'Airplane II' is practically the same movie as the original 'Airplane', only the jokes are different. Whilst it may seem like a cop out, the first 'Airplane' was a resounding success, so why change a working formula? The sequel is funny, and that's all that matters.The film may lack ideas and originality but it makes up for it with plenty of laughs. The original 'Airplane' is without doubt the funnier of the two, but this certainly isn't short of jokes that are sure to crack you up. They knew that they were never going to outdo the first 'Airplane' movie, and obviously just decided to play it safe.I'm not sure why 'Airplane II' has a considerably lower mark than the original movie on IMDb, I would have thought that those who enjoyed the first would have also liked the second... at least I did.

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.

"Airplane 2" isn't a sequel to 1980's hit movie "Airplane" it's a clone. Following the theory that success is not to be tampered with, in "Airplane 2" director Ken Finkleman hired most of the cast of "Airplane" and poured them in to story little change from the original. That said the story has been updated a little bit, as now it's a trip to the moon on a rocket ship instead of a standard flight. And since it's set in Space Capatain James T Kirk himself makes an appearance. Yes. William Shatner is in this. The first ten minutes has some really laugh out loud moments, and there are a few more throughout the movie. Not as many as the first movie, but there is still a lot of fun to be had. Despite not understanding a lot of the references, my two kids 15 and 8 respectively both got a lot of laughs out of it.

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.