Naked Gun [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Naked Gun [VHS]
Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This 1988 movie directed by David Zucker (Airplane, other Naked Gun movies) is extremely funny with a lot of laughs. It stars Leslie Nielsen as cop Frank Drebbin who has to foil an attempt to assassinate the queen. Some other characters are Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley) who he falls in love with. Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban) the villain, his friend Nordberg (OJ Simpson) and Capt.Ed Hocken (George kennedy). This is a very funny movie which most people should enjoy.Movie Review: Great Lines!
Summary: 5 Stars
George Kennedy to Nordberg's wife: "As soon as Nordberg is better, he's welcome back at Police Squad."
Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin: " Unless, of course, he's a drooling idiot. But that's just common sense."
Nordberg's wife sobs uncontrollably.
Movie Review: "I can't hear you! Don't fire the gun while you're talking!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker; the three men who made audiences laugh hysterically with their outrageous 1980 airplane-disaster parody entitled "Airplane!"; caused an equally hysterical audience reaction with their equally outrageous police detective parody entitled "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" in 1988. Starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police detective Lt. Frank Drebin of the fictitious special detective branch known as "Police Squad" of the Los Angeles Police Department (Nielsen also played Dr. Rumack in "Airplane!"), the film begins with Frank's partner, Det. Norberg (O.J. Simpson, long before the murder trial), getting gunned down by a group of heroin smugglers on board a boat owned by the wealthy businessman Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). Upon hearing the news, Frank cuts short his vacation and proceeds immediately to the hospital where Norberg is recovering and inadvertently upsets Norberg's wife Stephanie (Winifred Freedman). Yet unaware of the connection to Ludwig, the mayor of Los Angeles (Nancy Marchand) puts Police Squad in charge of security for an impending visit by Queen Elizabeth II (Jeannette Charles) and the highly respected Ludwig is in charge of the Queen's tour activities. Upon visiting Ludwig at Ludwig's office (which is partially damaged), Frank meets the woman of his dreams who is one of Ludwig's employees: Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley). As it turns out, Jane bumbles about as much as Frank; but that doesn't stop them from starting an affair after Ludwig (unknown to Frank) encourages Jane to get to know him. However, it is when Frank decides to make a late-night clandestine visit to Ludwig's office that he learns of a horrific plot to assassinate the Queen; but who is the assassin? Frank then focuses his activities upon finding and stopping the would-be assassin even if it means embarrassing the Queen & the city of Los Angeles, as well as pretending to be an opera singer & an MLB umpire.
Even after watching this film numerous times over the past 24 years, it is not possible to avoid laughing at the slapstick antics and hilarious one-liners that permeate the film. Some of the most memorable scenes include the hospital visit, the run-away car, the scenes in Ludwig's office, the building ledge, Frank's dates with Jane, the royal dinner and the baseball game. Adding to the humor is the superb acting as performed by Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban and George Kennedy (who plays Frank's boss, Det. Ed Hocken). Overall, I rate the 1988 "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it to anyone who loves to have a good laugh.
Movie Review: HILARIOUS!
Summary: 5 Stars
BASIC PLOT: Frank Drebin, a cop from the Police Squad, investigates after his partner was shot 6 times [He survived, though. It missed every vital organ]. What he discovers is a dasterdely plot to murder Queen Elizabeth.
NAKED OPINION: It sounds like a pure action movie, huh!? WRONG! It's a comedy! Filled with so many laughs and memorable lines! My favorite part is the "Stone statue" scene! LOL! One of the funniest movies ever!
Movie Review: A COP AS DANGEROUS AS THE CRIMINALS HE CHASES.
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Naked Gun" is a collection of jokes, every scene has something funny and most of the jokes still are enjoyable after 16 years. The main character, Lt. Frank Drebin, is the most clueless creature in the planet, but without a doubt he is a very charismatic character that helps to create very funny situations.
The creative team ZAZ (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker) wrote a screenplay filled with jokes and scenes ridiculously funny. From the title sequence (the police car sneaking in the most unimaginable places) to the final scene, you get the feeling that "The Naked Gun" is a very good comedy.
Perhaps the most ironic and funny thing is that Frank Drebin never realizes all the accidents and disasters he provokes, and even though the danger is always following him, he is a very funny character. If you like comedy, you should see this one.