National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | | Cast : | Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson | | Director : | Gene Quintano | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 05, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | December 21, 1999 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 30, 2005 | | Summary | They Have Guns! | Content
 | "Loaded Weapon 1" is basically the same kind of movie as the "Naked Gun" series, only not as funny, making this just a mediocre comedy. Also because I have not seen the "Lethal Weapon" movies either. I'm not saying this isn't the least bit funny. It was actually pretty funny. Maybe because of Tim Curry's odd cameo. He's got a funny accent and he's eeeeeevil! "Jigsaw" is his name. Sargeant Jack Colt and Sargeant Wes Luger have to stop him from distributing Wilderness Girl Scout cookies that are really cocaine cookies, and he was after a microfilm that had the recipe on it from the 2 cops after they get it. The showdown ends up in the cookie factory. This film also has a very small cast, and that's about it for the whole plot and such. There's not much else that's left to tell. Good day, then. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | Your pants will be dancing with figs!!! | Content
| Released in the same season as Last Action Hero (another under-rated spoof of dumb action movies) and sharing a few cast members with it too, Loaded Weapon is more light-hearted stab at those horrible 'buddy-buddy'/'loose cannon partnered with old guy days from retirement' movies that were in unholy abundance around the late 80s and early 90s. Lethal Weapon (a film that has really not dated well at all) is to blame for the sudden popularity of this sub-genre and it's at this particular series that Loaded Weapon takes most of it's well deserved stabs.
Emilio Estevez is Jack Colt, a gun-happy cop on the edge who has been walking a thin line between sanity and alcohol-fuelled psycho since his dog ran away. Samuel L. Jackson is Wes Luger, a Detective with only a few days before he retires. His former partner Billy York (Whoopie Goldberg) is killed and he demands to take the case even though his superiors think it was suicide.
And so Colt and Luger get involved in a remarkably silly plot with cocaine disguised girl scout cookies. The evil General Murturs (William Shatner thoroughly enjoying himself) and his henchman Mr. Jigsaw (Tim Curry) plan to lure Colt and Luger into a trap before they foil his next major drug deal.
There are loads of cameos and even more in-jokes than you can shake a stick at. What makes Loaded Weapon better than most other heartless spoofs is that every line of dialogue is delivered perfectly and every scene has it's own special moment (if not more than one). From the hilarious opening in the mini-mart to pretty much any scene with Jon Lovitz (spoofing that horrible Joe Pesci character) there is loads to enjoy. Every aspect and cliché of this unfortunate sub-genre is exploited and made fun of, even the musical score plays a vital part in the humor of some scenes.
Some of the most quotable lines of dialogue include:
'Half today. Half tomorrow. Half on delivery.'
'I'm Detective Luger, this is Detective Colt. These are our wallets.'
'You came!'-'That's personal!'
'Ooware eez tha meecro-feelm?'
'Don't thank me. I'm just a cop doing his job.'
'I'm your worst nightmare.'-'No waking up without my penis is my worst nightmare.'
And of course...
'CIGARETTE!!!'
Unfortunately a decent knowledge of the Lethal Weapon films is required to get most of the jokes in this film but it's so funny that it's worth suffering through them first. It's a shame that they never made a sequel but never say never eh?
The DVD is not so good in regards to features (where's all those deleted scenes we've heard so much about) but a nice 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen picture in good Dolby 5.1 sound. No extras! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 04, 2005 | | Summary | Must-see action movie spoof | Content
| Loaded Weapon 1 takes elements from many popular action/adventure movies and adds hilarious twists! A myriad of cameos appear including: Dennis Leary, Whoopi, Scotty (Star Trek), Phil Hartman, and Popeye. One of my all time favorites! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 18, 2005 | | Summary | Halarious | Content
| National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 is one of the funniest movies ever made. I watched last night for the first time in years and i still laughed out load. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 14, 2005 | | Summary | very funny film | Content
| this is a great spoof of the LW's films. i enjoyed this film alot it really made me laugh. i was suprised that none of the naked gun our airplane writers were not part of this. it is a shame that the only spoof's we have these days are the scary movie trilogy, mmmh. defenitly a classic. one to buy for sure
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