Chrimle Review of Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

Some jokes were Oveur Dunn and thus Unger performed its predecessor

[5/10 · 26 November 2020]

Albeit unavoidable to reuse jokes for a sequel - particularly where the setting is really similar - it did heavily rely on just recycling the jokes. Perhaps they were letting the time-frame between watching the prequel and sequel expand to such an extent to which many of the jokes would be forgotten, and not be obviously recycled. That aside, the movie on its own is mediocre. This time around, there was significantly more focus on the story and despite getting fewer jokes as a result, it gave some breathing room between them. Unfortunately, only two jokes were funny, which took place in the later part of the movie, where some scenes were on the moon. So by introducing a slightly different environment, there are plenty of jokes to be made and it is disappointing to not see it being recognised and taken full advantage of...