I Watch Films: The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) has retired from Police Squad and now lives with his wife Jane (Priscilla Presley). Their marriage is not working well, they go to see a therapist who suggests a special date night. His old colleagues come by as theyāve been tipped off that a bomber Rocco Dillon (Fred Ward) has been hired to make a terrorist attack. Drebin recalls Dillonās old girlfriend Tanya Peters (Anna-Nicole Smith), a nurse, so they send him in undercover. She works at a fertility clinic and he keeps having to provide sperm samples. He writes down the address but loses it.
Back home, having ejaculated many times he tries to slow down the date night. Jane accuses him of doing police work again (he denies it claiming he's having an affair) and leaves him. Left alone Drebin volunteers to go undercover in prison as Nick McGurk to find out what Dillon knows.
Dillon has an escape plan; Drebin keeps it from the guards by starting a riot, earning his trust. When Dillon escapes he brings Drebin with him. Theyāre picked up by Dillonās mother and taken to Tanyaās house. Meanwhile Jane, having gone away with a friend, discovers the address of Tanyaās house. Believing that it really was an affair and not police work she goes there and is taken as a hostage.
Dillon reveals the plan; heās going to blow up the Oscars with a bomb hidden in the Best Picture envelope. This is the final sequence, with Drebin bumbling about trying to stop the bomb, while a bunch of celebrity cameos go on around him. Itās a comedy!
More than the previous films in the series, this one likes to directly parody scenes from recent films, some of which are a bit dated, losing whatever their sharp point they had. Thereās also a distinct turn towards bad taste. In the prison shower scene thereās a pretty good towel joke (the big guy threatening to rape Drebin goes behind a waist high barrier, takes off the towel around his waist, then passes a gap to reveal he still has a towel on, presumably under the first towel) then another where Drebin bends for the soap and reveals heās got metal chastity underpants on. You thought this guy was going to rape Drebin ā ha ha he canāt? I donāt know it seems less hits amongst the misses and more extended jokes that go on too long. More homophobic and transphobic too.
Watch This: Fast paced crime comedy
Donāt Watch This: The series has lost itās lustre
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