Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Réalisateur:

Gene Quintano

Scénaristes (WGA):

Don Holley (story) &
Tori Tellem (story) ...
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Date de sortie:

5 février 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedie | Crime

Accroche:

Don't Shoot, You'll Spoil The Sequel!

Intrigue:

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal...

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | Cookie | Microfilm | Microwave | Cross Dressing

Avis des utilisateurs:

Hate it all you want. I like it, and think it's pretty good -- for a spoof.

Ensemble

Emilio Estevez	...	Jack Colt
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Wes Luger
Jon Lovitz	...	Becker
Tim Curry	...	Jigsaw
Kathy Ireland	...	Destiny Demeanor
Frank McRae	...	Captain Doyle
William Shatner	...	General Mortars
Dhiru Shah	...	Translator
Gokul	...	Hindu
Tom Bruggeman	...	Mini-Mart Punk
Danny Castle	...	Mini-Mart Punk
Lance Kinsey	...	Irv
Bill Nunn	...	Police Photographer
Joyce Brothers	...	Coroner (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Lin Shaye	...	Witness
Robert Willis	...	Armanied Cop
Vito Scotti	...	Tailor
Ken Ober	...	Dooley
James Doohan	...	Scotty
Lauren Abels	...	Police Psychiatrist
Richard Moll	...	Prison Attendant
F. Murray Abraham	...	Harold Leacher
Charlie Sheen	...	Valet
Denis Leary	...	Mike McCracken
Denise Richards	...	Cindy (as Denise Lee Richards)
Mary Lynn Naggie	...	Cindy
Suzie Hardy	...	Cindy
Karman Kruschke	...	Cindy
Michael Castner	...	Michael Castner
J.P. Hubbell	...	Megaphone Cop
Corey Feldman	...	Young Cop
Phil Hartman	...	Comic Cop
J.T. Walsh	...	Desk Clerk
Erik Estrada	...	Erik Estrada
Larry Wilcox	...	Larry Wilcox
Paul Gleason	...	FBI Agent
Jake Johannsen	...	Drug Dealer
Mike L. Lajeunesse	...	Mr. Jericho (as Mike Lajeunesse)
Sherry Bilsing	...	Cookie Receptionist
Allyce Beasley	...	Spinach Destiny
Rick Ducommun	...	D.A. (as Ric Ducommun)
Charles Napier	...	Interrogator
Charles Cyphers	...	Interrogator
Benjamin Kimball Smith	...	Kid on Bike
Danielle Nicolet	...	Debbie Luger
Damian Cagnolatti	...	Ben Luger
Beverly Johnson	...	Doris Luger
Christopher Shobe	...	Ted Polansky
Marcus Lasha	...	Young Luger
Hank Cheyne	...	Stormtrooper
Al Watson	...	Stormtrooper
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Sgt. Billy York (uncredited)
Holly Hallstrom	...	Spin the Wheel Girl (uncredited)
Andray Johnson	...	Ken Luckman (uncredited)
Christopher Lambert	...	Man with Car Phone (uncredited)
Tommy Le	...	Vietnamese Lover (uncredited)
Bruce Mahler	...	District Attorney #2 (uncredited)
Jody Mullenax	...	(uncredited)
Robert Shaye	...	Interrogation Room Person (uncredited)
Bruce Willis	...	Man whose caravan is attacked (uncredited)
Nancy Young	...	The Little Mermaid (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Gene Quintano

Scénaristes (WGA)
Don Holley		(story) &
Tori Tellem		(story)
Don Holley		(screenplay) and
Gene Quintano		(screenplay)

Produit par
Michael De Luca	....	co-executive producer
Howard Klein	....	executive producer
Michel Roy	....	executive producer
Erwin Stoff	....	executive producer
Suzanne Todd	....	producer
David Willis	....	producer

Musique originale
Robert Folk

Image
Peter Deming		(director of photography)

Montage
Christopher Greenbury

Distribution des rôles
Ferne Cassel

Création des décors
Jaymes Hinkle

Direction artistique
Alan E. Muraoka

Décorateur de plateau
Sarah Burdick Stone		(as Sarah B. Stone)

