This is the sequel to the Comedy hit, The Naked Gun. In this funny movie, the bad guys cook up a plot, so that George Bush Sr. will go their way. Their companies, coal, nuclear, and oil depend on a speech that a guy will be making against them. They capture this man, and they put in a double that looks exactly like. That's where Lt. Frank Drebin comes into play. He must save the day or else we may not be running clean and efficent energy.
Rater #1
6/10. I found this sequel to be a tad bit less funny than the original. The other one was a fresh new movie on the block, and this was a sequel. Usually, in my opinion, sequels get worse as they go on, depending on the series. For instance, James Bond doesn't get worse, it gets better. But I must say about the Naked Gun 2 1/2, it was a lot less funny. I enjoyed that they put George Bush Sr. into the movie (It wasn't the real George Bush, only an actor). Lt. Frank Drebin has to use his girlfriend from last time to help him with the crimes.
Apparently, she's caught in the middle of this because her new boyfriend happens to be the man behind all this. All in all, if you haven't seen the first one, go see it. You might want to watch this movie as a rerun on T.V. or rent it.
Rater #2
8/10. Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker learned something from 1982.
Their sequel to Airplane!, their smash hit, was named Airplane 2: The
Sequel, but to their sequel to The Naked Gun was something that would
be copied forever: Naked Gun 2 �: The Smell of Fear. From now on,
sequels never were just had "2" after it, it's always "2 �"
or "2.33". And, thankfully, the title's shorter.
Leslie Nielsen's hilarious character of Frank Drebin is back for more
adventures. He and his girlfriend Jane (Priscilla Presley) have
broken up; he hasn't gotten over it, while she's going out with
Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet). What she doesn't know is that
Hapsburg is in a conspiracy to avoid solar energy by doing a whole
kidnapping scheme. It's up to Drebin, Nordberg (O.J. Simpson), and Ed
Hocken (George Kennedy) to save the day!
Amazingly enough, many of the jokes from the first one (which I admit
I don't remember much about) weren't repeated in this sequel. It
would be hard to repeat much of those jokes, which would be
impossible to change in any ways. Therefore, most of the jokes were
fresh and hilarious. It did take a little while to get started,
though, for there was about a fifteen minute stretch where there were
no laughs, it was just for exposition, which I guess was OK, but I
wanted more humor to start off with.
Nielsen was perfect for the part. I'm glad that he hasn't "sold out"
like other comedians and gone on to dramatic roles. He delivers his
lines almost like he didn't know he was in a comedy, which is always
funnier than any other types. Many times, he misunderstands what is
said, and other times he says something that you wouldn't expect him
to say in 100 years. One of the funniest sequences in the film is a
parody of Bond-ish films, when Drebin and someone else are fighting
in a bathroom, and seem to be having trouble fighting when a towel is
thrown on their heads, etc.
For once, a film has a formidable sequel. Amazingly enough, it's a
film that's just as funny as the first.
