Nielsen combines B-movie earnestness, exuberant mugging, and a trouper's slightly desperate cheerfulness: he turns this rather alarming character into a sweet, ebullient lunatic -- albeit one who's hell on innocent bystanders.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
If you see only one movie this year... you ought to get out more often.
1991 · 1h 25m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
David Zucker
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- David Zucker Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin
- Priscilla Presley as Jane Spencer
- George Kennedy as Ed Hocken
- O. J. Simpson as Nordberg
- Robert Goulet as Quentin Hapsburg
- Richard Griffiths as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
- Jacqueline Brookes as Commissioner Brumford
- Anthony James as Hector Savage
- Lloyd Bochner as Baggett
- Tim O'Connor as Fenzwick
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A feeble sequel.
Even if the laugh machine isn't operating at top efficiency, it still cranks out a few choice bits of irreverent lunacy.
The enthusiastic Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams style of movie parody is too rarely seen to prompt much head-shaking about gags that don't work.
The opening and closing credits alone are almost worth the price of admission.
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