mad_crack_scientist Not only is the movie bad, it's just plain pathetic. Emilio isn't funny, unlike his brother in the Hot Shots movies. Samuel L. Jackson was decent throughout the film, but the the script gave him nothing to work with. Frankly, this movie is just a massive waste of time. The only decent thing about the movie is the list of cameos.

Leofwine_draca Now this is more like it for a NATIONAL LAMPOON film: LOADED WEAPON 1 is a great and affectionate spoof of the movies that takes the LETHAL WEAPON franchise as its main inspiration. It has plenty in common with Leslie Nielsen's NAKED GUN films, with a scattershot approach providing plenty of laughs, a lot of them obvious, a lot of them surreal, many of them relying on cameo appearances for effect.Emilio Estevez plays a maverick cop, clearly modelled on Mel Gibson's Riggs, while Samuel L. Jackson gives a stand-out performance as a retiring cop modelled on Danny Glover's Murtaugh. They're involved in a storyline involving over-the-top cocaine smugglers Tim Curry and William Shatner, and there are hundreds of gags packed into a slender running time. If you're a fan of HOT SHOTS et al then this is the film for you.And I'm still getting over those endless cameos. Bruce Willis is the best and most unexpected one, but watch out for the likes of Corey Feldman, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlie Sheen, Erik Estrada, Paul Gleason, and many, many others making unexpected and welcome appearances. This is probably the best film for cameos that I can think of.

Mr-Fusion I can't get over just how stupid this movie was . . . and how I loved every minute of it. "Loaded Weapon 1" is, for my money, the last great spoof movie. It marks the end of an era, especially considering how movies have sought to do away with the idea of lampooning something in favor of excessive references. Man, that's tragic. The whole thing's right up my alley; set your sights on the Lethal Weapon movies (or at least the bloated carcass they became), take shots at every single '80s action movie cliché in the book, and do it all in the spirit of "Sledge Hammer!". It's foolproof. And everyone here (Estevez, Jackson, Curry, Shatner) plays it so comically absurd that you can't help but laugh at just how willing they are to throw themselves on the skewer doing it. Even Jon Lovitz is funny. That ain't no small feat. And in all honesty, the Bruce Willis cameo is my favorite of his work outside of "Die Hard". I love this movie. The one-liners are priceless, the sentiment irresistible, and the replay value is shocking. 9/10

Paul Sweed first of all, ignore the fact that this film has "national lampoons" name on it. loaded weapon 1 is far better than all of the awful lampoons films.this is a spoof, through and through. the jokes are some of the most stupid i've ever seen, the acting seems to be quite deliberately bad (we all know that most of the principal players in this movie can act better), and even some big goofs and mistakes seem to have been left in. if you see these things and you think it's a bad movie because of them, you're missing the point. the film is intentionally bad, in the same way starship troopers was intentionally cheesy.so if you're in the mood for something that you don't have to take seriously (at all), this movie is just the thing. watch it once for all the obvious jokes, and then again to find all the jokes in the background (and there's loads of them).my favourite spoof of all time. 10/10