I love that when Richard Crenna (The Colonel Trautman actor) was approached to be in this film he went to Sylvester Stallone to get his blessing, of which he fully received and was told to have fun with it. You have to love it when actors are not so full of themselves and the franchises they helped build and are like "Hell yes, spoof the movie and have a good time!"

Martin and Charlie Sheen were both in the movie Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone who did Platoon and JFK. It’s a fantastic movie and Michael Douglas is phenomenal in it. Highly recommend for a reaction. It’s pretty much the grandfather to the Wolf of Wall Street. Hence their line “I loved you in Wall Street!” So funny!

The whole "President puking" scene is because of the time President George H. W. Bush puked on the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister.

That show towards the end, where Ramada and Michelle were fighting, was American Gladiators.

30 year anniversary of this movie. 😄 _"She's CIA, the other guy is an extra."_ 😁 Rip Lloyd Bridges, Miguel Ferrera.

god I love Lloyd Bridges as the president in this. He's just so damn silly.

The reality TV competition they were spoofing at the end was American Gladiators. It ran from 1989-1996 and briefly got revived for a couple of seasons in 2008 during the writer's strike. It was very popular, so much so that in 1992 the UK created its own Gladiators show and other countries followed. Each episode two men and two women compete in a series of games that changed week to week against eachother and/or the shows stable of Gladiators with names like Turbo or Laser or Blaze. The better your score, the bigger lead you get in the final obstacle course round.

The show at the end was American Gladiators. It was one of the most popular shows on TV back in the early 90s. Consider it the American Ninja Warrior of its day.

I think my favourite line in this was Atkinson's "I can't walk. They've tied my shoelaces together".

"I loved you in wall street" - In that skit Charlie was parodying his own character in Platoon, and Martin was parodying his own character in Apocalypse Now. Both of them were in Wall Street (which also has Michael Douglas). All three films are great.

I wish Ryan Stiles was in more movies

The classic series with Rowan Atkinson is The Black Adder. Each part is 6 episodes and is set in a different era in British history. The actors play their own descendants.

Lloyd Bridges, who played the President, had an action TV series in the 50s and 60s called Sea Hunt. He played a former US Navy diver who had different adventures each week. His scuba diving in this movie was a reference to that.

RIP to Miguel Ferrer. He was fantastic!

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 is another great spoof movie and you already did part of your homework for it :) Apart from obviously Lethal Weapon, it spoofs Basic Instinct, Die Hard, Dirty Harry, Rambo, The Silence of the Lambs, Wayne's World, 48 Hrs.

14:27 Simone's death stare... perfect!

Ramada’s story about why she left him (married before, thought he was dead, he showed up) is a bit of a Casablanca reference

You guys should do Top Secret! starring Val Kilmer. It’s my favorite spoof movie. It kind of pokes fun at a lot of things, but the main things seem to be Elvis Presley musicals and Cold War/WW2 era spy films. I just think it has the highest ratio jokes that land for these type of films and Kilmer knows just how much to lean into a joke in order to sell it. Plus, the supporting characters are just super funny with some of them drawing huge laughs.

"Loaded Weapon" is a spoof of "Lethal Weapon," and it stars Charlie's brother Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson.

LLoyd Bridges narrating during the scuba scene was a direct callback to his old show "Sea Hunt".

Part Deux IS so much better than the first one. So happy y’all had a great time watching it. Top Secret! should be your next watch. Its one of the best spoof movies of all time. My dad showed it to me when I was young and I didn’t appreciate it until decades later. A classic 😂

I love it when in the beginning the general comes to get Topper for the mission with the classic line "you are the best of what's left". It is just classic. As is the "these men have taken the vow of celibacy like their fathers and their fathers before them". Literally in every scene there is something going on and you find new things on multiple occasions when you re-watch this movie and a lot of the classic spoof movies.

"I loved you in Wall St." is the greatest line in movie history.🤣🤣🤣

17:52 this may be a Monty Python reference. Monty Python did a sketch about defending oneself from being attacked with fresh fruit, including a banana "Then, you eat the banana, thus disarming him."

If you want a Rowan Atkinson movie I highly recommend Rat Race. It’s not a purely Rowan movie it’s an ensemble movie but still he is in it and it is great.

Don’t worry George, I’m proud of your puns even if Simone is ashamed 😂

"blackadder" is 1000x bettter than bean, and bean is great!

