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Vincent Canby, New York Times: Watching "Loaded Weapon 1" is like playing Trivial Pursuit with experts. It's exhausting. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A raucous parody of bodies-through-the-plate-glass-window action flicks, the movie has been made in a slavish but pedestrian imitation of the Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker house style. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's hard to satirize a satire. That's what "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1" wants to do, but the target proves elusive. This is a would-be comedy that's not as funny (nor as satirical) as the movies that inspired it. Read more
Lawrence Cohn, Variety: More an imitation than a parody, this would-be comedy is very short on laughs and gives away virtually all of them in its coming-attractions trailer. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: A buddy cop parody of the lowest possible caliber. Read more