National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1
1993  PG-13  COMEDY  1h 23min
CAST— Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland, Frank McRae, William Shatner, James Doohan, Charlie Sheen, Bill Nunn, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Moll, Denis Leary, Corey Feldman, Phil Hartman, J. T. Walsh, Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Paul Gleason, Allyce Beasley, Rick Ducommun, Charles Napier, Beverly Johnson, Denise (Lee) Richards
MUSIC— Robert Folk  DIRECTOR— Gene Quintano

     Have you seen any and/or all of the Lethal Weapon movies? Did you like ‘em? Well get ready to see those (and other films of assorted genres) ripped up Airplane!-style in this often overlooked send-up of the aforementioned Lethal Weapon films. Detectives Colt and Luger are hot on the case of cocaine smugglers… but smugglers with a certain novel approach: They turn the coke into Wilderness Girls Cookies (“No wonder I couldn’t eat just one!”, says Luger at one point). And that’s basically it plot wise. Come on, what more did you expect? The real reason to watch is for the funny, which there’s plenty of. The film pretty much takes us from scene to scene without much setup, introducing characters at a whim (meaning cameos aplenty), and providing brainless, laugh-out-loud stuff that most of us (those of us with a sense of humor) should enjoy.
OUR RATING— ***