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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 American crime comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1988 film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! and the second (and most commercially successful) installment in the Naked Gun film series. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!.
The Naked Gun, also known as Police Squad!, is a media franchise consists of several American crime spoof-comedies, based on an original story written by the comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.
(also known as simply The Naked Gun) is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by David Zucker, and produced and released by Paramount Pictures. [1] The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin , who sets out to uncover a criminal plot involving people being mind controlled to assassinate targets.
Fueled by Nielsen and Presley's potent comic chemistry, The Naked Gun instantly shot to the top of the box office charts, and the duo re-teamed for two sequels, released in 1991 and 1994.The ...
[53] [54] Ebert's 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –star review (out of four) noted: "You laugh, and then you laugh at yourself for laughing." [55] The Naked Gun spawned two sequels: The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult (1994). The Naked Gun 2½ grossed more than the original, with $86.9 million, while 33 + 1 ...
The Naked Gun costars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson developed a mutual admiration on the set of the movie. Neeson, 72, and Anderson, 57, filmed the upcoming reboot of the fan-favorite Leslie ...
The Naked Gun 2 + 1 ⁄ 2: The Smell of Fear was considered the most successful of the three, grossing around $86,930,411, [36] and Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult grossed $51,132,598. [37] Roger Ebert rated the first movie 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 out of four stars and gave three stars to each of the two following films. [38]
The “Naked Gun” films, derived from the TV series “Police Squad!", were high-water marks for slapstick comedy. They ran over six years: “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad” (1988), “The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear” (1991) and “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” (1994). Nielsen died in 2010 at the age of 84.