Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) by Kai82 — 15 Aug 2020

The rare case were the sequel is equally good or even better. They master using tropes, stereotypes and abstruse situations to create a great comedy. It is again a parody of police movies and the story is about green energy and shady businesses.

Leslie Nielsen is again Frank Drebin who gets trough many of the most hilarious situations without losing his seriousness. This alone works so well. The other strength is the humor and writing by Zucker / Abrahams / Zucker.

They took care that all jokes work. Practically you don't stop laughing as the satire, parodies and humorous nonsense takes over. The later parodies or spoof movies were just a line of gags put together without much care.

Here it is like organically grown. With that I mean that non of the jokes is out of place. They all work really well and are creative for the setting and world building. The cast is also great and return to their respective roles.

Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy and O. J. Simpson are so funny and entertaining. For the new cast we have Robert Hapsburg who is a great villain and Richard Griffion who does an excellent job in his 2 roles.

I will also praise John Roarke who is an incredible President Bush. Overall this is a firework of gags and entertainment from a time were comedies or spoof movies were really good. A must recommendation see if you enjoy this kind of humor.