The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | | Cast : | Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson | | Director : | David Zucker | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 02, 1988 | | DVD Released Date : | May 21, 2002 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 12, 2005 | | Summary | smarter than i thought | Content
 | "Naked Gun" used to be a textbook example of a dumb comedy. But compared to the dumb movies of today, it's a work of genius. The opening sequence is a bit dated, but otherwise it fires on all cylinders. Even the scenes with OJ Simpson are few and brief. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 15, 2005 | | Summary | Master OF The Rare LASERISCS Movies. | Content
| I have The Naked Gun ON LASERISCS With II And III..Both Are great Movies and deserves to be Add'd in yer Collection :P |
| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | Great Movie; I Give It Four and a Half Stars | Content
| This is a hilarious movie from the people that brought you AIRPLANE, TOP SECRET, and HOT SHOTS 1 and 2. But don't buy it online for $9.99. Buy it at Wal-Mart for $5.50 with the other two NAKED GUN movies. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 15, 2005 | | Summary | Hilarious | Content
| This is a movie for those times when you just want to sit back, forget all the seriousness of life, and laugh your ass off for about an hour and a half. The comedy in this movie is immature, meaningless, and at times stupid. It is totally off the wall and unrealistic, but this does not detract from the funniness because you know they are not trying to make it realistic.
Sometimes it feels like they are trying to hard to make something funny, e.g. the scene at the beginning where O.J. Simpson gets shot and runs aimlessly around the room before falling into the water.
Overall, this is one of the funniest movies I have seen. Recommended. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | One of the Top 5 comedies ever produced... | Content
| Writer/Director team David Zucker and Jim Abrahams (producers of cult comedy classics Airplane! and Top Secret) team up once again to bring audiences The Naked Gun (a full-length film based on their earlier collaboration Police Squad, a short-lived television series also starring Leslie Nielsen). With a plot and scene sequences that are far more believable than its two sequels, The Naked Gun is simply one of the best comedies ever produced for the big screen.
The Naked Gun follows the exploits of Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a longtime member of Police Squad, a special division of Los Angeles County law enforcement. Fresh off his return from a much needed vacation to Beirut, Capt. Ed Hocken (George Kennedy) informs Frank that his partner and best friend Nordberg (O.J. Simpson) was shot and left in critical condition. Frank and Ed visit Nordberg in the hospital where they try to get some information on the shooter. Unsuccessful, they promise Nordberg's wife Wilma (Susan Beaubian) that they will not rest for one second until they catch the man who did this to her husband (then they go off to grab a bite to eat).
Frank and Ed's search for the shooter eventually leads them to the office of Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban), owner of I Love U a Panamanian ship from the harbor where Nordberg was shot. Ludwig directs his Secretary, Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), to give Lt. Drebin whatever files he's looking for as well as to "get to know him and find out what he knows".
Jane and Frank strike up a relationship and things are going great until Frank finds out that Ludwig is involved in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth when she visits Los Angeles on her American tour. Frank breaks it off with Jane when he believes Ludwig put her up to it. But when Jane reveals Ludwig's plot is to have one of the ballplayers kill the Queen during the 7th inning stretch of the Angels/Mariners playoff game, she reconciles with Frank and two set off with the rest of Police Squad to foil Ludwig's plan...
Loaded with some of the best comedy sequences in cinema history (such as Frank's break-in of Ludwig's office and the stadium scenes), The Naked Gun is a continuous 85 minutes of outright hilarity. If you love comedy, this is a must-see film that ranks in the top ten of anybody's list of favorites...
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