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, directed by
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and starring
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,
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
and
William ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor and novelist. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series and in seven of the...
. The film mainly
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the first three
Lethal Weapon films, as well as other films that include
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,
Die HardDie Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which was...
,
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,
Rambo and
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.
There was every intention to make a sequel to
Loaded Weapon 1. A deal had been set in place before the film had gone into production and a poster had even been printed with the caption, "Oh come ON, you knew it was coming!" When
Loaded Weapon 1 underperformed at the box office, however, the deal was severed.
In Los Angeles, Billie York (
Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality....
, uncredited) is murdered by Mr.
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (also known simply as
Loaded Weapon 1) is a
1993The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...
comedy filmComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
, directed by
Gene QuintanoGene Quintano is an American film actor, producer, writer and director best known for writing sequels to the hit film Police Academy and directing films such as Dollar For The Dead and Loaded Weapon 1, both starring Emilio Estevez. Quintano acted in two 3-D films during the early 1980s; Comin' At...
and starring
Emilio EstevezEmilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, poet, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, appearing in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
,
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
and
William ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor and novelist. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series and in seven of the...
. The film mainly
spoofsA parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
the first three
Lethal Weapon films, as well as other films that include
Basic InstinctBasic Instinct is a American thriller/neo-noir film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, starring Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle and George Dzundza....
,
Die HardDie Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which was...
,
Dirty HarryDirty Harry is a 1971 crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan....
,
Rambo and
48 Hrs.48 Hrs. is a 1982 action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. This was Eddie Murphy's film debut, and Joel Silver's first...
.
There was every intention to make a sequel to
Loaded Weapon 1. A deal had been set in place before the film had gone into production and a poster had even been printed with the caption, "Oh come ON, you knew it was coming!" When
Loaded Weapon 1 underperformed at the box office, however, the deal was severed.
Plot summary
In Los Angeles, Billie York (
Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality....
, uncredited) is murdered by Mr. Jigsaw (
Tim CurryTimothy James "Tim" Curry is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
dressed as a wilderness girl) because she possesses a microfilm with the
recipeA recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components:*The name of the dish...
to turn
cocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant...
into wilderness girls cookies and she won't hand it over to the ones that seek it. Her former partner, Wes Luger (
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
), takes the case in an attempt to avenge her death. As part of the terms for letting Luger taking the case, the psychotic burned-out narcotics agent, Jack Colt (
Emilio EstevezEmilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, poet, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, appearing in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
), is assigned to the case with Luger. They pursue the villains, however, before the villains are apprehended, 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.
Main cast
- Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, poet, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, appearing in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
- Sgt. Jack ColtColt's Manufacturing Company is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. It is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century...
- Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
- Sgt. Wes LugerThe Pistole Parabellum1908 or Parabellum-Pistole , popularly known as the Luger, is an iconic, toggle locked, recoil operated, semi-automatic pistol. The design was patented by Georg J...
- Jon Lovitz
Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for serving as a cast member of Saturday Night Live between 1985 to 1990 and voicing Jay Sherman on The Critic.-Early life:...
- Rick Becker
- Tim Curry
Timothy James "Tim" Curry is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
- Mr. Jigsaw
- Kathy Ireland
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Ireland is an American former model, actress, CEO and designer of her eponymous brand product marketing company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide.-Life and career:...
- Miss Destiny Demeanor
- Frank McRae
Frank McRae is an American actor and former professional football player.McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL season.Among his acting roles are...
- Captain Doyle
- William Shatner
William Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor and novelist. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series and in seven of the...
- General Curtis Mortars
- F. Murray Abraham
Fahrid Murray Abraham is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s, after winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Amadeus, and has since appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films, television, and mainly on stage.- Early life :Abraham was born in...
- Dr. Harold Leacher
Celebrity cameos
- James Doohan
James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements...
- ScottyMontgomery Scott is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by James Doohan in the original Star Trek series, Scotty also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics", and in numerous books, comics, and...
- Erik Estrada
Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada is an American actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 United States police television series CHiPs...
- Officer Francis Poncherello
- Larry Wilcox
Larry Wilcox is an American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker in CHiPs, an American television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.-Background:...
