin Willard meet (and monologue) briefly.Action Politician: President Benson personally leads another strike team after Topper gets into trouble, and duels Saddam Hussein in a lightsaber match.He kills hundreds of Iraqi soldiers with his M-60 and makes use of some utterly hilarious weapons such as empty casings and a chicken. Action Hero: Played for Laughs with Topper.He signs up, though, when Walters is captured. Achilles in His Tent: Topper refuses to leave the Buddhist monastery and join the hostage rescue team, because he is still sulking over his breakup with Ramada.Absurdly Sharp Blade: Inverted Topper's sword breaks when it hits a wax candle.Topper then throws empty casings to kill ten enemy soldiers.After running out of arrows (all trying to hit just one guy who is completely oblivious to him) Topper improvises with a nearby chicken.( Ryan Stiles also returned but playing a different character.) New cast include Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, and Rowan Atkinson. Returning cast members include Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, and Jerry Haleva (as Saddam Hussein). Topper refuses, but when Walters is captured on the following rescue attempt, Topper agrees to go in and rescue everyone. His commanding officer Colonel Walters arrives to recruit him for a rescue mission to save American hostages from Saddam Hussein. This time the story is a near perfect recreation of Rambo III, where Topper has resigned himself to an Asian monk village. The movie did for Rambo what the original did for Top Gun. Hot Shots! Part Deux is the 1993 sequel to Hot Shots!. ![]() Ramada: Oh, Topper, I tried to stay away, I thought I was never going to see you again, that you were out of my life. Take a look at a list of films that he has said have influenced him.Topper: Why did you have to come here now? Of all the missions in all the jungles in the world, you had to come walking into this one. Perhaps more than almost any other filmmaker, Tarantino fills his movies with references to other films. Quentin Tarantino didn’t create his distinct style in a vacuum. ![]() In Tarantino’s dialogue-heavy films, food often speaks for itself. Without giving anything away, these similarities are crucial to the film’s climax, and they’ve all been established with barely a word. Both are loyal, and both are not to be messed with. ![]() This intercutting encourages the audience to notice the similarities between the dog and the man. The two then both devour their respective suppers simultaneously. It’s a meal that represents Cliff’s lifestyle as a whole - this is someone in arrested development. Cliff makes an overflowing plate for his pet, and we see how well-trained his canine friend is as Brandy waits for Cliff to finish preparing his own meal.Ĭliff’s dinner is one you might expect a hungry adolescent would make: a pot of mac ‘n’ cheese… eaten out of the pot. He’s got an entire cabinet dedicated to the burly pooch’s food. Max and Jackie’s relationship is one of the warmest of Tarantino’s filmography, and it’s this scene over a cup of coffee that makes that possible.įirst, we see that Cliff really loves this dog. When she reenters with the coffee, their conversation is less business-oriented, and more intimate. While Max is trying to figure out this mystery woman, she is obscured by kitchen cabinets in the other room while she makes the beverage. The making of coffee also gives the scene some dynamic blocking. When Jackie laments that the milk has gone bad, Max is perfectly content with black coffee. We also get to see the easy-going nature of Max on full display. Instead, Max accepts the offer, but only if Jackie herself is having some. Here, it’s a beverage to be shared, and, crucially, it isn’t being demanded. Notice how differently the presence of coffee is handled in comparison to the whiskey in the last scene.
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