If you loved The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, try Ruthless People

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Ruthless People has roughly 6.2× fewer votes than The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by David Zucker, and they both carry the pitch black, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Ruthless People is

Convenience-store owners plot to replace a rich spouse with insurance cash. When the kidnap plan backfires and the hostage proves even more unbearable than the spouse, the amateurs panic. Their bad luck just got a lot worse.

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