Création des costumes
Jacqueline G. Arthur		(as Jacki Arthur)

Maquillage
David LeRoy Anderson	....	special makeup effects
Michael Germain	....	makeup artist
Katharina Hirsch-Smith	....	makeup artist: Mr. Jackson
Darlene Lawrence	....	hair stylist: Mr. Shatner
David B. Miller	....	makeup effects: David Miller Studio (as David Miller)
Cheryl Ann Nick	....	makeup artist (as Cheryl Nick)
Peggy O'Brien	....	makeup effects: David Miller Studio
Ashley Scott	....	hair stylist
David Syner	....	hair stylist
Mary Ann Valdes	....	key hair stylist
Jeanne Van Phue	....	key makeup artist
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist

Directeur de production
Bill Carroll	....	unit production manager (as William Carroll)
Cindy Hornickel	....	executive in charge of production
Cindy Litman	....	production supervisor
Pamela Winn-Barnett	....	post-production supervisor (as Pam Winn)

Assistant réalisateur
Ken Goch	....	first assistant director
Hilbert Hakim	....	second second assistant director
Robert Leveen	....	second second assistant director
Robert D. Nellans	....	second assistant director
Charlie Picerni	....	second unit director (as Charles Picerni)
Daniel M. Stillman	....	second assistant director
David Womark	....	first assistant director

Département Art
Robert Allen	....	swing gang
Scott Ambrose	....	property master (as Scott W. Ambrose)
Brian Berkel	....	carpenter (as Brian Keith Berkel)
Jeff Brown	....	carpenter
Linda S. Brown	....	swing gang (as Linda Brown)
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Deborah Cottrill	....	assistant propmaster (as Deborah L. Cottrill)
Tom Craig	....	swing gang (as Thomas Scott Craig)
Anna Czerwatiuk	....	assistant set decorator
Blaise DeLacroix	....	set dresser (as Blaise Delacroix)
Todd Fellows	....	swing gang (as Todd H. Fellows)
Jeff Flores	....	set painter
David W. Ford	....	leadman
Jonathan Freund	....	swing gang
Jake Galin	....	carpenter
Don Ghio	....	swing gang (as Donald Ghio)
Joseph Frank Giorgianni	....	carpenter
Matthew Gratzner	....	swing gang
Geoffrey Haley	....	props production assistant
Richard Hausfeld	....	carpenter (as Richard L. Hausfeld)
John Hinkle	....	set painter
Greg Hubert	....	propmaker
Jeff Hutchinson	....	swing gang
Nicholas C. John	....	set painter
Jonathan Josell	....	art department coordinator
Jonathan Josell	....	labor (as Johnathan Josell)
Gary Kanan	....	carpenter
Anthony Lattanzio	....	construction coordinator
Rodolfo Martinez	....	labor
Thomas C. Mentzer	....	construction foreman
Roy Miller	....	labor
Dale Owen	....	labor
Charli Palazzo	....	scenic artist
Ronald Puga	....	paint supervisor (as Ronald J. Puga)
Thomas B. Reay	....	sign painter
Tony Riedell	....	set painter
John Root	....	sign painter (as John L. Root)
Michael W. Rueter	....	art department assistant
David Russell	....	storyboard artist
Debbie Salter	....	set painter
Victor Sardelich	....	construction foreman
Steven Seine	....	swing gang (as Steve Seine)
Angelo Sotereanos	....	swing gang
Karen Torell	....	swing gang
C. Noah Vail	....	props assistant
Julie Witherington	....	on-set dresser (as Julie Sexsmith)
Christopher Harwood	....	leadman (uncredited)
Steven Hintz	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Martin Raymond Bolger	....	sound mixer (as Marty Bolger)
Duncan Burns	....	dialogue editor
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer (as John Coffey)
Lily Diamond	....	adr supervisor
John Edwards-Younger	....	sound effects editor
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	engineer: Dolby (as Thom Ehle)
Gregory G. Gest	....	sound recordist (as Greg Gest)
Walter A. Gest	....	sound recordist (as Walter Gest)
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Wayne Heitman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Doug Kent	....	foley editor (as Douglas Kent)
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound effects editor
Harry B. Miller III	....	dialogue editor
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
Kim Petty	....	boom operator
Michelle Pleis	....	assistant sound editor
Steve Schwalbe	....	sound effects editor (as Steven J. Schwalbe)
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley (as Edward Steidele)
Hamilton Sterling	....	sound effects editor
Donald Sylvester	....	adr editor
John Joseph Thomas	....	sound effects editor
Nancy Tracy	....	apprentice sound editor
Rubén Domingo	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Tony Smyles	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Bob Ahmanson	....	special effects team (as Robert Ahmanson)
Debi Boulden	....	designer: artificial animals, Animal Makers
Jim Boulden	....	designer: artificial animals, Animal Makers (as Jim)
John C. Carlucci	....	special effects team (as John Carlucci)
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator
Jim Doyle	....	special effects foreman
Morgan Guynes	....	special effects team
Josh Hakian	....	special effects team
Jon Jenkins	....	special effects team
Dean W. Miller	....	special effects team
James Ochoa	....	special effects team (as James A. Ochoa)
Charles Schmitz	....	special effects team (as Chuck Schmitz)
Anthony Simonaitis	....	special effects team (as Anthony W. Simonaitis)
Randy Tarum	....	special effects team (as Randy Lee Tarum)
Rick Thompson	....	special effects foreman (as Richard L. Thompson)
Carolyn Oros	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Kimberly K. Nelson	....	visual effects supervisor