- Officer Jon Baker
- Corey Feldman
Corey Scott Feldman is an American film and television actor. He became known during the 1980s, with roles in the Hollywood films The Goonies "The Lost Boys" and Stand by Me.-Early life:...
- Young Cop
- Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Gleason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Eleanor , a registered nurse, and George L. Gleason, a restaurateur, professional boxer, iron worker, and roofing manufacturer. Gleason was raised in Uleta, however the...
- FBI Agent
- Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality....
(uncredited) - Sgt. Billy York
- Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman was a Canadian-born American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family immigrated to the United States when he was ten. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed...
- Officer Davis
- Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He is known for his often biting comedic style and his chain smoking. Leary is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me now in its fifth season....
- Mike McCracken
- Richard Moll
Charles Richard Moll is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Bull Shannon, the tall shaven-headed bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.-Personal life:...
- Prison Attendant
- Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estévez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War Drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street. His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Major League, the Hot Shots!...
- Valet
- J.T. Walsh - Desk Clerk
- Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor and producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard...
(uncredited) - Himself
- Allyce Beasley
Allyce Beasley is an American actress. She is known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series Moonlighting. For several years she has been the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a morning lineup of programming for toddlers on The Disney Channel...
- Spinach Destiny
- Dr. Joyce Brothers - Medical Examiner
- Christopher Lambert
Christophe Guy Denis Lambert , known as Christopher Lambert, is an American-born French actor. He is best known for his role as Connor MacLeod, or simply "The Highlander", from the movie and subsequent movie franchise series of the same name...
(uncredited) - Man with Car Phone
Cameo notes
- Erik Estrada
Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada is an American actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 United States police television series CHiPs...
and Larry WilcoxLarry Wilcox is an American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker in CHiPs, an American television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.-Background:...
appear in their CHiPsCHiPs is an American television drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to June 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
roles during a shootout scene. Yet in the entire six-year run of CHiPs, they never once drew their weapons.
- Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Gleason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Eleanor , a registered nurse, and George L. Gleason, a restaurateur, professional boxer, iron worker, and roofing manufacturer. Gleason was raised in Uleta, however the...
plays an FBI Agent in this film, while in Die HardDie Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which was...
he plays Deputy Chief Dwayne T. Robinson and has a line "We're gonna need some more FBI guys I guess."
- Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estévez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War Drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street. His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Major League, the Hot Shots!...
appears in a cameo role, playing alongside his brother Emilio Estevez. The appearance of Denise RichardsDenise Lee Richards is an American actress and former fashion model. She became famous in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough...
in a minor role is pre-fame, and therefore not technically a cameo. The two do not share any scenes together, and were only to meet on the film set of Good AdviceGood Advice is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon and Denise Richards. Includes support roles by Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple.- Plot summary:...
in 2001.
- Moonlighting
Moonlighting was an American television series that first aired on ABC from March 3, 1985 to May 14, 1989 with a total of 67 episodes. The show starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives and was a mixture of drama, comedy and romance that is considered a classic spoof of...
's Bruce WillisWalter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor and producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard...
and Allyce BeasleyAllyce Beasley is an American actress. She is known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series Moonlighting. For several years she has been the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a morning lineup of programming for toddlers on The Disney Channel...
make a cameo in this film; Willis as himself, and Beasley as Spinach Destiny.
- A closer look at the wall of torture and instruments of pain will show a mounted VHS case of the George Lucas
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-produced film Howard the DuckHoward the Duck is an American comedy science fiction film, directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. Loosely based on the comic book of the same name, the film focuses on Howard, an alien from a planet inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks, is transported to Earth, where he meets...
.
- At the close, the credits say, "This Film is Dedicated to the Memory of JOHN COFFEY". John Coffey was listed as the sound mixer for the movie, but, notwithstanding the dedication in the credits, went on to serve as such for other movies thereafter.
Deleted Scenes
There are many deleted scenes cut from the film for various reasons. Among them are:
- We introduced to Luger at his house instead of at the York murder scene. We learn more about his wife and daughter's extreme promiscuity. In his study he notes that he only has two days left to retirement before he listens to the message York left him on his answering machine before being killed. There is a flashback to their days as a beat cop. We also learn more about Luger's interest in fishing.
