The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

June. 28,1991      PG-13
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

Leslie Nielsen as  Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley as  Jane Spencer
George Kennedy as  Captain Ed Hocken
O.J. Simpson as  Nordberg
Robert Goulet as  Quentin Hapsburg
Richard Griffiths as  Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Jacqueline Brookes as  Commissioner Brumford
Anthony James as  Hector Savage
Lloyd Bochner as  Baggett
Tim O'Connor as  Fenzwick

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Reviews

TaryBiggBall
1991/06/28

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Donald Seymour
1991/06/29

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Zandra
1991/06/30

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Kimball
1991/07/01

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

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a_chinn
1991/07/02

Leslie Nielsen is back as Lt. Frank Drebin and so are writer/producer/directors Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker. This sequel didn't seem as funny as the first, but it's hard not to find Nielsen's deadly serious though thoroughly incompetent police detective hilarious. Peter Sellars did the same thing with Inspector Clouseau, but riffing on jewel heist films instead of Dragnet police procedurals. The plot, not that it really matters, revolves around Drebin's ex-girlfriend Priscilla Presley's new boyfriend Robert Goulet's plot to kidnap a scientist as part of an energy scheme. Nothing brilliant, but you'll chuckle.

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Robert Ivey
1991/07/03

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.

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mike48128
1991/07/04

A better sequel than most, as it makes fun of several old movies. Great impressions of George Bush Sr., Mandela and Winnie, etc. The opening "White House Reception" is hilarious, as Drebin knocks out Barbara Bush, and his lobster's claw "attacks" the police commissioner at the dinner table. Bob Goulet makes a great villain as the evil head of "Kaboom"! Prof. Meinheimer almost puts everyone to sleep as he explains his anti-nuclear energy policy to a "distinguished" audience. The best of all is the send-up of Zucker's own production of "Ghost", as Drebin and his girlfriend Jane (Priscilla Presley) spoof the pottery wheel love-making scene, complete with the obligatory Righteous Bros. songs and Drebin's huge, fake barrel chest! Every sexual cliché in the book is used here: trains going thru tunnels, rockets going off, gushing fire hydrants, "pointed obelisk" monuments raising up (a 1953 "Ten Commandments" clip!). Drebin wrecks The city zoo with the police assault tank, and all the animals escape. Several mentions of bodily functions, a few "t&a" shots (mostly rear ends), most of which are cut out of the "broadcast" version. Other goodies: Zsa Zsa Gabor's famous police-cussing scene. Nordburg gets thrown under a bus (on it's way to Detroit!) The shower scene (not exactly as Hitchcock did it.) The "It's a Cookbook" reference to the old Twilight Zone "To Serve Man" episode. The "Goldfinger time-bomb" gimmick. A relatively weak ending, as Drebin pushes Mrs. Bush off the balcony and she "moons" everybody. Far better than the third movie, however.

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Tweekums
1991/07/05

When a bomb goes off at the offices of Dr Mainheimer, the energy expert who has just been given the task of devising the United States energy policy it isn't long before Det. Lt. Frank Drebin of the Police Squad is in the case. Matters are complicated somewhat when Frank meets his ex-wife again; she is now working for Dr Mainheimer and dating Quentin Hapsburg, the man determined to prevent Mainheimer giving a speech critical of vested interests in the energy business; oil, coal and nuclear. The bombing may have failed to kill the doctor but Hapsburg has a second plan; he has the doctor kidnapped and has an impostor take his place. If Frank is to prevent an ecological disaster he will have to reconcile things with his wife and expose Hapsburg's dastardly scheme.That may describe the plot but it gives no hint of what the film is really about… to make the viewer laugh… a lot!! For the most part the gags are fairly silly but that doesn't stop them being hilarious and if you don't find a joke amusing another one will be along in a few seconds; it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at all during this film. The jokes vary from slapstick to innuendo to having Drebin try to prove a man's real birthmark is a fake by attacking his bare backside with an electric sander! Leslie Nielsen does a fine job as Lt. Drebin and he is ably supported by Priscilla Presley as his ex-wife Priscilla Presley and George Kennedy as his boss Capt. Hocken. There are a few gags that some parents might not want their children watching but nothing too offensive; there is a sex scene but it is entirely comic and nothing 'naughty' is shown. If you enjoyed the 'Airplane' films I'm sure you will like this too! If you haven't seen the first 'Naked Gun' film you can still enjoy this but if you get the chance watch all three!

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