Cascadeur
Bob Arnold	....	stunt player
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunt player (as Greg Barnett)
Kenny Bates	....	stunt player
Nick Brett	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts
Tom Bruggeman	....	stunt player
Lou Carlucci	....	stunt player
Danny Castle	....	stunt player
Jim Connors	....	stunt player (as Jimmy Connors)
George Fisher	....	stunt player
Norman Howell	....	stunt player
Eric Mansker	....	stunt player
Mike Marasco	....	stunt player (as Michael V. Marasco)
Alan Oliney	....	stunt player
Victor Paul	....	stunt player
Manny Perry	....	stunt player
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator (as Charles Picerni)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt player (as Charles Picerni)
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunt player
Paul V. Picerni Jr.	....	stunt player (as Paul Picerni)
Steve Picerni	....	stunt player
Bernie Pock	....	stunt player
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt player
Philip Tan	....	stunt player
William Washington	....	stunt player
Eddie L. Watkins	....	stunts
Nancy Young	....	stunt player

Caméra et Département Electrique
Waide R. Allen	....	electrician (as Waide Allen)
Scott Browner	....	first assistant camera
Lila Byall	....	camera production assistant
Gary L. Camp	....	second assistant camera
Doug Chartier	....	dolly grip
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	electrician (as Tommy Dangcil)
Jeffrey De La Rosa	....	rigging electrician (as Jeff de la Rosa)
Peter Deming	....	camera operator
Maurice Depas	....	electrician (as Maurice Dépas)
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	electrician (as D. Dhiensuwana)
Robert E. Dunne	....	camera loader
Michael Evans	....	electrician
Kirk R. Gardner	....	Steadicam operator
Galen Green	....	electrician
Willis E. Gueringer	....	electrician
Amy Hobby	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Paul Hughen	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Steve Hurson	....	second assistant camera (as Stephen D. Hurson)
Steve Iriguchi	....	electrician (as J. Steve Iriguchi)
Bob Ivanjack	....	grip
Fred R. Jochheim	....	grip (as Fred Jochheim)
Sam J. Jones	....	still photographer (as Sam Jones)
Duane Journey	....	key grip
Jeff Journey	....	grip
Jerry D. Knight	....	rigging electrician
Warren Kroeger	....	lamp operator
Michael LaViolette	....	gaffer (as Michael La Violette)
Marty Lewis	....	pre-rig gaffer (as Marté Lewis)
Denny Logan	....	grip
Josh Mohala	....	grip
Jeff Murrell	....	best boy electric (as Jeffrey Murrell)
Thomas Nead	....	best boy electric (as Tom Nead)
Katie Nilson	....	rigging electrician
Tony Pica	....	electrician
Melvin Pukowsky	....	electrician (as Melvin Pukowsky Jr.)
Basil Schmidt	....	best boy grip
Gary D. Scott	....	first assistant camera
Cameron Smith	....	electrician
Donna Vega	....	electrician
Konstantin von Krusenstiern	....	second assistant camera
William E. Webb	....	electrician
Glenn Whiteford	....	electrician (as Glenn L. Whiteford)
James D. Wickman	....	grip
John Willis III	....	electrician

