Airplane II is the sequel to the hugely popular 1980 film Airplane. Airplane stood out in no small part because of it's (at the time) unique visual gag driven humour consisting of lots of cleverly placed objects combined with witty one-liners.
Airplane II is a passable film on its own, but sadly it can't hold a candle to its vastly superior predecessor. The sequel stumbles largely because it fails to bring anything new to the mix; it simply rehashes everything from the first film on a weaker level. The whole movie just reeks of laziness, nothing but a poor attempt to cash in on the success and popularity of the original.
My advice, stick with the original. If you like the visual gag style comedy of Airplane, try "Top Secret (1984)" or better yet "The Naked Gun (1988)".
Airplane II is a passable film on its own, but sadly it can't hold a candle to its vastly superior predecessor. The sequel stumbles largely because it fails to bring anything new to the mix; it simply rehashes everything from the first film on a weaker level. The whole movie just reeks of laziness, nothing but a poor attempt to cash in on the success and popularity of the original.
My advice, stick with the original. If you like the visual gag style comedy of Airplane, try "Top Secret (1984)" or better yet "The Naked Gun (1988)".