The Reel Rejects - THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2 (1991) IS A HILARIOUS SEQUEL!! MOVIE REVIEW! First Time Watching

Episode Date: July 19, 2025

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If we get right into the questions, what should we do here? I'm feeling general thoughts and then a couple questions. Alrighty. I like this one a lot. I thought it was just as funny as the first one, if not more funny. You know, they continue the thing of having 1,000 jokes per minute, even background jokes.

I think I caught like towards the beginning of the movie, it was just a little side joke. There's some guy walking an alligator. I didn't even notice that. That was so quick. Yeah, the car just covered it. But yeah, I really thought the chemistry between them was really good. I think him, our lead playing up the comedy a little bit more and being more bewildered really worked well for this movie. I remember the first one, which largely him playing straight, which was also really funny. And I think that, yeah, all of it was great.

I even enjoyed that the villains were funny this time, or at least had tinges of comedy, because I remember in the last one, my only cortique was the fact that I wished more of the comedy was assigned to the villains out of the film. But I feel like they had less stuff with the villains, even though there was a problem for them to solve, and focused more on Frank and then his contemporaries

in the police squad and the relationship with Jane. Priscilla Presley's character. So yeah, I really enjoyed it. This was a hilarious comedy, and I'm happy that I watched it. Greg? Yes, yes. The transition from the 80s to the 90s,

it was interesting to see how they had all the political and sociological commentary. You know, being in 2025 now and all these implementations, and then kind of hearing how some of it is going a little backwards. But you know, like they were bringing up a lot of like a Democratic versus Republican. This movie kind of seemed to have a side and to be talking about like, you know, the electric cars and, and the innovations of that side.

Again, it's a conversation that we're still having today and it's more topical, prevalent, more infused in our society. So it was like fun to see how they were like actually letting that be a part of this film. Like this one's actually more political, even though it's not like beating you over the head with some message or something, but they are kind of making fun of the real world politics

of that time to even have like George Bush in here. here. And I thought it felt a little bit more like a real movie and in the sense of the, like I remember like a Presley feeling, you know, just like a funny, sorry, my words are not gonna be great today. Feeling like just a funny, what's the word for the film noir girl? Yeah, kind of in the first one, right? Like she was just sort of uses that foil for that.

Whereas here she actually felt more like a character and the way they flesh out the relationship I thought was a lot more fun. And I really liked their chemistry a lot. Like this one, they lace it with the romance here as the B story. And even just like act one, act two, act three, there's like a real plot, the way this moves. Not to say the first one isn't, but the first one felt, weirdly I felt like the first one actually still felt tighter and perhaps to me personally, I felt like it was,

even though I haven't seen it in a while, I felt like it was probably funnier. Like there are bits that, like it's been a couple years, but to this day there are bits that I can still distinctly remember and I don't have the greatest memory when it comes to movies I saw a couple years ago. But there are bits that have just never left. And I feel like there's like more moments here

that I thought were hilarious, but instead of like full on bits that I thought were hilarious but instead of like full on bits that I can't recall but no I'm not wrong I was still laughing like throughout like it wasn't like it was funny in the beginning and stop being funny. Yeah I thought this was a funny a funny time Leslie Nielsen again killing it his partner George Kennedy I like that they George Kennedy I like that they let him have more screen time and they made him a little stupider. Which was kind of, because he was normally like, Leslie Nielsen is the stupid one. But now it's like, everyone's stupid.

But I thought it enhanced it. So while I feel like the first one is perhaps like a tighter movie and has more full on memorable bits, there's actually strengths that this one has over the first one that I greatly appreciate. So for like a sequel film, it's cool that it didn't just feel like, let's repeat the same jokes, let's just rehash what we did before, or you know, the worst trap it could have fallen into is just a series of sketches they just slapped together to make a sequel.

Like they actually made a movie out of it with some for its time modern like it was modern relevancy for its time. And so to capture that moment in time to watch it from this day, it's kind of it's kind of fun to go back and watch this. And so yeah, I thought it was a really solid installment. And it's getting me excited to for the gearing up to Liam Neeson one but mr. Gordon, what do you oh mr. Alba? I think to your point too. She didn't feel I mean

I know she was captured in the end But she didn't throughout the film feel as much of a damsel in distress and the fucking word I'm like, yeah She had her own agency and was a lot more active in this film And I do agree throughout both films that they were very, their chemistry is terrific. And I thought this movie was hysterical. And I think you do make some great points about, you know, a lot of the stuff from the, you know, with the environmentalism and then you have, you know, the energy politics that they were, you know, referencing in the film. They didn't beat you up over it, but it is stuff that, you know,

that was plot pertinent to the film and stuff that we're still talking about today. So it was fascinating, their take on it in 91 and how it's still prevalent in today's time. And I think what makes Frank so compelling, it's not just the slapstick missteps that he has, it's just his overbearing confidence to total obliviousness. It's just so fun to watch.

