Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Eric Stevenson The original film was my favorite comedy of all time. This isn't good, but it certainly isn't terrible. Given the status of modern spoof movies, it's still the best movie ever. I think my main problem with this flick is that it just reuses many jokes from the first one. The weird thing is that the jokes they do use are funny. It just doesn't do anything that the original didn't do better.The two leads from the last movie still haven't gotten their relationship back together. I missed Leslie Neilsen. At least we got Johnny back! It's a pity the famous people who worked on the first movie aren't back. Weird, I thought William Shatner only had like a cameo in this movie. He actually did have a pretty relevant part. **1/2

tomgillespie2002 The original Airplane! from 1980 is highly regarded as one of the funniest films of all time, and most certainly the best 'spoof' ever made. Boasting the writing talents of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (Z/A/Z), the film accurately lampooned the formulaic disaster movies from the 1970's, which commonly boasted a ridiculously large roster of former A-list superstars to battle against whatever crisis they found themselves caught up in. It was a huge success, but Z/A/Z scoffed at the idea of a sequel. Paramount decided to go ahead and make one anyway despite the protestations of the creators, and hired the writer of Grease 2 (1982) to make the magic happen once again.Predictably, Airplane II - amusingly subtitled The Sequel - doesn't come close to matching the hilarity of the original, doing what most bad comedy sequels do and re-hashing most of the humour that worked so well previously, only without the same conviction or execution. Most of the original cast return, and this time find themselves on board a lunar shuttle named Mayflower One headed for the moon (it's set in the near future). It short-circuits, causing its on-board AI to go insane and change course for the Sun. Ted Stryker (Robert Hays), the hero from the first movie, escapes from the insane asylum he was placed in by his employers after he discovered technical problems with the space shuttles, and boards the Mayflower in the hope of averting disaster. Also on board is his old flame Elaine (Julie Hagerty), who is now engaged to one of the flight crew, Simon Kurtz (Chad Everett).Despite the absence of the original writers, there are still a few laughs to be had throughout the film, namely in the form of the permanently stressed and chain-smoking air traffic controller Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) and his incessantly chirpy assistant Jacobs (Stephen Strucker). There are welcome new faces as well, such as Chuck Connors, Raymond Burr, Rip Torn and William Shatner. But the saddest thing is that the best jokes are the ones re-worked from the original, with writer/director Ken Finkleman failing to inject enough humour to make this one stand out on its own and not just be remembered as the weak sequel to one of the funniest farces ever made. The surprise stand-out from the original, the late, great Leslie Nielsen, also sadly doesn't return. Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker claimed on a DVD commentary that they have never seen this film, and they'd probably do well to keep it that way.

Desertman84 Airplane II: The Sequel is the sequel of the 1980 satirical comedy Airplane,which received a lot of praise for being a great film that parodies accident genre films that became popular during the 70's. It was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and it features Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono. Without the involvement of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker unlike in the original,this film does not hold a candle to the timeless classic.The significant difference in this film and the original is that the event takes place in the spaceship headed towards the moon after an airplane crew was assigned by the management to take over.While it may still offer tons of laughter especially with tons of references based on frequent sex and drugs,it wasn't as funny as the first film.Despite of it,it was still a film worth one's while and it is nice to see stars like Hagerty,Hays and the rest get together again for one sequel of Airplane.

David Love You do need to watch Aiplane first, but this is a good laugh in its own right. Most of the favourite characters are here, this time in the first passenger space shuttle to the moon: Julie Hagerty as Elaine, torn between weak boyfriend Simon (Chad Everett) and battle wounded Striker (Robert Hays) who sneaks on to the shuttle then has to pilot it home.The cockpit crew this time around consists of Oveur, Unger and Dunn who had previously served together in the Air Force ("That's right. Dunn was over Unger and I was over Dunn.... So, you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur, even though I was under Dunn").The misunderstandings are still there: (Can I ask you a question? What is it? It's an interrogative statement, used to test knowledge. But that's not important now) Great to see some old-timers: Chuck Connors as Sarge, Lloyd Bridges as McCrosky (I love the gag where he poses against a desk in front of a photo of him posing against a desk, in front of a photo of him...). As this is a sort of Star Trek version, it's brilliant to see William Shatner in a gloriously mad cameo.Even as a Brit 30 years on I can get the gags about Ronald Reagan and the 'Psycho Month' magazine with Alexander (I'm in charge) Haig on the cover.I love the trial sequence with Raymond Burr as the judge. Listen to the prosecutor's footsteps. I missed that on the first couple of viewings. The jive testimony "So Blood hammered out and jammed jet ship. Tightened that bad sucker inside the runway like a mother. Sheeet." (translated as: So Mr Striker took control and landed that plane safely. Golly!). I do think it was a mistake to revisit the 'hysterical woman' sequence, not because it isn't funny but because we see Leslie Nielsen in a flashback from Airplane and he is sadly missed from Airplane 2. The best sequence is the 'Buddy couldn't handle it' one but it should have been cut at 'I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande'.I also love the sequence where the Japanese and Chinese guys overhear Ted and Elaine's conversation. The Japanese guy understands English so when he hears 'this ship could blow any second' he spits out his drink. The Chinese asks what that was and the Japanese guy translates. Now the Chinese guy spits out his drink. The timing is perfect.Yeah. Plenty still to like here.