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A retired Navy officer returns to active duty, along with a group of misfit sailors, to battle his former nemesis.A retired Navy officer returns to active duty, along with a group of misfit sailors, to battle his former nemesis.A retired Navy officer returns to active duty, along with a group of misfit sailors, to battle his former nemesis.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Eduardo López Rojas
- Gonzales
- (as Eduardo Lopez Rojas)
Storyline
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- TriviaAccording to his book "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor", Bruce Campbell mentioned that McHale's crew were rarely given specific instructions in many scenes other than to follow Tom Arnold around. He and French Stewart were not given any direction at all for their sequence in the talent show, so they scripted out a vaudeville act using naval and nautical terms all by themselves. Despite this, most of their sequence ended up playing in the background while the camera focused on Arnold and Debra Messing.
- GoofsDuring the climactic sea battle Vladikov is talking into the back of his radio microphone.
- Quotes
Lt. Penelope Carpenter: You know about the Navy's rules against fraternization among officers.
Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale: Well, I guess I'm retired again!
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Bruce Campbell Performances (2015)
- SoundtracksThe House Is Rockin'
Written by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall
Performed by The Brian Setzer Orchestra (as Brian Setzer Orchestra)
Courtesy of Interscope Records
By arrangement with Universal Music Special Markets
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Silly and predictable, but I don't think it is as bad as it is made out to be
Is it as good as the original series? No it isn't. Is it is the worst film ever? No, there are much worse- Disaster Movie, Home Alone 4, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Superbabies:Baby Geniuses 2 and Titanic:The Animated Movie are all much worse than this. Is it a bad film? I personally don't think so.
Yes the plot is predictable and falls into stupidity one too many times. Yes there are some hits and misses in the jokes and script, I actually found a lot of it funny but some of them(ie. Vladikov's 2nd best terrorist in the world boast) got old quite fast. And yes French Stewart is given very little to do.
Despite this, I found myself enjoying it. I don't know why, I just did. The film looks nice enough, some of the scenery is colourful and the photography is decent enough. I liked the soundtrack too, especially Working on My Tan which was a nice addition. While corny, the script did get some laughs from me, and Bruce Campbell while underused is fun to watch. The direction is okay, the film moves quickly and is fairly short while nicely rounded off. The cast are fine on the whole. Ernest Borgnine is a joy as always as is Dean Stockwell whose comic talent here almost equals his TV counterpart Joe Flynn, as is Tim Curry(anybody who knows me knows I am a fan of Tim's), and Tom Arnold and Debra Messing are appealing too.
Overall, hardly something to rave about but I personally don't think it deserves the panning it gets. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Yes the plot is predictable and falls into stupidity one too many times. Yes there are some hits and misses in the jokes and script, I actually found a lot of it funny but some of them(ie. Vladikov's 2nd best terrorist in the world boast) got old quite fast. And yes French Stewart is given very little to do.
Despite this, I found myself enjoying it. I don't know why, I just did. The film looks nice enough, some of the scenery is colourful and the photography is decent enough. I liked the soundtrack too, especially Working on My Tan which was a nice addition. While corny, the script did get some laughs from me, and Bruce Campbell while underused is fun to watch. The direction is okay, the film moves quickly and is fairly short while nicely rounded off. The cast are fine on the whole. Ernest Borgnine is a joy as always as is Dean Stockwell whose comic talent here almost equals his TV counterpart Joe Flynn, as is Tim Curry(anybody who knows me knows I am a fan of Tim's), and Tom Arnold and Debra Messing are appealing too.
Overall, hardly something to rave about but I personally don't think it deserves the panning it gets. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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Box office
- Budget
- $31,190,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,529,843
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,128,565
- Apr 20, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $4,529,843
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