Loaded Weapon 1
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Directed by | Gene Quintano |
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Music by | Robert Folk |
Cinematography | Peter Deming |
Edited by | Christopher Greenbury |
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3 Arts Entertainment
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Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time
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83 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8.2 million[2] |
Box office | $28 million[3] |
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (also known simply as Loaded Weapon 1) is a 1993 American satirical comedy film directed by Gene Quintano and written by Quintano and Don Holley based on a story by Holley and Tori Tellem. The film, starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathy Ireland, Frank McRae, Tim Curry, and William Shatner, was released on February 5, 1993.
The film mainly spoofs the first three Lethal Weapon films, as well as other films, including Basic Instinct, Die Hard, Dirty Harry, Rambo, The Silence of the Lambs, Wayne's World, 48 Hrs. and TV series as CHiPs.
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Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In Los Angeles, 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 that 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 taking 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.
Cast
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- Emilio Estevez as Sgt. Jack Colt
- Samuel L. Jackson as Sgt. Wes Luger
- Kathy Ireland as Miss Destiny Demeanor
- Frank McRae as Captain Doyle
- Tim Curry as Mr. Jigsaw
- William Shatner as General Curtis Mortars
- Jon Lovitz as Rick Becker
- Denis Leary as Mike McCracken
- F. Murray Abraham as Dr. Harold Leacher
- Danielle Nicolet as Debbie Luger
- Ken Ober as Dooley
- Vito Scotti as Tailor
- Bill Nunn as Police photographer
- Lin Shaye as Witness
- Denise Lee Richards as Cindy #1
- Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) as Sgt. Billie York
- Cameos
- James Doohan as Scotty
- Erik Estrada as Officer Francis Poncherello
- Larry Wilcox as Officer Jon Baker
- Corey Feldman as Young cop
- Paul Gleason as FBI agent
- Phil Hartman as Officer Davis
- Richard Moll as Prison attendant
- J. T. Walsh as Desk clerk
- Charles Napier and Charles Cyphers as Interrogators
- Bruce Willis (uncredited) as John McClane
- Denise Richards as Cindy
- Allyce Beasley as Spinach Destiny
- Joyce Brothers as Medical examiner
- Christopher Lambert (uncredited/deleted scene) as Man with car-phone
- Charlie Sheen as Gern, Parking valet
Release
Box office
Loaded Weapon 1 opened No. 1 at the box office and grossed almost $28 million domestically in total.[4][5][3]
Critical reception
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External links
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- 1993 films
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- National Lampoon films
- American films
- 1990s action films
- 1990s comedy films
- 1990s criminal comedy films
- American parody films
- Action comedy films
- Buddy films
- Films set in Los Angeles, California
- Films shot in Los Angeles, California
- Police comedy films
- New Line Cinema films