Département Casting
Lynda Montague	....	casting assistant

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Victoria DeKay	....	costume supervisor (as Victoria deKay)
Jorge García	....	set costumer (as Jorge Garcia)
Doreen Hawbrecker	....	set costumer (as Doreen Hawbecker)
Diane Higgins	....	set costumer
Linda Huse	....	set costumer
Teresa Willis	....	wardrobe assistant

Dpartement Editorial
Scott W. Anderson	....	second assistant editor
Ute Berthold	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter: Kona Cutting
Poppy Das	....	apprentice editor
Kristin Eaton	....	editing intern
Joe Fineman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Neil Kirk	....	additional editor
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer

Département Musique
Douglas M. Lackey	....	music editor
Dawn Soler	....	music supervisor (as Dawn Solér)
Steve Sykes	....	scoring mixer
Richard Wolf	....	composer: end titles theme

Département Transport
Michael 'Crash' Anderson	....	driver (as Crash Anderson)
Bradley Baltzell	....	crane driver
Erin L. Britos	....	driver (as Erin Britos)
Michael Carroll	....	driver (as Michael S. Carroll)
Ronald Wm. Colman	....	driver
Guy Duquette	....	driver (as Guy A. Duquette)
Hollywood Dave Flanigan	....	driver
Charles D. Hindman	....	driver (as Charles Hindman)
Lyle Kilpatrick	....	driver (as Lyle Killpatrick)
Morgan McGuinness	....	driver (as Morgan J. McGuinness)
Chaddon E. Merrick	....	driver
Tony 'Bear' Mihalopoulos	....	driver
Kip Parker	....	driver
Rich Rizzo	....	driver
Griff Ruggles	....	transportation coordinator
Arturo Ruvalcaba	....	driver
Rick Scheil	....	driver
Ronald Robert Stinton	....	driver (as Ronald R. Stinton)
Matt Story	....	driver (as Matthew Story)
Dennis Thurman	....	driver
Michael J. Trottochan	....	driver (as Michael J. Trottochau)
Buster Videgain	....	driver (as Gregg R. Videgain)
Johnny Videgain	....	driver (as John Videgain)
Danny Westerberg	....	transportation captain
John West	....	driver