- On his way down Luger finds out that York has been murdered from a random man on a phone (Christopher Lambert).
- At the police station there are extra shots of cops goofing-off instead of actually working.
- In Captain Doyle's office Luger spins a wheel-of-fortune to find out how long he's got to solve the case. The wheel passes through 76 Trombones, 9½ Weeks
9½ Weeks is a 1986 erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. The film is based on the novella of the same title by Elizabeth McNeill....
, High NoonHigh Noon is an American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, based on John W...
and Seven Days in MaySeven Days in May is a political thriller novel written by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II and published in . The novel was made into a motion picture in , with screenplay by Rod Serling, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas...
before finally stopping on 48 Hrs.48 Hrs. is a 1982 action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. This was Eddie Murphy's film debut, and Joel Silver's first...
- After being partnered with Colt the other cops place bets on how long their partnership will last.
- Outside the station Colt and Luger have a conversation before going to see Doctor Leecher.
- Mike McCracken's assassination is considerably longer. As he cries his backup singers cover him in tissues. Mr. Jigsaw sprays the house with bullets but none of them connect. McCracken laughs at his poor marksmanship before Mr. Jigsaw comes back with a cannon. McCracken starts crying again.
- There are more shots of Colt playing with Sport, the Labrador at the McCracken crime scene. It brings back memories of his missing dog so he sits down at the piano and breaks into tune. Everyone joins in, even the corpses start tapping their toes.
- After the cars blow up Colt and Luger hitch a ride on a passing forklift to General Mortar's warehouse. On the way Colt explains the connection between Mortars and his dog's disappearance.
- Colt and Luger quiz General Mortars at his warehouse. Mortars, flanked my Mr. Jericho (barely seen in the theatrical cut) and Mr. Jigsaw, remembers Colt from Vietnam but admits nothing. In a spoof of a scene from Lethal Weapon General Mortars grills Mr. Jericho's hand on a Hibachi
The is a traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round, cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal....
as a test of loyalty. Colt has a flashback to Vietnam where a Hibachi blows up in his face. Bored with the interrogation Mortars orders a basketball team playing in the background to escort them from the premises. The team recognize Luger as the father of their "friend" Debbie.
- Back at the police station Colt uses a home drug test kit on a box of Wilderness Girls cookies he found at the McCracken murder scene. Luger is angry that Colt is not doing things by the book. They argue before getting physical. A fight breaks out. Officers place bets on who is going to win. As the fight enters the second round Colt and Luger crash out of the window and plummet all the way to ground. But they fall in slow motion, giving the other cops time to get outside, pour coffee, eat donuts, smoke and watch them hit the sidewalk. But, being LA, there is a pool to break their fall. In the pool Colt accidentally punches a mermaid. Colt and Luger call a truce before heading to the Wilderness Girls factory.
- At the factory, when Colt shakes Destiny's hand the electrical charge between them blacks-out the rest of the neighborhood.
- In pursuit of Mr. Jigsaw there is a scene where Jack Colt wins a teddy bear for his markmanship. This explains why in one shot only there is a bear under his arm in the theatrical cut.
- The chase goes on and on through many different terrains before ending with Colt's mistimed jump from the bridge.
- The fight between Colt and Mr. Jigsaw is much longer including gags where Mr. Jigsaw attacks him with a meat cleaver, a scimitar
A scimitar is a sword with a curved blade design finding its origins in Southwest Asia .The name can be used to refer to almost any Middle Eastern or South Asian sword with a curved blade, and is often thought of as having a ridge near the end...
and a baseball bat, the last of which Colt counters with a baseball. Finally Mr. Jigsaw grabs a meat cutting knife but Colt also deflects this with a large steak before throwing him off the railing.
- Extra shots of General Mortars in his office as Mr. Jigsaw and Jack fight.
- Mr. Jigsaw actually manages to shoot Colt before being gunned-down himself. Luger beats him back to life and Colt suddenly wakes screaming "It takes more than 12 rounds form an Uzi to kill Ted Zickleman". Luger reminds him that his name is actually Jack Colt. "Someone has taken over my body!" is Colt's response.