Here’s the official synopsis for Big Shot season 2: “One from the Vault” is a recurring feature that explores the wide selection of movies that the Netflix Instant Streaming service has to offer that are out of print, unavailable, or just hard to find in other formats.The first season ended with the team earning a spot in a higher division, but as the trailer for Big Shot season 2 shows (see below), there are just as many problems off the court as there are on. Fortunately, Netflix tries to fill the void. If not, check it out on Netflix!Ĭatalog titles are still playing catch-up on Blu-ray, and DVDs drop out of circulation all the time. If you’re a fan of Lloyd Bridges, Charlie Sheen or Jim Abrahams, chances are you’ve seen this one already. The scenes that are great make up for the inconsistencies, but it’s occasionally distracting. I’ll have to rent the DVD to see if this is something I forgot from the film. This happens occasionally from shot to shot in a few scenes. There are scenes where the color, detail, flesh tones and blacks are truly high-def, and others that are almost fuzzy. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t. You might think, as has been the case in many of these older films I’ve look at for the Vault, that daytime outdoor and well-lit indoor scenes would look much better. There is slight grain almost throughout the entirety of the film. Colors can be a bit drab and the blacks murky. How does the Netflix HD stream look? Really, and rather strangely, inconsistent. I said in the opening that the first film was better, but I’m wrestling with that since I really enjoyed both. Lloyd Bridges is his typical AWESOME self and truly steals every scene he’s in. Sheen got pretty buffed up for the role and turns in a great performance. The all-star cast includes Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Richard Crenna, Rowan Atkinson, Miguel Ferrer and Valeria Golino. Abrahams shares the writing credit with Pat Proft, who penned the likes of ‘Police Academy’ and ‘Bachelor Party’. It may even be a joke-every-15-seconds as this one holds no punches. ‘Hot Shots! Part Deux’ is a great joke-a-minute funfest from director Jim Abrahams (‘Airplane!’, ‘Top Secret’). All in all, there are some super funny parts and the gags hit more than they miss. Also in the plot is Topper’s lost love and his new gal, the CIA operative running the show now. Of course, Harley is busy living with monks, fighting for money and watching TV – not to mention that, “His war is over.” Crenna gets captured and Harley agrees to go in. The only hope is to send in Richard Crenna, shamelessly spoofing his role in the ‘Rambo’ series, who is hesitant to go into battle without his best student, Topper Harley. soldiers, and several attempts to rescue them have failed. In the movie, it seems that the Iraqi military has captured U.S. These goings on and many more, plus just about every conceivable popular movie, all get screen time goofing here. Bush had vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan. The Persian Gulf War had ended in 1991 and George H. It was 1993, just two short years after the first film was released. The current events from the time of this film’s production are all addressed. ‘Hot Shots! Part Deux’ follows the continuing adventures of Topper Harley (Sheen). Here comes some prime pre-crazy Charlie Sheen. With Jim Abrahams and an all-star cast, how could you go wrong? In this week’s dig through the Netflix Vault, we wonder why only ‘Hot Shots! Part Deux’ is streaming in HD, but not its slightly funnier prequel.
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