Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Original title

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Directed by

Gene Quintano

Genre

parody film, buddy cop film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 817 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two mismatched cops stumble through a case involving a stolen gun and a biscuit recipe. The film makes fun of action movies from the 1980s and 1990s.

sillyzanylightheartedfast-pacedgoofyexaggeratedcampyparodic

What happens

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (also known simply as Loaded Weapon 1) is a 1993 American parody film directed and co-written by Gene Quintano, and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathy Ireland, Frank McRae, Tim Curry and William Shatner. The film mainly spoofs the first three Lethal Weapon films, as well as several others including Basic Instinct, Commando, Die Hard, Dirty Harry, Rambo, The Silence of the Lambs, Wayne's World, 48 Hrs. and TV series such as CHiPs. Loaded Weapon 1 was released on February 5, 1993 to negative reviews but was a financial success with a gross of $51 million worldwide against a budget of $8 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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