The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult - 7 stars out of 10

The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult - 7 stars out of 10

"The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" is a breath of fresh air after a lackluster second chapter in the series.  The storyline places these characters into situations that allow them to be hilarious again.  The inclusion of the Academy Awards opens the movie up to cameos, film parodies (like Jurassic Park), and tongue-in-cheek insults hurled at the film industry.  33 1/3's prison sequence is great for a bunch of laughs, though the intentional paralleling of  "Shawshank Redemption" began to feel uncreative after awhile.  Fortunately, Lt. Frank Drebin is back to his idiotically loveable self and it just "feels" like the first film again.  One thing that I noticed was the overwhelming amount of sexual humor.  All of the films contain a lot of sexual jokes but it seems like some of the slapstick humor was dropped in order to make way for a larger percentage of sexual jokes that go a bit too far.  I would've preferred the slapstick humor.  Despite a few flaws, this film is almost as good as the original and it definitely gets bonus points for running over a Philadelphia Flyer during the opening credits.  This conclusion to the "Naked Gun" series is definitely worth watching if you enjoyed the first film and are a fan of slapstick humor that isn't meant to be taken seriously.
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