But yeah, he's just such a fun character. And the way that Liam... The way that Leslie Nielsen... Their names do sound more similar than I realized. I know, I just realized that too as I said it. As you say them back to back, it really does sound similar. The way Leslie Nielsen plays the character so literal and so straightforward, I just think it's so perfect because I believe I did see, I've never really seen too many of his performances in the past. I did see some comments in the

first video said he was a dramatic actor. So that's why they cast him. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think I've seen airplane actually, or if I did, I was a kid, I don't remember. But anyways, the point is that he is just so damn good. As Frank Trevin, I just I love how straightforward he does it. And like, I don't know if on paper, like you would actually think they had in a spoofy type of slapstick film like that would work. But he executes so perfectly in his line delivery and the way he reacts to the environment around him. And I just love the way he performs in this role.

And I thought this was a really well done sequel while still being an actual movie and having a good story structure as well. So... Yeah, I feel like he's... he knows when to acknowledge the absurdity and he knows when to be ignorant to the absurdity. I think he knows the right line. And this movie really wanted to make fun of the Republican Party Yeah, yeah, so as much as people are like, whoa, Hollywood today I'm like this movie from 91 is clearly go

It's a big like a few to the Republican Party while also making fun of the Democrats as well Sure, but primarily making the Republican Party look like bad guys Yeah, I think you also had an interesting point to well. I didn't mind it in the original film I'm so sorry forgot the actor's name, but the guy who plays con and Star Trek to Sure yes You know they had him playing a playing the role a lot more serious, whereas Robert Goulet, there were times in this where they hadn't played serious,

and then there were times when he was in on the humor and on the jokes. So I thought that was a fascinating contrast from the villain in the first film, but I also liked that they actually made it even more compelling with giving a love triangle in this film. I thought that was fascinating too,

but you could still tell her heart was with Frank in this. But I liked too that there was that storyline of like how he was over letting work overtake his relationship with this. But I did like that emotional resonance and arc that he had towards the end and that, you know, he was able to not let, he was actually able to see between the lines and that make the right decision in the end. So I actually like, like seeing character stuff like that in development. That's why we say like, hey, the comedy stuff is great, but to actually see, you know, an emotional arc and, you know, some development, that's great. Yeah, no, I think it does a great job of like, you have a traditional story, but then you

play in the key of comedy. And that is what makes it work because the foundation of what you're telling is still strong. Yeah. So and I also like the variety of the different types of jokes in here. Reject nation when we started our reject nation shop, I honestly thought that we would only sell to like a handful of people who liked our channel. But thanks to you guys, it's grown into something way bigger. We've now recently been able to hire new artists, expand our designs and reinvest back into the business.

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Go to Shopify.com slash rejects to start your $1 per month trial that's Shopify.com slash rejects. Thank you again, Shopify for sponsoring this video. You know, very creative. Yeah. You have slaps. Yeah. You have verbal jokes near referential jokes. It's not like a smoker. Okay. Yeah, I'm fine. Um, but I think my favorite joke was, uh, it was in the apartment when they just held it on Leslie's face a little too long. Yeah. A couple of jokes like that. No, I, what about her breasts early on? Like you

think there's going to be a follow up or there's none. I've, I was about to ask you what your guys' favorite jokes on the phone for me. Actually I'll go last. You go. What's yours? I honestly could not ask. Okay. Mine was the one where they were shooting each other. You think they're far away from each other The other one was a oj simpson being dragged repeatedly throughout the streets and then ending up going to Detroit I like their oj's joke better about what's OJ's the bit with the gun that was like oh that was that was like there I was I feel like what I said is making it sound like I didn't enjoy it but I actually I thought this was a really fun time I had a great time with it and

Yeah, it was a hilarious film and like I said I didn't it's all you really want is like you just want to laugh And I thought it was like a really fun time. It's like it changed my state You know like I was super stressed before I've been stressed all day And I this definitely made me feel more relaxed and yeah and I did like that one scene too that really leaned more on the noir side because we talked about that a lot in the first film with the narration and the jazz vocals throughout the first film so like to actually have an entire scene like dedicated to that

I thought that was a nice like like homage if you will yeah for sure let's see if any more questions came come Come on guys. You're not shooting that today Oh, yes, we got one we got a single one you guys had a bunch before we had at least a few on the first one Yeah, perhaps people would have left more questions if they knew I was going to be here. That would have been like, well, we really want to know Greg's opinion. The big pool.

You're the Frank Drebben of the three. No, it's embarrassing, because I've been in this position where like, oh, there's not any questions left for us. But the good news is I looked up some stuff for us after this, so after we answered the question. Well, let's answer this one question. So from Jay Rushton. Jay, thank you for being a royal reject and for the questions.

We appreciate it. The Naked Gun, Two and a Half, The Smell of Fear, Once More Weird Al makes a cameo. What are your favorite weird Al songs there? Can I go first? Yeah. Okay. Barney's on Fire and that Amish song Those are those are my two favorites. What about you guys?

Amish paradise Walking nerdy It's pretty good one. Yeah, my favorite one Yeah, that's it. No go ahead anymore. What's the one that's like like a virgin like a surgeon? Is there one that's like a virgin? Like a surgeon? The one that just every time it starts makes me laugh is, you know, that song, you know, Fat, the one by Michael Jackson's Bad. Yeah, your butt is wide.

