The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear

David Zucker's political shift is weird to me. Here he is making a movie all about environmental conservation and energy efficiency twenty years ago, and now he's making crap like An American Carol. Apparently he's still pro environment though. What's important is that he used to make funny movies. The sequel to the first Naked Gun movie doesn't have quite the same pizazz, as it covers a lot of the same ground and doesn't have a lot of truly memorable jokes. It has its moments, and it can be funny just to watch Leslie Nielsen eat dinner. But when you have a mundane premise for your wacky comedy like a cop trying to stop some evil industry executives, it takes a whole lot to keep the mood right the whole time. And it's still weird watching O.J. Simpson act the part of blundering sidekick (He murdered his ex-wife and her friend and got away with it).

Uh... man. I hate when this happens. Robert Goulet is a capable slimy villain and Priscilla Presley returns still competent in her role as Attractive Woman with Decent Comedic Ability which a movie like this always needs, despite being a bit old for it. Um. There's a scene where Nielsen fights off a goon in a bathroom that's pretty good. They're having that typical movie style fight where they're constantly grabbing items to use as makeshift weapons, but it's goofy shit like electric toothbrushes. It's funnier if you watch it. Though most of the jokes in the movie are like that.