Hot Shots!
Taste attributes: actioncomedywarfasttried & testedunsavourylightsimplelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary
"The mother of all movies."
Boxlist takeA breakneck war film that is sweeping, straightforward and accessible. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
