Loaded Weapon 1
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Loaded Weapon 1 (also known as National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1) is a 1993 comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, and William Shatner.
The film mainly spoofed the plot of Lethal Weapon 2 but also referred to popular past movies such as Basic Instinct and Die Hard. One scene parodied Clarice Starling's first meeting with Dr. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs.
Plot summary
Los Angeles detective Billie York (Whoopi Goldberg, uncredited) is murdered because she possesses a microfilm with the recipe to turn cocaine into cookies and she won't hand it over to the ones that seek it. Detective Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson) takes the case in an attempt to avenge the death of his former partner. As part of the terms for letting Luger taking the case, psychotic burned-out narcotic agent Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) is assigned to the case with Luger. They pursue the villains "Lethal Weapon" style. Before the villains are apprehended however, Luger must journey into his past to realize the right thing to do. In the end, the Cookie Factory is destroyed in an explosion due to a cigarette and a gasoline spill.Taglines:
- Oh my God! They have guns!
- Don't Shoot, You'll Spoil The Sequel!
- See it before they make the sequel.
- We'd like to have been nominated for 9 ACADEMY AWARDS.
- Oh my God! They're on video!
Main cast
- Emilio Estevez - Sgt. Jack Colt
- Samuel L. Jackson - Sgt. Wes Luger
- Jon Lovitz - Becker
- Tim Curry - Mr. Jigsaw
- Kathy Ireland - Miss Destiny Demeanor
- Frank McRae - Captain Doyle
- William Shatner - General Curtis Mortars
- F. Murray Abraham - Dr. Harold Leacher
Celebrity cameos
- James Doohan - Scotty
- Erik Estrada - Officer Francis Poncherello
- Corey Feldman - Young Cop
- Paul Gleason - FBI Agent Dwayne T. Robinson
- Whoopi Goldberg - Sgt. Billy York
- Phil Hartman - Officer Davis
- Denis Leary - Mike McCracken
- Richard Moll - Prison Attendant
- Denise Richards - Cindy #1
- Charlie Sheen - Valet
- J.T. Walsh - Desk Clerk
- Bruce Willis - John McClane
- Dr. Joyce Brothers - Medical Examiner
- Christopher Lambert - Man with Car Phone
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