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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

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Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 5
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The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Luger investigate the murder of Luger's former partner (Whoopi Goldberg) and discover a criminal conspiracy led by the nefarious General Mortars (William Shatner). Hoping to mimic the success of the

PG-13, 1 hr. 23 min.

Comedy

Dec 21, 1999

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (20) | DVD (7)

This film is stale.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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A buddy cop parody of the lowest possible caliber.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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actually very funny

February 18, 2008 Comment

A new low in lame spoofery.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

As much a poor man's "Hot Shots" if ever they were

May 6, 2005 Comment
Moviehole

A second-rate attempt to out-Zucker the Zucker brothers.

April 30, 2004 Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

In a career of poor choices, perhaps this one was the worst. Oh sure, it made money, but it also turned Emilio Estevez into Leslie Nielsen.

March 25, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

This may be old, this may be cheesy, and this may be a parody, but this has got to be one of the most insanely funny films I have seen! When you stick Samuel L. Jackson in anything, it tends to be good, and in this situation, it was amazing! There are ridiculous references to so many classic films such as Silence Of

October 17, 2011
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Second-rate spoof flick with an embarrasingly low laugh count. I really wanted to like this, but with all the clumsy directing and even worse writing, it's more like the 90's equivalent of a Seltzer & Friedberg movie. Jokes need to be witty and rapid in order to work within the parody realm, and here they are neither.

April 21, 2007
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