That Ramada Inn joke was very painful George. Keep it up 👍

"Wall Street" is a 1987 movie that had both father and son Martin and Charlie Sheen (although Michael Douglas' character is the standout). The family's real last name is Estevez, Sheen is a stage name Martin took to sound less ethnic to get acting work in the 70s, and Charlie took it as well. His brother Emilio stuck with Estevez. While Charlie became the highest paid actor on tv and went the way of cocaine, 3sums, and hiv, Emilio followed his father's catholic faith and started his own vineyard. They have their own father/son movie called The Way which is really touching.

Loaded Weapon 1... we are soooooooo close

The tall comedian is Ryan Stiles, he did great improv on Whose Line is it Anyways for years and years

The woman's story about being married before she and Charlie had met, then finding out her dead husband was alive, is a reference to Casablanca.

George's bean-joke was excellent and so prompt, hats off, respect PS: After I saw the 1997 movie "Bean" (in a dormitory canteen = little cinema once a week), due to special circumstances (no narcotics!), I have laughed uncontrollably for an hour lying on my dorm room bed. Girlfriend got pretty concerned half way through that mega-laugh-attack

The key to all the Zucker Bros/ Pat Proft/ Abrams spoofs is that they always asked their actors to play it straight regardless of the silliness of the situation. That’s why so many spoofs in the early 2000’s failed: because they were just parodying a scene from some other movie but winking at the audience the whole time, constantly looking at the audience and essentially saying “look how clever we are!”.

Ryan Stiles was also in the first Hot Shots, but played a different character. Around the time this film was made, he was probably the most liked comedian on Who's Line Is It Anyway?

24:29 I know that face when a pun deserves the dissolving of a friendship. Simone I feel you on a very deep level there

Also im gonna agree with the others, "Top Secret" is one of the funniest parody films made, arguably funnier than Airplane!

The Game Show is American Gladiator's, it was very popular in the 90's here in the U.S

14:12 - "I loved you in Wall Street!" Simone: "Wall Street? What is it?" George: "It's a place in New York but that's not important now."

"We love the bean... " Well there goes my coffee 😂

Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story is a movie that I love that spoofs musician biopics, it stars John C Reilly. It is mainly spoofing 'Walk the Line' and 'Ray' if you want to watch those first. I loved Hot Shots growing up, great to see it held up!

14:25 And a great film starring Michael Douglas, Charlie and Martin Sheen ! Definitely worth a watch.

When the guy pops up and says "War. It's fantastic!" that's a reference to promos for the NBA in the 90s that were on TV quite often.

Simone making herself cringe is the funniest thing ever.

The dipping the wrapped hands in glass was not in Rambo 3 but from the Van Damme movie Kickboxer that was released in 1989.

2:15 The guy who portrays Saddam Hussein is Jerry Haleva, he has 6 movie credits all of which are him playing Saddam Hussein. 14:29 Wall Street was a movie in which both Sheens stared and played father and son. 23:09 Gladiators - it was a popular gameshow at the time. It was basically Ninja Warrior, but with people trying to block players from the goal.

there is also the Black Adder series, very worthwhile.

1:09 "Before we begin, a quick reminder... press the bean, but gently." XDD

Even though he only has a supporting role in it, Rowin Atkinson is also great in FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, which is worth a reaction.

One of my favorite parts of this movie happens right after the "bloodiest movie ever" kill count thing where he finally runs out of ammo & a bunch of guys start running up so he grabs a handful of bullets out of a box & just flings em at the guys taking them all out.

There were several returning actors, including Ryan Stiles - lots of people might not realize he was in the first movie because he was only in one scene (well 2, technically), wearing a helmet. Stiles actually played "Mailman", the person "Topper" felt his Dad was responsible for killing. This also means that Ryan Stiles played Cary Elwes' father... Genetics, man...

Some really good Rowan Atkinson movies are the _"Johnny English"_ trilogy. He's also in the 2003 _"Scooby Doo"_ movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr And _"Rat Race"_ with John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green & Cuba Gooding Jr

"Kiss me like you've never kissed me before!" my wife and I have been married now for 30 years... we have been through a lot, and we're still goofy with each other! And I'll take her and say, "I'm going to kiss you like you've never been kissed before!" and, yes, do exactly what Charlie Sheen did in that moment!

