Hot Shots! (1991)

Directed by: Jim Abrahams

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Fighter pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is assigned to an important mission but it psychologically imbalanced in this parody of Top Gun.

Purr Blur: One of the pilots is named Pete ‘Dead Meat’ Thompson (William O’Leary) and in one scene he is about to take off when his wife (Heidi Swedberg) runs to meet him. As they talk a series of events take place which are harbingers of bad luck, including a black cat running across their path.

Hot Shots! - black cat runs across path of Mr. and Mrs. Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson William O'Leary Heidi Swedberg
Hot Shots! - black cat runs across path of Mr. and Mrs. Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson William O'Leary Heidi Swedberg
Hot Shots! - black cat runs across path of Mr. and Mrs. Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson William O'Leary Heidi Swedberg
Hot Shots! - black cat runs across path of Mr. and Mrs. Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson William O'Leary Heidi Swedberg animated gif

Final Mewsings: Black cats need better PR to overcome this stereotype!

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