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In this bonus episode for the Lethal Weapon Rewatch, Cory and Nathan are very excited to check out the spoof movie for the franchise. This isn’t our first trip into discussing films of this nature, and we’d love you to head back into our archive for more, but will this one hold up to other classic spoofs?
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (1993):
In Los Angeles, Detective Billie York (an uncredited Whoopi Goldberg) is murdered by a man (Tim Curry) dressed as a Wilderness Girl because she possesses a microfilm with the recipe to turn cocaine into Wilderness Girls cookies and she won’t hand it over to the ones who seek it. Her former partner, Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson), takes the case in an attempt to avenge her death. As part of the terms for letting Luger take the case, psychotic burned-out narcotics agent Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) is assigned to the case with Luger. Under the advice of their captain (Frank McRae), they meet Dr. Harold Leacher (F. Murray Abraham), who informs Jack that the case has something to do with General Mortars (William Shatner), under whom Jack had worked during his days in Vietnam. Following Leacher’s advice, they pursue the villains; however, before the villains are apprehended, Luger must journey into his past to realize the right thing to do.
In the end, the pair find themselves up against a complicated plot involving corrupt cops, federal agents, politicians and beauty queens. Not knowing who to trust, it’s time for the pair to do what they do best – and that involves guns, explosions, and lots and lots of destruction.
Summary:
A hearty recommend here! It’s a good laugh, albeit silly, but we enjoyed Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead. Then all the drop in cameos add enjoyable comedic flavour. You could have a worse time will a stupid spoof, but this one is a crack up!
What’s Up Next?:
Cory and Nathan have another bonus episode, Mel Gibson in the Richard Donner directed “Maverick”.
Following this bonus episode, we’re rewatching the films of comedy troop Broken Lizard, on the road to the release of their new film “Super Troopers 2” due out on April 20th.
This rewatch includes-
Puddle Cruiser
Super Troopers
Club Dread
Beerfest
The Slammn’ Salmon
Freeloaders
Super Troopers 2
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