Movies / Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Runtime: 84 min
Languages: English
Countries: USA
The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Luger investigate the murder of Luger's former partner (Whoopi Goldberg) and discover a criminal conspiracy led by the nefarious General Mortars (William Shatner). Hoping to mimic the success of the Naked Gun films, director Gene Quintano (of Police Academy 4 fame) loaded the film with broad visual gags, deadpan slapstick, and gratuitous parodies of The Silence of the Lambs, Basic Instinct, and other movies. The attempt to mimic successful parodies proved ineffective, however, as critics and viewers alike found the parody stale and the juvenile humor dreary. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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| Directors (1) | Credit |
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| Gene Quintano | ... |
| Writers (3) | Credit |
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| Don Holley | (screenplay) and |
| Gene Quintano | (screenplay) |
| Tori Tellem | (story) |
| Composers (1) | Credit |
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| Robert Folk | ... |
| Editors (1) | Credit |
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| Christopher Greenbury | ... |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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| Peter Deming | (director of photography) |
| Actors (61) | Credit |
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| Allyce Beasley | Spinach Destiny |
| Al Watson | Stormtrooper |
| Andray Johnson | Ken Luckman (uncredited) |
| Benjamin Kimball Smith | Kid on Bike |
| Beverly Johnson | Doris Luger |
| Bill Nunn | Police Photographer |
| Bruce Mahler | District Attorney #2 (uncredited) |
| Bruce Willis | Man Whose Caravan Is Attacked (uncredited) |
| Charles Cyphers | Interrogator |
| Charles Napier | Interrogator |
| Charlie Sheen | Valet |
| Christopher Lambert | Man with Car Phone (uncredited) |
| Christopher Shobe | Ted Polansky |
| Corey Feldman | Young Cop |
| Damian Cagnolatti | Ben Luger |
| Danielle Nicolet | Debbie Luger |
| Danny Castle | Mini-Mart Punk |
| Denise Richards | Cindy (as Denise Lee Richards) |
| Denis Leary | Mike McCracken |
| Dhiru Shah | Translator |
| Emilio Estevez | Jack Colt |
| Erik Estrada | Erik Estrada |
| F. Murray Abraham | Harold Leacher |
| Frank McRae | Captain Doyle |
| Gokul | Hindu |
| Hank Cheyne | Stormtrooper |
| Holly Hallstrom | Spin the Wheel Girl (uncredited) |
| Jake Johannsen | Drug Dealer |
| James Doohan | Scotty |
| Jody Mullenax | (uncredited) |
| Jon Lovitz | Tim Becker |
| Joyce Brothers | Coroner (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) |
| J.P. Hubbell | Megaphone Cop |
| J.T. Walsh | Desk Clerk |
| Karman Kruschke | Cindy |
| Kathy Ireland | Destiny Demeanor |
| Ken Ober | Dooley |
| Lance Kinsey | Irv |
| Larry Wilcox | Larry Wilcox |
| Lauren Abels | Police Psychiatrist |
| Lin Shaye | Witness |
| Marcus Lasha | Young Luger |
| Mary Lynn Naggie | Cindy |
| Michael Castner | Michael Castner |
| Mike L. Lajeunesse | Mr. Jericho (as Mike Lajeunesse) |
| Nancy Young | The Little Mermaid (uncredited) |
| Paul Gleason | FBI Agent |
| Phil Hartman | Comic Cop |
| Richard Moll | Prison Attendant |
| Rick Ducommun | D.A. (as Ric Ducommun) |
| Robert Shaye | Interrogation Room Person (uncredited) |
| Robert Willis | Armanied Cop |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Wes Luger |
| Sherry Bilsing | Cookie Receptionist |
| Suzie Hardy | Cindy |
| Tim Curry | Mr. Jigsaw |
| Tom Bruggeman | Mini-Mart Punk |
| Tommy Le | Vietnamese Lover (uncredited) |
| Vito Scotti | Tailor |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Sgt. Billy York (uncredited) |
| William Shatner | General Mortars |