National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Details

This bid by the National Lampoon team to cash in with some Naked Gun-style spoofery lacks the brainless invention of the latter films, but still manages to score quite a few laughs. The Lethal Weapon series is its main target, with Emilio Estevez taking over the Mel Gibson role and Samuel L Jackson standing in for Danny Glover; a badly miscast William Shatner and Tim Curry are the villains of the piece. As well as Lethal Weapon, the movie also takes some pot shots at The Silence of the Lambs (F Murray Abraham in the Hannibal Lecter role) and Basic Instinct, but often the targets and gags are far too obvious. There's more fun to be had in watching out for the cameos, with appearances from the likes of Denis Leary, Charlie Sheen and JT Walsh, as well as James Doohan — Star Trek's Scotty — and the CHiPs pair of Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada.

A new low in lame spoofery, this half-cocked cop claptrap conjures up even fewer laughs than the Lethal Weapon series... read more on Time Out