Product: Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Rating: 1.0
Shameful failed attempt at duplicating a classic
Are you easily amused by recycled jokes that aren't up to par? If so buy this movie. If you demand quality then watch only the original Airplane.Instead of fresh new comedy this sequel attempts to RECYCLE old jokes from the original. Examples: More decaff coffee jokes, tossing cigarettes that blow up in the background, the scene where everyone lines up to slap sense into the woman who is having a breakdown. Who wrote this [stuff] script? A check of the credits reveals that apparently the original authors of the original Airplane (Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker) may not have even contributed to this film. Paramount should be ashamed of this. The lowest low is when an attempt is made to recycle the infamous opening of Airplane, when the recorded voices are heard arguing over "the red zone is for loading and unloading..." This occurs at 32:20 into the film if you must see a bad, awful attempt to recycle a joke.The original "Airplane" is a slapstick comedy classic. This sequel is a classic example of why hastily slapped together sequels rarely work.