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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

PG-13

Released Feb 5, 1993

1h 23m

Comedy

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This "Lethal Weapon" spoof follows Los Angeles police officers Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson) and Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) as they investigate the killing of fellow officer Sgt. Billy York (Whoopi Goldberg). On the strength of tips from stool pigeons like Becker (Jon Lovitz), Wes and Jack learn that the murder is linked to a plan by criminals Gen. Curtis Mortars (William Shatner) and Jigsaw (Tim Curry) to lace snack foods with hard drugs. They must stop the plot before it begins causing harm.

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Critics Consensus

Loaded Weapon 1 hits all the routine targets with soft squibs, yielding a tired parody that cycles through its laundry list of references with little comedic verve.

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Brian Hoffman

Orlando Sentinel

If I listened closely, I could hear faint snores. (The more I think about it, they might have been my own.)

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Clifford Terry

Chicago Tribune

There is enough material to provide grins and, sometimes, guffaws.

Rated: 2.5/4

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Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

There may not be a laugh every minute, but there are enough to satisfy most devotees of the relentlessly silly, tasteless school of parody.

Rated: 3/5

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a decent-enough parody film that feels like it could (and should) be better.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 22, 2023

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

Neither Estevez nor Jackson displays much sense of comic edge. So after 15 minutes or so, "Loaded Weapon" becomes a shaggy cop story, a pointless joke that runs on ad nauseam.

Aug 11, 2020

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People Staff

People Magazine

There are enough serious laughs to suggest that Quintano may give the Abrahams-Zucker team (Naked Gun; Airplane) substantial competition in the mainstream parody business.

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Stephen C

The entire cast failed in just 1 hour and 23 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Audience Member

Spoof of cop movies and it knows it. Good mostly clean fun. 2.5/5 stars.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Joshua J

Disregard all the nay-sayers who try to fancy this movie as more than it's intended to be. It's a silly spoof of the buddy cop fad of the 90s and I think it's more watchable than many of the movies it parodies. A lot of people are going to try to dig deep into the movie- the plot, the characters, the clichés- but in all of their seriousness fail to remember that it is everything that it's meant to be: A National Lampoon's film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Audience Member

A train of silliness that I like being onboard, lots of hidden jokes that you won't know until you do...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Sarah S

I loved this movie growing up and it still makes me and hubby laugh, it’s cheesy but good

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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John T. H

very silly movie. still waiting for the second movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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Synopsis

This "Lethal Weapon" spoof follows Los Angeles police officers Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson) and Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) as they investigate the killing of fellow officer Sgt. Billy York (Whoopi Goldberg). On the strength of tips from stool pigeons like Becker (Jon Lovitz), Wes and Jack learn that the murder is linked to a plan by criminals Gen. Curtis Mortars (William Shatner) and Jigsaw (Tim Curry) to lace snack foods with hard drugs. They must stop the plot before it begins causing harm.

Director: Gene Quintano
Producer: Suzanne Todd, David Willis
Screenwriter: Don Holley, Gene Quintano
Production Co: New Line Cinema, National Lampoon, 3 Arts Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 1993, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.0M
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Surround

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