With as many as there are, it's only to be expected that quite a few are duds. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of the failures occur during the last third of the movie so, while the first hour is decently-paced with the humor keeping it afloat, the final portion is occasionally tedious. There are a couple of real winners in Part Deux . Sheen and Golino wade through this film with gloriously deadpan expressions, playing it straight no matter how outlandish the story becomes. As is true of Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun pictures, this is one of the film's assets.
Satire often works best when it's intentionally modelled after bad drama.
Oddly enough, one wonders if the Rambo films were the best choice for a spoof, since the second and third installments came close to self-parody in their own right. Nevertheless, not enough of Part Deux gels to make it much of a success, even for its genre. There are many instances when the film is too obvious in its attempts at humor. Forcing jokes more often leads to them falling flat than working and, in Part Deux , this happens repeatedly. Those who enjoyed the original Hot Shots will doubtless be entertained by the second part, as will moviegoers who laughed their way through Loaded Weapon One .