Still makes me giggle that Ryan played Mailman in the first movie and they never address it.

the game show they were playing is called American gladiator . Contestants had to run through obstacle courses while also avoiding and battling "gladiators" on some of the obstacles.

12:22 I still to this day say "Green Green Green" when the light turns

You must watch Wall Street, it also stars Michael Douglas. Martin Sheen was also in Apocalypse Now! And his son Charlie Sheen was later in Platoon, two classic war movies.

I was slightly distracted but clearly heard Simone say "We love the bean." I immediately turned around and said - did she really say that?

This is one of those movies that has 150% going all movie… and you don't even get all of the jokes and puns on a one go. Still missed one of my favorites, in the beginning when they are in the monk village when Topper says, "These men have taken a vow of celibacy, like their fathers and their fathers before them." Also, I love that both Charlie Sheen was doing his narration from "Platoon" (1986) and his father Martin Sheen doing his from "Apocalypse Now" (1979).

Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Nielsen are two great comedic actors by not being comedic actors. They leading men in their respective mediums (Bridges being in movies and Nielsen being in Television) but in their later career, they used their dramatic acting skills and played their roles "straight" (or as serious as possible) which made it even funnier.

Top Secret! Must be the next one.

If you ever do decide to watch a Rowan Atkinson movie: it's hard to get better than the first Johnny English. It's a parody of spy movies, specifically the bond ones.

The Martin Sheen Apocalypse Now gag is one of the greatest in cinema. Fight me.

"Wall Street" is the Oliver Stone movie in which Charlie and Martin Sheen played father and son. It's the final layer of the joke here and part of the greatest (or most well-constructed) cameo ever.

Also I'm pretty sure "Dead Alive"/"Brain Dead" is the bloodiest movie ever.

Well obviously now you guys need to watch the movie Wall Street with Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen and Michael Douglas. It's one of the quintessential movies of the 1980's.

There was a reference to the movie Casablanca. Lloyd Bridges starred in a TV show Sea Hunt, where he was a scuba diver. Game Show .. American Gladiators. In the last episode of 2 & 1/2 Men a Piano was dropped on Charlie Sheen.

was 17 when i saw this in cinema and 'green green green' and 'rainy face' are still part of my lexicon.

Great reaction! This was a personal favorite back in the day but I didn't enjoy it very much this time around. But at least you two helped me remember what it was like. The movie spoofs many things but one of the least-talked-about films these days is a pretty good 1987 Kevin Costner thriller No Way Out that's the basis of one of the scenes here.

If you haven't already watched it, as good as Rowan is as Mr. Bean, you should really try Black Adder, not only is Rowan awesome, but you'll also see the likes of Tony Robinson who is brilliant in the series. You also get, both Hugh Laurie, Dr House himself, as well as his long time friend and comedic partner, Stephen Fry!!! Only recommendation is to skip the first season, it's vastly different and hardly feels like the same series, this is the only show I recommend to skip a season, because it's that big of a night and day difference between season 1 and the rest of the series, besides if you are curious, you can always check it out after you've watched the rest.

@23:10 the reference being made here was a show called "American Gladiators" where competitors (typically very fit as I recall) had to run through a course of obstacles and muscled athletic defenders for time to win a prize. It is long gone.

This has been one of fav comedy/spoof movies since the early 90s

Johnny English is a great Spoofy movie with Rowan Atkinson. As always love the reaction.

"I see you are no stranger to pain." "I've been married. . . . . TWICE." "Woah!" One of the best jokes ever! I love that they got the "Troutman" actor for this!

23:10 Ahhh yeah, the American Gladiators segment! haha it was soooo big at the time. Top athletes compete in all these events against "Gladiators" in an arena. I suggest just looking up clips online, it was pretty damn good I used to love watching it!

I missed the "... but that's not important right now..." after the explanation of Wall Street... 🤣

It's hilarious how well Joe Biden was parodied in a movie released 28 years before he was elected president

The spaghetti/meatball roll was an homage to the Disney film Lady and the Tramp. Worth checking out all by its lonesome.

You can see Simone trying to figure out George's fathers before them comment. And then 2 mins later...."I just figured that out". 🤣 🤣 🤣

You have no idea how much I laughed as a teenager watching the chicken progress from chicken to arrow when I was a tween.

Fun Fact: This movie’s title is what inspired my channel to have the “Deux” part of my channel’s title.

