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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear

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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 18  Rotten:15 Average Rating: 5.7/10
 
Consensus: The slapstick antics of this sequel provide a few laughs, but fail to equal those of the original.
 

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Runtime: 85 mins

Synopsis: Based on the short-lived but much acclaimed TV series Police Squad, Los Angeles Lt. Frank Drebin goes to Washington, D.C. to be honored for shooting his 1,000th drug dealer. Never was the nation, or the world, in such serious jeopardy. Based on the short-lived but much acclaimed TV series Police Squad, Los Angeles Lt. Frank Drebin goes to Washington, D.C. to be honored for shooting his 1,000th drug dealer. Never was the nation, or the world, in such serious jeopardy. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Robert Goulet

Director: David Zucker
Screenwriter: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
Producer: Robert K. Weiss
Composer: Ira Newborn

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 8, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9
  • Dolby 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary by Director and Writer David Zucker, Producer Robert Weiss, and Host Peter Tilden
  • Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Selection
  • Interactive Menus

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4/5

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan
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A feeble sequel.

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01/11/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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2.5/4

Not quite as fresh as the first.

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01/11/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Even if the laugh machine isn't operating at top efficiency, it still cranks out a few choice bits of irreverent lunacy.

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01/11/08
Variety Staff
Variety
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4/5

No review available.

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01/02/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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2/5

No review available.

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05/23/06
Michael Ferraro
Film Threat
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4/5

Ribald, wild Zucker comedy with Leslie Nielsen in usual wild form.

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04/28/06
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
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1/5

No review available.

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10/10/05
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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2/5

Provides sporadic laughs, but not as consistently funny as the first one.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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3/5

One of the funniest movies starring a multiple murderer.

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09/09/05
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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3/5

No review available.

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08/13/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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2/5

A real step down after the brilliant movie and TV show.

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08/12/05
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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3/5

Strained spoof with intermittent (yet solid) larfs.

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04/02/05
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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2/5

Not good, not bad, not really much of anything (except exactly what you expect).

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10/11/03
Nick Davis
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Filled with slapstick antics

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07/20/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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2/4

This is strictly a hit or miss film.

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06/18/03
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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4/5

The enthusiastic Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams style of movie parody is too rarely seen to prompt much head-shaking about gags that don't work.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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1/5

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04/25/03
Dan Fazio
Citysearch
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2.5/5

No joke is passed up or thrown away. There just might be a little too much.

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03/10/03
Kathleen Maher
Austin Chronicle
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3/5

Amusing, if limp, sequel to the first Naked Gun.

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11/29/02
Dan Lybarger
Lawrence Journal-World
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