The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Jim Abrahams (television series Police Squad) &
David Zucker (television series "Police Squad") ...

Release Date:

28 June 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

If you see only one movie this year...you ought to get out more often.

Plot:

Lieutenant Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.

Plot Keywords:

Kidnap | Ex Girlfriend | Business | Corporate America | Digit In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley	...	Jane Spencer
George Kennedy	...	Captain Ed Hocken
O.J. Simpson	...	Nordberg
Robert Goulet	...	Quentin Hapsburg
Richard Griffiths	...	Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Jacqueline Brookes	...	Commissioner Anabell Brumford
Anthony James	...	Hector Savage
Lloyd Bochner	...	Terence Baggett
Tim O'Connor	...	Donald Fenswick
Peter Mark Richman	...	Arthur Dunwell
Ed Williams	...	Ted Olsen
John Roarke	...	President George Bush
Margery Ross	...	First Lady Barbara Bush
Peter Van Norden	...	Chief of Staff John Sununu

Also Known As:

The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (Canada: English title)
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10/7 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Robert Goulet plays Priscilla Presley villainous love interest in this movie. Years earlier, Elvis Presley, Priscella's famous then-husband, once shot his TV because Robert Goulet appeared on it. That TV is now a collector's item.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frank and Jane are trying to crack the code to stop the bomb going off, Frank's jacket is eaten by the machinery. In the following scene when he is up on the stage making a speech, he is wearing his jacket.

Quotes:

Commissioner Anabell Brumford: Ladies and gentlemen, I would now like to introduce a most special American. Tonight, he is being honoured for his 1000th drug-dealer killed.
Lt. Frank Drebin: [to applause] Thank you. But, in all honesty, the last three I backed over with my car. Luckily, they turned out to be drug-dealers.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Naked Bun 8½ (1992) (V)

Soundtrack:

BESAME MUCHO

Just as much fun as the first Naked Gun!

I recently just saw Scary Movie 4, I judged Zucker pretty harshly on that because he just recycled his humor. While The Naked Gun 2 has the same humor, it was very original for it's time and is very on the floor hilarious. I always preferred the slap stick humor compared to today's potty humor. The Naked Gun series is perfect for those who feel the same.

Naked Gun 2 parodies classic film noir movies and a very memorable and great scene from Ghost. If you enjoy the Three Stooges, Airplane, or the first Naked Gun, I would highly recommend the second Naked Gun, it's so funny.

8/10