The president in this is still better than Biden 😂

The bit at 23:02 is from American Gladiators. It was a sort of gameshow competition where contestants would face several physically-demanding challenges opposed by the "gladiators" who were actors/athletes who opposed them. Think the show "Ninja Warrior" but with people throwing stuff at the competitors or trying to knock them off of platforms.

@CineBinge React George's question of "Is there a rule about mocking world leaders like this?", made me think of The Great Dictator, which you guys need to watch. It's the first "talkie" that Charlie Chaplin did. He not only starred in it, he wrote it, directed it, AND produced it, along with contributing to the music. It's well worth seeing. He made that movie, mocking Hitler, during WW2, which was a ballsy move.

the president in this film reminds me of joe biden. Its uncanny

Richard Crenna's character's name in this film is Denton Walters. This is a reference to his first role in Radio/TV series called Our Mrs Brooks in which he played a squeaky voiced teen named Walter Denton.

The Iraqi torture guy the Colonel said the married twice line to is Andreas Katsulas. He played G'kar in Babylon 5. A great actor playing a great character. Watching this after seeing the new Babylon 5 movie and remembering all the cast from the original series that have passed since then. We live for The One. We die for The One. Rest in peace.

We used the "war.... it's faaaantastic" line a lot when I was in the National Guard.😅 The best part of the movie for me was when Charlie broke the forth wall and looked at the camera with that satisfied look after she said she would pleasure him anytime anywhere.

This is the Hot Shots film I watched many-a-time on VHS as a 90s kid. No wonder Charlie Sheen started doing a bunch of coke, these were the kinds of roles he was getting cast for.

Charlie Sheen on the boat started a dialogue that he does in Platoon, which you guys should definitely watch. Good Vietnam flick. Other fun spoof movies: Loaded Weapon 1 Top Secret (a must) Scary Movie 3 (best of the bunch)

One of my favorite Rowan Atkinson performances outside of Mr. Bean, is his performance in the movie Rat Race. It is an ensemble comedy with an absolutely huge cast featuring Seth Green, Whoopi Goldberg and, wait for it, John Cleese. As far as parody movies go, National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 and Mafia!. The latter being made from the same team behind Airplane! and Hot Shots!.

The speed text at the start can be explained by submarines using Very Low Frequency comms, a rate of 50 baud - 5 bytes a second. If they're using standard ASCII of 8 bits per letter, thats 5 letters per second, so it would be slow to appear on the screen 🧐

12:15 It's a callback to the first Hot Shots where everyone seem to know each other then they all seem to have "Eagle river" in common. Also the deadpan "I'll set my charges and blow it all up" is perfect. 23:17 it's "American gladiator" (Just "gladiator" in most other countries) think "Ninja Warrior" but with bodybuilder opponents along the way, the whole show was basically two contestants who faced off against the recurring gladiators and (their opponent) in events, winning events gave them a head start on the final challenge which was an obstacle course the competitors raced each other on.

The vomiting scene is a spoof of... a real thing. Back in 1992 then president George Bush Sr. was on an diplomatic trip throughout Asia and the last stop was Japan where they had a banquet. The official statement is that Bush got some type of influenza, fainted during the dinner, immediately came back to senses and vomited over the lap of Japan's Prime minister. To this day that episode is referenced in Japan as 'Bushing It' although nowadays is definitely a very old reference. The amazing thing is that the movie goes to the length of creating a very similar setting of the real thing, you can see videos in KZfaq and compare. Lloyd Bridges character was a dig on Bush, more than a few line of dialogue are shots to stuff he said or did (and of course the whole Iraq invasion if it wasn't obvious).

In the loop would blow your minds.

Martin and Charlie together, "We loved Simone in the Wall Street joke." lol

The 'Movie Magic' episode that covered this film showed a lot about how the original Terminator 2's mercury effect was done, and they did it the exact same way here. Very timely effect back then.

"President Benson..." "No you're not." I've seen this movie countless times and it still cracks me up.

14:12 ONE OF MY FAVORITE META REFERENCES - Both Charlie Sheen and his father Martin Sheen starred in the movie WALL STREET directed by Oliver Stone. Also a good movie. I did love how they worked off well with each other whenever they share a movie together, the fact that they both reference two separate Vietnam War based Movies that they were in was amazing. The Wall Street reference was a great bonus.

The women fighting at the end was from a TV show called gladiators. It was one of my favourite shows as a child.