Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Gene Quintano

Writers (WGA):

Don Holley (story) &
Tori Tellem (story) ...

Release Date:

5 February 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Don't Shoot, You'll Spoil The Sequel!

Plot:

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal...

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | Cookie | Microfilm | Microwave | Cross Dressing

Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	Jack Colt
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Wes Luger
Jon Lovitz	...	Becker
Tim Curry	...	Jigsaw
Kathy Ireland	...	Destiny Demeanor
Frank McRae	...	Captain Doyle
William Shatner	...	General Mortars
Dhiru Shah	...	Translator
Gokul	...	Hindu
Tom Bruggeman	...	Mini-Mart Punk
Danny Castle	...	Mini-Mart Punk
Lance Kinsey	...	Irv
Bill Nunn	...	Police Photographer
Joyce Brothers	...	Coroner (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Lin Shaye	...	Witness

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for ribald humor and drug references.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:12 | Peru:14 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (No. 32025) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

There was every intention to make a sequel to this movie. A deal had been set in place before this movie had gone into production and a poster had even been printed with the caption "Oh come ON, you knew it was coming!" However when the movie underperformed the deal was severed.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the shoot-out at the start of the movie, interior shots are of a "7-Eleven", while exteriors are of an independently owned mini-mart.

Quotes:

Becker: What? I don't know nothin'. I didn't see nothin'. I ain't say nothin'.
Wes Luger: Nothing, the word is nothing, not nothin'. There's an i-n-g on the end of it. Nothing.
Becker: Ok, nothing. Nothiiing. Nothiiiiiiiiiiing. Ok, you happy?
Wes Luger: That's better.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Soundtrack:

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Spoof Hits More Than It Misses

This is a spoof of the Lethal Weapon movies, along with Basic Instinct, Silence Of The Lambs and a few other crime movies. It's pretty tame profanity-wise, but this spoof is no "family fare," that's for sure. It's also pretty darn funny.

There are a lot of verbal and sight gags, cheap shots and sleazy comments, impossible to catch them all in one viewing. That's maybe the only negative: too many sex jokes which is why this is rated PG-13 (and could easily be "R"). Emilo Estavez, Samuel J. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry and William Shatner all show their comedic talents, as does supermodel Kathy Ireland.

All-in-all, a fun 80 minutes, especially when you are familiar with all the movies they are making fun of in this film.