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| New Line Cinema | Release Date: February 5, 1993 |
Starring:
Dhiru Shah, Emilio Estevez, Frank McRae, Gokul, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Ireland, Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Bruggemann, Tim Curry, William Shatner
Summary:
A spoof on Lethal Weapon (1987), other movies, TV commercials etc. 2 unlike LA cops investigate a cocaine in girl scout cookies case.
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There is enough material to provide grins and, sometimes, guffaws. Along the way, there are jokes and sight gags involving convenience-store robberies, ocean debris, dandruff commercials, Bartlett's "Familiar Quotations," frequent-flyer miles, Nazis, Ninja Turtles, Oprah, Mike Tyson and Mr. Potato Head. And, of course, the favorite targets of this particular genre: mimes and doughnut-eating cops.
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Rampant silliness has its place. [5 Feb 1993, p.22]
Obviously, gags rather than plot are central to a movie like LOADED WEAPON, but even so, neither the writing nor the acting is strong enough here. Estevez and Jackson are adequate as deadpan actors who remain oblivious to the chaos around them, but they lack the super-straight persona that makes Leslie Nielsen so effective as a dimwitted cop in the NAKED GUN movies. Often the jokes seem to barely squeak over their heads when they should fly.
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While past parodies like Airplane! and the marginally worthwhile Hot Shots filled out down time with slapstick visuals and spastic throwaway gags, Loaded Weapon is content to lumber along at its own boring pace: you end up checking your watch between jokes, and there's nothing funny about that.
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Even at the abbreviated length of 70 minutes (less feature
than featurette), material so maniacal wears very thin very fast. [5 Feb 1993]
You don't need to watch National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I to understand what a sloppy comedy concoction it is; just listen. What you won't hear is laughter, even in a crowded movie theater. I haven't experienced such a silent audience for an alleged comedy since last year's horrid Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot.
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Sep 12, 2023
one of the better parodies of the 90's and criminally underrated. I cant believe anyone who has seen the movies being spoofed couldnt find this film funny.
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Jul 9, 2021
On of the best moview of the gold era of parody.
It's not about jokes, it's about action movies of that time.
It's not about jokes, it's about action movies of that time.
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