The second it just goes into that, it just makes me, oh my God, no, actually, that's not my favorite. It is the one that is making fun of American pie, but it is the Star Wars Amazing I just don't remember the specific title of the song Skywalker guy what is the specific song but yeah, that one's my favorite Oh, yeah, that one I'm always so impressed with how he like actually maneuvered doing the whole story of The American American pie song now on here, but Jay the question is to you What's your favorite weird Al Yankevich song we want to hear in the comments

So you got a couple facts wanted to show with us share with us Well before we do that no no looking. Of course. No looking. All right. Rotten tomatoes. What do you think this got from the critics, guys? Critics typically don't like companies. Let's just do one at a time.

Critics. I'm going to go 58 because critics don't like companies. Okay, 58. Especially back then. Yeah, I'll go 55. 58%. Oh, right? Wow.

Hey! Right on the money. Let's go. So since you got it first, why don't you go first with the audience? Oh, I didn't just do like comedies. I'm gonna go 76. I don't know. I feel like this would be on the lower side. Honestly, I feel like this is the kind of sequel. This is kind of sequel that we would like more today, but at the time maybe not they wouldn't

I'm never over. I'm gonna go like maybe 60 I'm gonna focus might be not that high 65 that might not be Oh That was amazing in my head like please get the audience so you can vote me. I almost said 64, but I was like, yeah, that'll be nice. I'll bump it up 1%. That was incredible, both of you. How many audience ratings are there? Audience rating?

There's 100,000 ratings. That's a lot of people. I mean, actually, out of 100,000 plus for this comedy, I mean, that's pretty good. Yeah, like, I could totally see. Like, I think the first one is a better film overall But I also see how this is a sequel that people probably appreciated more as time went on. Yeah Yeah, and then so the budget for this film was 23 million. What do you think?

It's not giving me international eyes. I suck at these for night And all that just just do domestic because it's not giving me international so domestic 40 million I would say 35 million 86 million domestic that was inflation that says it says world, but it doesn't have international so it just says domestic This very American feeling film would not do well I mean I was being as I don't I suck at the numbers with that shit As I was trying to be like what would inflation numbers be what it's like the equivalent of a hundred million back then

But don't know if domestic for 86 million back. That's like a two to three hundred million dollar film, right? Yeah, that's pretty great. And then that's a massive profit. Yeah, why would it be lower? The first one was a massive hit. Of course it would be high. And then really quick, the pictures displayed in the losers bar include the Hindenburg, the RMS, Louisiana sinking, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Ford ETSL, the DeLorean DMC-12, the Hubble Space Telescope considered a failure at the time, Neville Chamberlain and Michael Dukakis. Just a bunch of like, yeah. I thought that was the Titanic. I guess I thought that was the Titanic. Maybe it was weird. Ali Yankevich has a brief role as the thug who holds the police at the precinct

at gunpoint. Oh, the one who opens the door on that was weird out. Did it catch that in the scene? He says, okay, pigs say your prayers followed by the oblivious Frank slamming the door open and knocking Yankevich's character to the floor. Yankevich said it took more than 20 takes to get the scene done. And then after about 16 takes, his leg had turned a nice shade of purple. The stunt coordinator asked Yankevich at that point if he wanted to wear some padding. He also recalled that OJ Simpson felt sorry for him. Weirdo Yankevich appears in it. Oh, nevermind. Let's do the opening credit sequence ends with Zsa Zsa Gabor sleeping or slapping

the police car. The spoofs in 1989 incident in which Gabor was arrested for slapping a police officer and driving with an expired license. I kind of felt like it was making for more real world stuff. A little more SNL in that way. And then Robert Goulet, who was the villain in this film, was the special guest star who was in an episode of Police Squad episode three. Oh, that's cool. Nice. That's fun. Cool. Sweet. We're done. We're done pretty much on time for you today, Andrew. Amazing. Amazing. Well, guys, let us know in the comments. What did you think of this film and be sure to check out our next reaction, which is going to be in the series, which is going to be naked gun Gun 33 and a third the final insult so that will be up soon make sure you do all the YouTube stuff so you don't miss it and don't forget to ring that notification

bell as well yep and we will see you on the next one take care be safe KJ Gould you are first time here royal reject welcome to royalty welcome here's how we welcome K stands for killer instincts is that's what it takes to join our page J stands for Jellicle which you certainly are you cat you G stands for good time. So that's what you're going to have here. Page around. Oh, it stands for Om Nom Nom. Cause I just want to eat you up. You stands for United cause we're now a United group of rejects.

So we're not rejects after all we're community L stands for Lando Cal Rizzi and all one word cause that's the kind of swag you possess and D stands for Divine because you will have a divine intervention Amongst the community here. Yes to just inform you of how great you are and how grateful we are to have you So thank you KJ Gould for being here participate in our questions that we often put out Saturday to have you on board You patron.