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

Stupid, yet funny

As several others have pointed out - this is not a very good film. However, it's still pretty darn funny. It's a B-version spoof film, but I still laughed more than on average.

When you don't have terribly gifted writers and/or actors you have to rely on throwing in as many jokes as possible in order to try and get more laughs. And a surprising amount of them are actually very funny (albeit extremely silly, and stupid).

Favourite bit: when Estevez and Jackson are driving in their car and suddenly realize they're being followed - by two guys wearing ski masks, sitting in the backseat of the car.

If you know what you're getting yourself into, Loaded Weapon is an underrated little gem. If nothing else, it's fun to see Sam L. Jackson before he became a "serious" actor. [7/10]