The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991 "If you see only one movie this year...you ought to get out more often"
6.9| 1h25m| PG-13| en
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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.

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Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
leplatypus I saw this movie in my last year of high school and i did it because the first movie was excellent: this one is as good and like Pee-Wee, i remember to have laugh all along the screening (especially, the dogs, the skin mark,...): what is good with this franchise is that the case are more or less serious, the detectives are more or less bright: thus, all the background is believable but at the end, the scenes come up totally crazy and funny! Late Leslie was a bit like our french FUFU, sadly underrated for his talent and never recognized as a true actor while comedy needs a real discipline and self-control! His buddy and miss Presley are a good team too and if you seek for American comedies that are really funny, check this franchise without any doubts!
room102 Lots of hits and misses on this one. Mostly misses. This sequel is less funny than I remembered. Some of the gags are way too long. The parody of "Ghost" is so dated now - it's simply a mistake to build an entire scene on something contemporary (like most of the lowest-of-the-lowest-parodies do).One thing that makes AIRPLANE so much better is that they don't put all the jokes and punchlines "in your face". There are ton of jokes that happen in the background and you can easily miss them if you don't pay attention (and haven't seen the movie a hundred times before). With THE NAKED GUN, all the jokes and punchlines are made very obvious, which loses a lot of its strength IMO.Priscilla Presley is pretty bad in her role.
Python Hyena The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear (1991): Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker / Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Prescilla Presley, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffith, George Kennedy: Hilarious sequel with mock title indicating practical threat. Leslie Nielsen is back as Lieutenant Frank Drebin, lonely after his breakup with Jane. Robert Goulet plays the villain who is courting her. The speaker for national policy for ecology is kidnapped leaving Drebin to investigate. Effective plot with numerous verbal jokes. Directed by Jim Abrahams with Jerry and David Zucker who not only made the original Naked Gun comedy but also Airplane and Top Secret. Nielsen is hilarious torn between work and love. Prescilla Presley as Jane can literally fit inside her fridge. She battles her feelings towards Frank while slowly becoming webbed into a deceitful relationship. Robert Goulet is appropriately sly as a villain who gets his just desserts in the most unexpected way. Richard Griffith plays the naïve Dr. Meinheimer who is kidnapped and subjected to a great sight joke that transpires when Drebin struggles to free himself. Meinheimer's speeches are the thing of hibernation as a seminar discovers. George Kennedy and O.J. Simpson play the sidekicks who assist or blunder the case, whichever comes first. Numerous celebrities appear in cameo including weekend guests from out of town. Score: 9 / 10
SnoopyStyle President George H.W. Bush announces that the new energy policy will be based on renewable advocate Dr. Albert Meinheimer's (Richard Griffiths)'s recommendations. It's been 2 years since Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley) left Lt. Frank Drebbin (Leslie Nielsen) for his insensitivity. Jane is now working for Meinheimer and her new boyfriend is Hexagon Oil executive Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet). Frank is sent to investigate a bombing at Meinheimer's facility along with Captain Ed Hocken (George Kennedy) and detective Nordberg (O.J. Simpson). Quentin reveals to an energy cabal that he has kidnapped Meinheimer and replaced him with impostor Earl Hacker.Comedy is the most subjective of film genres. This is a pretty simple movie to critique. If you like the original, this is more of the same. The gang is back. Leslie Nielsen is as silly as ever. There is nothing too small to spoof. Priscilla Presley is still beautiful and willing to have fun. Some people may be tired of this genre after the first one. That would certainly explain some of the declining support as the franchise goes on. The energy subject matter is a bit ill-fitting for a crime spoof. I would prefer something else since the central subject is of little importance anyways.