Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

Inexplicably changing gears from Top Gun to an all-out assault on Rambo, we trade the military air base for the jungles of Iraq (?), where Topper (Sheen) is lured out of retirement in order to infiltrate a POW camp. It takes great care to lampoon other hits of the zeitgeist, such as Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, Basic Instinct and Terminator 2. Some of the novelty may have worn off by this point, but this is still an above average, top notch spoof comedy. Featuring unapologetically sophomoric, lowbrow humor, you either love it or hate it.

3½ Geronimos out of 5

Trucks (1997)

A stupid movie based on a Stephen King short story about trucks coming alive and killing their owners.

Q. Hang on, wasn't that Maximum Overdrive?
A. Yes.
Q. Is this based on the same story?
A. Yes.
Q. Wasn't Maximum Overdrive shit?
A. Not as shit as Trucks.

1 hazard out of 5

Gunhed (1989)

aka Ganheddo

The plot is messsy (something about a future in which computer chips are worth more than gold) but coming from Toho studios means the weirdness is furnished with elaborate sets, props and models, especially the titular Gunhed (Gun UNit Heavy Elimination Device), which is a Japanese mech/tank that wouldn't be too out of place in an early Masamune Shirow manga.
The acting isn't the best but nor is it as bad as some people claim. I suspect a lot of the haters are just sore that the film didn't live up to the expectations set by the Front Line Assembly video.

2 carrot sticks out of 5