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Simply Perfect

A Masterpiece!

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Lots of hits and misses on this one. Mostly misses. This sequel is less funny than I remembered. Some of the gags are way too long. The parody of "Ghost" is so dated now - it's simply a mistake to build an entire scene on something contemporary (like most of the lowest-of-the-lowest-parodies do).One thing that makes AIRPLANE so much better is that they don't put all the jokes and punchlines "in your face". There are ton of jokes that happen in the background and you can easily miss them if you don't pay attention (and haven't seen the movie a hundred times before). With THE NAKED GUN, all the jokes and punchlines are made very obvious, which loses a lot of its strength IMO.Priscilla Presley is pretty bad in her role.

MOVIE 2 OUT OF 4 ON MY LESLIE NIELSEN QUADRILOGY! In this flick Lt Frank Drebin, after saving the Queen, discovers that there's somebody who wants to impersonate the world-renowned scientist Dr. Meinheimer so he can do his evil schemes. I was... Well, significantly impressed by this film. I didn't expect it to be nearly as good as the first one, but hey, it was pretty darn close. The beginning of the movie didn't give me all that many laughs, but by the second part, I was laughing at every other scene. Good ol' Leslie Nielsen and his silver hair return as Frank Drebin of the infamous Police Squad! He is, of course, his usual bumbling unaware deadpan comedic cop. Also in this movie is Dr. Meinheimer, played by the silly ol' Richard Griffiths. A wheelchair bound doctor who was kidnapped by the impostor, also played by Richard Griffiths. Priscilla Presley returns as Jane Spencer too, in scenes that were even funnier than the first movie. I really loved the part where Drebin was trying to break free from his ropes and items kept on falling on Meinheimer's head, eventually knocking him out. I also enjoyed the bit where Drebin, assuming the fake Meinheimer was still on stage, took off his pants (and underwear) and tried to wash off what he thought was a fake birthmark. And finally the scene where Drebin inflates a hit-man intending to kill Jane with a water hose. All of those were wonderful scenes. In the end, I rate this an 8 out of 10.

The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear (1991): Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker / Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Prescilla Presley, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffith, George Kennedy: Hilarious sequel with mock title indicating practical threat. Leslie Nielsen is back as Lieutenant Frank Drebin, lonely after his breakup with Jane. Robert Goulet plays the villain who is courting her. The speaker for national policy for ecology is kidnapped leaving Drebin to investigate. Effective plot with numerous verbal jokes. Directed by Jim Abrahams with Jerry and David Zucker who not only made the original Naked Gun comedy but also Airplane and Top Secret. Nielsen is hilarious torn between work and love. Prescilla Presley as Jane can literally fit inside her fridge. She battles her feelings towards Frank while slowly becoming webbed into a deceitful relationship. Robert Goulet is appropriately sly as a villain who gets his just desserts in the most unexpected way. Richard Griffith plays the naïve Dr. Meinheimer who is kidnapped and subjected to a great sight joke that transpires when Drebin struggles to free himself. Meinheimer's speeches are the thing of hibernation as a seminar discovers. George Kennedy and O.J. Simpson play the sidekicks who assist or blunder the case, whichever comes first. Numerous celebrities appear in cameo including weekend guests from out of town. Score: 9 / 10

This was way better than I expected. Generally, sequels tend to be not that great, so I was surprised when I actually found myself chuckling in this movie. It doesn't even come close to the original, though. Really, it's just a rehash of the first one, but it does it right. It has clever, humorous lines thrown in there with some good 'ol slapstick. It could have been much, much worse, and I'm grateful that they put this much care into this one. I can forgive it for most of it's flaws because, in the end, all I need from a comedy is for it to make me laugh and have fun. I don't need a intricate plot and complex characters, I just need to laugh, this movie meets those requirements. I say give it a watch. I hope Zuckerburg can keep bringing the laughs in the 3rd movie