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Each is a spoof, very much in the spirit of the original Airplane (unsurprising, as the same people are involved), with the focus this time being on Leslie Nielsen's Lt Frank Drebin, a well-meaning yet chaotic detective who, along with George Kennedy's Capt Ed Hocken, O.J.Simpson's Nordberg and Priscilla Presley's Jane finds himself with crimes to solve, and nothing but sheer ineptitude to help him.
The plot in each movie clearly takes a back seat, as each film is an exercise in throwing as many gags at the wall and hoping they stick. The hit rate in the first of the three is high enough to genuinely warrant it being a modern day comedy classic, with clever sight gags and more elaborate sequences keeping the chuckle count high and constant. Neither sequel gets close to it, but both do have their moments too. Crucially, as none of the films outstays its welcome, thanks to their relatively brief running times, each emerges as an enjoyable, joyfully silly and frequently funny comedy, set to be enjoyed time and time again.--Simon Brew
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sheer Naked Goodness,
By Cook "cookee" (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Naked Gun Collection [DVD] (DVD)
In my opinion naked gun is brilliant, thats pretty vague, but for me it has to be spontaneous humor that gets me, things that you think should go really smoothly but thanks to Frank Drebin often never does. Naked gun is based on the TV series Police Squad, and each film Frank Drebin and his team have to solve a certain crime, and following a strict police code *sarcasm* to solve the crime results in instant laughs.Ive found with the movies you have to watch them more than once to notice all the gags, or just laugh at the same ones. The actors for all characters are supurb, all actions, expression and talking is done brilliantly. The three movies now sit happily on my DVD rack, I thought it criminal keeping them in the box and not on display for the world to see, or least anyone that enters my room. Special features are lacking but to be honest they arn't needed it's the film you want, there is a directors commentry with director/writer David Zucker, Producer Robert Weiss, and Peter Tilden, and theatrical trailers. So overall whether or not your a fan already of naked gun, or want to give it a try this is definatly worth getting, guaranteed laugh for all.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Frank Drebin is a legend........"just accept it!",
By taters "taters_is_mint" (york, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Naked Gun Collection [DVD] (DVD)
The Naked Gun box set is one of the funniest dvd sets anyone could ever possibly own. Its the story of Frank Drebin, unlucky in love, dopey cop who is an integral part of police squad and fighting against crime. Slapstick at its best, its 2 1/2(the smell of fear) which is my personal favourite of the trilogy has lots of subttlties, check out the bar where frank goes when he is feeling down where every picture on the wall is of a disaster! (i.e. the titanic sinking etc)And the lady singing in the background of the bar the saddest song of all time with lyrics such as 'im just screwed!'. By the third one it could be argued that the jokes are getting a bit tiresome but still worth seeing frank come out of retirement and go undercover in a prison, rooming with a notorious criminal (who reads the book 'how to break out of prison'). Every film is worthy of consistent laughter from the ghost parady with the clay making to frank giving a lecture about filth to a worker in a sex shop only to find they had received the stock of his order for a suck machine! There is no point pretending slap stick is everyone's cup of tea but those who find utter stupidity extremely witty and funny it will not disappoint. The box set extra's which include the directors commentary is very good, informative and very funny!If you like the work these guys did on the classic 'airplane' then this will be your sort of films!Every line and visual is a gag!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
naked gun,
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This review is from: The Complete Naked Gun Collection [DVD] (DVD)
Well worth buying extremely funny well worth buying airoplane1and2 with it.
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