Divers
Liz Amsden	....	contract supervisor
Linda Brown	....	unit publicist
Greg Buyalos	....	on-set production assistant
Sabrina Calley	....	key set production assistant
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Frank Claridge	....	police officer: LAPD (as F.W. Claridge)
Adrianna A.J. Cohen	....	production accountant (as A.J. Cohen)
Scott De Garmo	....	police officer: LAPD (as Scott A. DeGarmo)
Neil J. Deiter	....	on-set production assistant
Mary Goss	....	product placement
Cynthia Guidry	....	assistant: Mr. De Luca
Jim Hartz	....	studio teacher
John Himelstein	....	production assistant
James P. Jimirro	....	executive: National Lampoon
Chris Joachim	....	helicopter pilot
Tish Johnson	....	assistant production accountant
Samuel F. Kinder	....	craft service assistant
Beryl Kinney	....	post-production contract administrator
Bonnie Macker	....	production coordinator
Laura Maffeo	....	assistant production coordinator
Toni Maier	....	location manager
Amanda Marashinsky	....	assistant to producers
Roger Marmoleso	....	security
Mickey McDermott	....	assistant: Mr. Estevez
Brian Joseph Moore	....	safety coordinator (as Brian J. Moore)
Sally Morton	....	legal assistant
Gidon Nach	....	production assistant
Rachel Nicholson	....	production intern
Sandra Ohlfest	....	medic
Roger Olvera	....	security
Richard Pine	....	weapons handler (as Richard A. Pine)
Mike Presnell	....	production assistant
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Robert C. Redwine	....	cook's assistant
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production attorney
Federico Salas	....	cook's assistant
Tony Santavenere	....	craft service (as Anthony Santavenere)
Sydney Conrad Shapiro	....	script supervisor (as Sydney H. Conrad)
Gary Souzzi	....	helicopter pilot (as Gary Suozzi)
Laxmi Stebbins	....	production assistant
Aeden Sutherlin	....	assistant location manager
Teru Sutton	....	translation: Japanese
Jack Tice	....	studio teacher
Nancy A. Tice	....	studio teacher
Dennis E. Tindall	....	police officer: LAPD
Alex L. Worman	....	product placement (as Alex Worman)
Anthony Winters	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Merci
John S. Owens	....	this film is dedicated to the memory of

Companies de production

• New Line Cinema (as New Line Productions) (presents)
• 3 Arts Entertainment (in association with)

Distributeurs

• New Line Cinema (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Filmayer Vídeo (1995) (Spain) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Motion Picture Distribution (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Pathé Distribution (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Spain)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Animal Makers (artificial animals by)
• David Miller Creations (makeup effects) (as David Miller Studio)
• Howard A. Anderson Company (optical effects) (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)

Autres Companies

• Acme Soundworks Studio  sound editing by (as Acme Soundworks)
• Albert G. Ruben and Company  insurance provided by (as Albert G. Ruben & Co., Inc.)
• American Humane Association, The  animal action monitoring
• CCS Entertainment  special thanks to (as CCS Entertainment Marketing)
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman Equipment  cranes and dollies (as Chapman)
• Cinelease  production equipment
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems by
• Film House  prints by
• Film Scores  music editor
• Golden Harvest Company  very special thanks: for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles clip (as Golden Harvest)
• Howard A. Anderson Company  title (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Michaelson's  caterers (as Michaelson's Catering)
• Mirage Studios  very special thanks: for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles clip
• Movie Motion  trucks provided by
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  courtesy of: space shuttle footage (as NASA)
• Paycorp Inc.  payroll services
• Piny Beverly Hills  hair extensions: Mr. Estevez (as Piny of Beverly Hills)
• Sounds Great!  ADR voice casting (as Sounds Great)
• Star Waggons  cast trailers provided by (as Starwaggons)
• Warner Hollywood Studios  re-recording at

Autre(s) titre(s):

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for ribald humor and drug references.

Durée:

84 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:12 | Peru:14 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (No. 32025) | Singapore:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

New Line Cinema

Anecdotes:

Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox appear in their "CHiPs" roles during a shootout scene. Yet in the entire six-year run of CHiPs, they never once drew their weapons.

Goofs:

Equipe ou équipement visible: When Colt and Lugar first arrive at the "Squealer's Motel" and get out of the car, the camera man and boom mic operator are visible in the window behind the two as they walk towards the other cops.

Guillemet:

[Colt and Luger's car blows up]
Colt: Good thing we took valet.
Wes Luger: Taxi!
[the taxi blows up]
Colt: I guess we're making somebody nervous. But I'll tell you this: It's gonna take a helluva lot more than a couple of car bombs to get us off of this case.
Wes Luger: Not a helluva lot more.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur "Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere: (#1.1)" (2004)

Bande son:

YOU REALLY GOT ME

Hate it all you want. I like it, and think it's pretty good -- for a spoof.

I'm not a huge fan of slapstick spoofs. I love "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" films, but it's not my favorite genre.

