Was a sequel to ‘The Naked Gun’ one of the biggest studio ‘no brainers’ of our time? maybe. But hey, a good things a good thing, and ‘Naked Gun 2½’ continues the series with more of the same, more or less…

The plot picks up a year or so after the events of the first film, Frank and Jane are seperated after Frank was jilted at the alter by Jane who wasnt quite ready yet, and things are fairly morose, that is until a bomb attack happens at the facility of one Dr. Meinheimer, an environmental energy consultant whos set to deliver a key note speech to the president about recommending a move away from fossil fuels and into more eco friendly alternatives. Frank goes to investigate and who should be working with Dr. Meinheimer…But Jane.

The pair slowly start to rekindle feelings for each other, but a complication arises when its revealed Jane is now seeing one Quentin Hapsberg, the head of an evil energy kabal with a plan…and that plan is to kidnap Dr. Meinheimer and replace him with an identical stooge who’s going to promote the continued use of fossil fuels and oil!

With time running out Frank and the team go undercover to get to the bottom of the strange attacks or DIE trying…

And…If you wanted more of the same from ‘The Naked Gun’, this is pretty much that. The same variety and unrelenting sense of humour, the same pacing, same astounding cast…same…everything really, only OJ Simpson gets a bit more of a look in in this one, and he’s fun too!

I’d say pound for pound, while the first Naked Gun has more jokes land more consistently, Naked Gun 2 does have some misses, but also has stronger laughs than the first one…So I dunno, its kind of six of one, half a dozen of the other for me. I think (by a hairs whisker I might add) that I marginally prefer the first one over the second, but they’re both brilliant comedies really showcasing the peak of the genre at its finest. To the point that I cant really watch the first one, without watching the second.

Equally good in almost every way, if you really need cheering up. The Naked Gun 2’ll do yer just fine!

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