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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.... read more read more... 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 Naked Gun films, director Gene Quintano (of Police Academy 4 fame) loaded the film with broad visual gags, deadpan slapstick, and gratuitous parodies of The Silence of the Lambs, Basic Instinct, and other movies. The attempt to mimic successful parodies proved ineffective, however, as critics and viewers alike found the parody stale and the juvenile humor dreary. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Gene Quintano

Release Date: February 5, 1993

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DVD Release Date: December 21, 1999

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  • theoneandonlybg
    October 17, 2011
    theoneandonlybg
    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 ... read moremany classic films such as Silence Of The Lambs, Wayne's World, Die Hard, and, of course, Lethal Weapon.

    There's not much to say when it comes down to the story: cop's partner dies (in a ridiculous way), cop annoyed, cop paired up with a rookie, pair try to take down a corporation trying to spread cocaine in cookies, the usual!

    What I find best about this film is the cameos from people like Charlie Sheen, and the amazingly comical lines, rip-offs and jokes that come out time after time, after time. For those people, however, that do not find much to films such as Scary Movie, or Superhero Movie, stay well away from this film. If not, then please, welcome aboard, and let the film's total randomness entice you and take you on a hysterical journey...
  • CloudStrife84
    July 13, 2011
    CloudStrife84
    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 p... read morearody realm, and here they are neither. I might have been better if they had given the lead role to Charlie Sheen. But instead he just gets a small cameo, while his lesser-talented brother Emilio takes up most of the screen time. A watchable "comedy" overall, but if you were to ask for my advice, I'd suggest you take a pass on it.
  • ajv2688
    May 19, 2011
    ajv2688
    An hilarious spoof of Lethal Weapon and just buddy cop movies in general. The cast is impressive, too, I loved seeing Shatner as the bad guy, especially. This is probably one of the best spoof movies of the 90s.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    A silly spoof of the Lethal Weapon films. One of the National Lampoon?s better attempts!
  • TheGame90
    July 5, 2009
    TheGame90
    The story wasn't so good...but there was a couple of fun stuff and a lot of actors
  • 76Majikat
    February 17, 2009
    76Majikat
    Has it?s share of funny moments, but Emilio doesn't have a patch on brother Charlie in the Hot Shots movies.
  • superclerk25
    October 3, 2007
    superclerk25
    Funny stuff. This was back when big names were popping up in the Lampoon movies.
  • Deano78
    July 1, 2007
    Deano78
    A great spoof film of all the tough action cop type films. Has some very funny scenes. Unusual role for Samuel L.Jackson, stars most other spoof film regulars. Mainly poking fun at Leathal Weapon, Die Hard, Basic Instinct.
  • skactopus
    March 24, 2007
    skactopus
    Another classic comedy. This movie mocks Lethal Weapon and involves no thinking. It will keep you laughing to the end.
  • garyX
    March 4, 2007
    garyX
    Yes, that IS Samule L. Jackson! A reasonable buddy cop movie spoof, but Naked Gun does exactly the same thing, and rather better.

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James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

This film is stale. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

A buddy cop parody of the lowest possible caliber. Full Review

Stefan Birgir Stefansson
February 18, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

actually very funny

Trevor Johnston
June 24, 2006
Trevor Johnston, Time Out

A new low in lame spoofery. Full Review

Clint Morris
May 6, 2005
Clint Morris, Moviehole

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

Rob Thomas
April 30, 2004
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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

Oz
March 25, 2003
Oz, Hollywood Bitchslap

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.

Derek Elley
February 23, 2012
Derek Elley, Variety

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Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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Lawrence Cohn
March 26, 2009
Lawrence Cohn, Variety

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