Comedy "Loaded Weapon 1". Parody of "Lethal Weapon"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Parody comedies have long and firmly entered our lives. Not a single season passes without a traditional example of the genre, sometimes of dubious quality, making fun of the next portion of the blockbuster. Often such tapes become a rental and audience disappointment, but there are those that leave a bright mark in the memory of the audience. For example, a parody of "Lethal Weapon" - "Loaded Weapon 1", whose humor can be laughed at now. Picture rating IMDb: 6.10.

Summary

At the center of the Lethal Weapon parody is the police tandem of Sgt. Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson) and his partner, also a sergeant, Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez). Law enforcement officers take on the investigation into the death of Billy York (Whoopi Goldberg), with whom Wes worked before. In the processAs a result, they look at Dr. Harold Leecher (F. Murray Abraham), languishing in a maximum security psychiatric hospital.

An unusually perceptive psycho gives them a tip on Jack's friend since the Vietnam War, the infernal General Mortars (William Shatner). The partners will have to bring the criminals to clean water and avenge the death of a policewoman.

Favorite movie

Lethal Weapon parody from director Gene Quintano was not the most successful financially. With a production budget of $8,200,000, rental fees amounted to almost $28 million. But this picture remains no less beloved for us. "Loaded Gun" can be considered a kind of response of actor Emilio Estevez to his brother - the illustrious brother Charlie Sheen, who shone in "Hot Heads".

Essentially, the tape is an oversaturated version of "Lethal Weapon" oversaturated with humor, a film that itself is not particularly distinguished by pretentious seriousness. And Gene Quintano repeatedly raises the degree of humor. The director almost purely mechanically repeats the most common methods of bringing to the point of absurdity the clichés of action movies of the 90s, iconic episodes, familiar plot moves.

To everything, the image of Sergeant Luger can be positioned as one of the underestimated acting works of Samuel L. Jackson. At present, no one doubts the performer's comedic talent, but 25 years ago, only real fans could see the potential of the future charismatic villain from Kingsman:Secret Service" in a parody of "Lethal Weapon".

For all its merits, Loaded Weapon received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has only three positive reviews out of 22.

Cameo

Gene Quintano knew how to appeal to a mass audience, he used an effective technique and saturated the Lethal Weapon parody with many cameos. The appearance of the cult movie hero John McClain, who wandered into a completely alien film, caused a particularly stormy delight among action movie fans. Movie buffs know that the script for Die Hard 3 was concocted from the studio's discarded Lethal Weapon script.

Therefore, Bruce Willis' cameo in Loaded Weapon 1 was enthusiastically received by the public. In one of the episodes, the villains shoot up Jack Colt's beach house, after the explosion, John McClain climbs out from under the rubble and explains to the villains that they have the wrong address.

In addition to Bruce Willis, they appeared in a parody of "Lethal Weapon" Charlie Sheen with Tim Curry and Whoopi Goldberg.