National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (42,647 ratings)

The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By
Gene Quintano
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 5, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Dec 21, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    This film is stale.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    A buddy cop parody of the lowest possible caliber.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    actually very funny

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    A new low in lame spoofery.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    As much a poor man's "Hot Shots" if ever they were

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • BG Movie Reviews 2


    This may be old, this may be cheesy, and this may be a parody, but this has got to be one of the most insanely funny films I have seen! When you stick Samuel L. Jackson in anything, it tends to be good, and in this situation, it was amazing! There are ridiculous references to so many… More

  • Mike S


    Second-rate spoof flick with an embarrasingly low laugh count. I really wanted to like this, but with all the clumsy directing and even worse writing, it's more like the 90's equivalent of a Seltzer & Friedberg movie. Jokes need to be witty and rapid in order to work… More

  • AJ V


    An hilarious spoof of Lethal Weapon and just buddy cop movies in general. The cast is impressive, too, I loved seeing Shatner as the bad guy, especially. This is probably one of the best spoof movies of the 90s.

  • Anthony L


    A silly spoof of the Lethal Weapon films. One of the National Lampoon?s better attempts!

  • Martin S


    The story wasn't so good...but there was a couple of fun stuff and a lot of actors

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