Airplane II: The Sequel

1982 84 min ★ 6.1 Comedy

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

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Cast

Lloyd Bridges

Steve McCroskey

Raymond Burr

Judge D.C. Simonton

Chuck Connors

The Sarge

Rip Torn

Bud Kruger / President Reagan

John Dehner

The Commissioner

Chad Everett

Simon Kurtz

Peter Graves

Capt. Clarence Oveur

Julie Hagerty

Elaine Dickinson

Robert Hays

Ted Striker

Kent McCord

Dave Unger

Details

Director

Ken Finkleman

Screenplay

Ken Finkleman

Tagline

"For the ride of your life... All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$27,150,534

Production

Paramount Pictures

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

July 9, 2022

★ 6/10

Well I suppose a sequel was bound to happen after the success of the first film, but sadly this isn't a patch on that. Essentially, this is exactly the same film only we substitute a lunar space shuttle for the aircraft. "Ted" (Robert Hays) has been certified (by "Perry Mason" himself - Raymond Burr) after his wartime PTSD finally got the better of him - or, perhaps because he was just aware of fl...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

May 4, 2024

★ 1/10

**A sequel that should never have been made because the first film did everything there was to be done.** After the success of “Airplane”, there was an immediate desire to make a sequel. However, the creators of the first film had serious doubts about this because they felt that they had run out of jokes about airplanes, that the film had done almost everything it could do and that there wasn't...