If you loved The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, try The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Both films are directed by David Zucker, and they both carry the pitch black, playful, unhinged mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is
Washington DC, summer, a briefcase full of papers. A bumbling detective crashes a high-society party, energy executives scheme in the shadows, a plot to suppress innovation unfolds. This sequel is funniest when it leans into absurdity.
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