Ironic, then, that I find most spoof movies enjoyable, at the very least, because they're all really, really stupid. There's more quality in "Airplane!" than, say, "Hot Shots!", but both films are enjoyable, because you have to do absolutely no thinking whatsoever. All you have to do is laugh a few times. And with the millions of jokes (okay, hundreds) per film, you're sure to find at least a handful of things worth laughing at.

"National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1" is one of my favorite spoof flicks. Why? It's stupid, silly, funny, and one of the most enjoyable films available to see. Yeah, it's stupid, like I already said. But it's loads of fun, too. And I don't care if critics bashed it when it came out -- it's still a very fun movie.

Everything gets lampooned in this: "Lethal Weapon" to "Die Hard" to "Silence of the Lambs" to "CHiPs." And, alongside "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"; "Austin Powers in Goldmember"; and "The Player," it has some of the most cameos/stars to date. Get this: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Curry, Jon Lovitz, William Shatner, Denis Leary, Erik Estrada, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Bill Nunn, Kathy Ireland, Corey Feldman, J.T. Walsh, Paul Gleason, F. Murray Abraham, Bruce Willis, Phil Hartman (R.I.P.), Whoopi Goldberg, Charlie Sheen (Emilio's half-brother)...am I missing anyone? Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Joe Pesci would have completed this cast. I wonder if they rejected cameos.

Wes Luger (Jackson) has been assigned a new partner, the loose canon Jack Colt (Estevez), who lost his dog long ago and is now mentally unstable. Luger lost his partner (Goldberg), too, and the effects of the past often catch up with him, so far that he finds it impossible to fire a gun without shaking violently and spastic-like.

General Mortars (Shatner) is planning a devious scheme of running drugs through a Girl Scout cookie-type company, and Colt and Luger try to thwart his plan and save the day before it's too late. Meanwhile, they come to appreciate each other -- while lampooning everything in sight.

The most puzzling thing about "Loaded Weapon 1" is the fact that, if you look at most user comments on the Internet Movie Database, they're all quite positive. It has a low standing at 5.3 stars, yes, but the user reviews for the film are pretty decent. A lot of people found the film "funny for what it is." I do, too.

Spoofing a spoof is kinda pathetic, I'll admit. "Lethal Weapon" always was more tongue-in-cheek comedy than anything else. Even as a hard action film it was always winking at the other films of its genre. "Wayne's World" isn't exactly a drama of epic proportions, either, come to think of it. Even "Basic Instinct" is a hard film to spoof, if you take a moment to reflect -- it's never exactly horribly serious. Just sleazy. (I won't ruin how "Loaded Weapon 1" pokes fun at the famous Sharon Stone interrogation scene.)

Yet, in my honest opinion, "Loaded Weapon 1" does a pretty darn good job of spoofing everything in sight. Estevez is a good Riggs-type who pines for his lost dog (not a wife, mind you, but a dog). Jackson -- who's usually great -- is decent as the Murtaugh-type character, although he is shoved aside by the screenplay to make room for Estevez. (Whose brother was just as good in "Hot Shots!", although I think this is a funnier film.) Lovitz, hair bleached (impersonating Joe Pesci from the "Lethal Weapons"), comes across as an irritant sidekick who appears out of thin air only when the plot needs him -- which I suppose was the point. (Was "Loaded Weapon 1" assuming that Joe Pesci's Leo Getz character was an irritating co-star placed in the film as nothing more than an easy plot device? Probably.)

And in one of the simplest -- but also one of the most effective -- scenes, we get the famous bathroom bomb sequence from "Lethal Weapon 2" told in an entirely fresh perspective. Here's how it goes: The door to Jackson's house is wide open. Estevez walks in and calls him. "I'm up here!" is the response. Estevez walks up the stairs, gets to the bathroom, opens the door, sees Jackson on the toilet and says, "What are you doing?" Safe to say, he's doing exactly what it looks like. His blunt reply is one of the highlights of the film. (Let's face it, that scene from "LW2" was destined to get poked fun at some time or another -- I'm just glad it got spoofed in this.)

4/5 stars.

- John Ulmer