BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Tweekums After many years serving in Police Squad, and numerous criminals gunned down, Frank Drebin has retired but still dreams of fighting crime. When Police Squad learn that incarcerated terrorist Rocco Dillon is planning another outrage; to discover his target they ask Frank to return for one last case… much to the annoyance of his wife Jane. Frank goes to prison undercover and is put in Rocco's cell; he isn't there for long though as shortly after befriending Rocco the pair break out. Once out they are picked up by Rocco's mother then meet up with his voluptuous girlfriend Tanya. It emerges that Rocco is planning to bomb the Oscar ceremony with a device planted in one of the winners envelopes… if Frank is to stop him he will have to get up on stage and retrieve the envelope… hopefully nobody will notice!As one would expect this film is full of laughs from start to finish. It opens with a very funny spoof of a famous scene from 'The Untouchables', itself a reference to the 'Odessa Steps' scene in 'Battleship Potemkin. Plenty more films are spoofed/referenced throughout the film; most notably 'White Heat', 'The Great Escape' and 'Thelma and Louise'… these are fun extras for those who get the references but it doesn't matter if one doesn't realise another film is being referenced as they are funny in their own right. The humour is of course very forced but that doesn't matter… it is trying to be silly fun and succeeds. Leslie Nielsen is great as Drebin; managing to act straight even when his character is being utterly ridiculous. Some of the supporting cast are a bit ropy but that doesn't matter as they provide some extra accidental laughs. The humour is fairly slapstick and for the most part inoffensive; there are some gags that make the film unsuitable for younger viewers… unless parents feel comfortable explaining the joke about Frank giving numerous 'samples' at a fertility clinic! Overall a funny conclusion to this hilarious trilogy.

mark.waltz O.K., there are still plenty of laughs, but the plot is being stretched into its attempts to continue the "Naked Gun" franchise. So when all else fails, spoof the Oscars. That's what happens here with a terrorist attack on a burning L.A. (spoofing the recent riots) and even turning Priscilla Presley into Susan Sarandon from "Thelma and Louise". This might as well "The Naked Rip-Off" because all of its ideas seem taken from other recent hit movies. If the "Ghost" spoof in "Naked Gun 2 1/2" got a ton of laughs, why wouldn't other movies? That seems to be the consensus for Zucker and Abrams, and while some of them work, many of them land with a thud. Still, those which do land are very funny, and the new additions to the cast are quite amusing.Nielsen goes undercover to get the goods on federal penitentiary prisoner Fred Ward who has a Marjorie Rambeau/"White Heat" like mother, played by the very funny Kathleen Freeman who threatens to steal every scene that she gets with her gruff personality that only a son like Ward could love. Ward has a sexy mistress with a secret (played by Anna Nicole Smith) who keeps running into Nielsen and eventually makes a play for him. While on vacation with pal Ellen Greene, Priscilla Presley runs into estranged hubby Nielsen who along with Ward has arranged a prison escape, and eventually, the entire group ends up at the Oscars where the pretentiousness of the ceremony is deliciously spoofed, giving a very funny ending to an otherwise mediocre movie.Unfortunately, there's minimal footage of Nielsen's old "Police Squad" cronies George Kennedy and O.J. Simpson, and with Simpson's personal life about to catch up with him, some of the things he goes through are quite ironic. The Oscars scenes are worth the price of admission with Nielsen pretending to be Phil Donahue (instant Phil, just add spec's), giving co-presenter Raquel Welch a difficult time. Cameos by other big names like James Earl Jones and Olympia Dukakis (presenting best picture) are intertwined with a deliciously bad musical number featuring none other than that "Butterfly"/"Lonely Lady" herself, Pia Zadora, who while not one of the best actresses to come and go in Hollywood in the past 40 years, can certainly sing and dance.Somebody here must have been a huge fan of "The Brady Bunch", because in addition to a cameo by Ann B. Davis in her "Alice" outfit is Florence Henderson as an Oscar Nominee, the one Nielsen hopes will win ("And it's about time!", he exclaims). The prison scene has one funny gag showing Nielsen's way of "protecting" his virtue in the shower, and the ingenious ways that Nielsen and Ward get rid of the dirt they are digging out for their escape tunnel is amusing as well. But much of it seems forced, and if they hadn't convinced themselves that "Smell of Fear" was where they should have quit, hopefully reactions to this one was. As popcorn films go, it has its moments, but the lack of originality is what truly kills it.

Python Hyena The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994): Dir: Peter Segal / Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Prescilla Presley, Fred Ward, Anna Nicole Smith, Kathleen Freeman: Hilarious comedy that promises a final insult but unlike Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, it is meant to insult its promise. The final insult appears as an apology for crimes Lieutenant Frank Drebin solved out of pure luck. Now retired and happily married to Jane until he goes undercover in prison to seek out who is activating bombs from inside. After a prison break Frank must botch a plan to bomb the Academy Awards. He knocks out and replaces Phil Donahue as host then proceeds to embarrass co-hosts, ruin dance numbers, and puke in a tuba. Interesting idea with numerous sight and verbal jokes thanks to director Peter Segal. Leslie Nielsen is hilarious as Drebin who misses life on the police force but makes a big undercover comeback that concludes in mock drama. Prescilla Presley returns as Jane who wishes to have a child but is thrust into Drebin's undercover fiasco after she leaves him. Fred Ward plays bomber Rocco whom Drebin hooks up with during his undercover job in prison. His defeat is hilariously embarrassing. Anna Nicole-Smith plays Rocco's erotic girlfriend who attempts to seduce Frank. Kathleen Freeman provides a lot of laughs as Rocco's mother who doesn't trust Frank. Pointless fun but a welcome romp. Score: 9 / 10

FilmBuff1994 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult is a hilarious movie with a decent storyline and yet again another brilliant and comedic performance from Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin.Its definitely not as good as the outstanding first Naked Gun,one of the funniest comedies ever made in my opinion,but I thought it was an improvement from the first Naked Gun,I thought there was a lot more hilarious scenes in this one and I really enjoyed the scenes at the Academy Awards towards the end of the movie.Some people may disagree,but I think this Naked Gun is an improvement over the second one and fans of the first won't enjoy it as much,but they will laugh a lot.Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) must convince a gang that he is also a criminal in order to stop a bomb from being set off at the Academy Awards.