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Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) More at IMDbPro »

• Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox appear in their "CHiPs" roles during a shootout scene. Yet in the entire six-year run of CHiPs, they never once drew their weapons.
  
  
• When the German soldiers talk to each other, a subtitle is "Relax, only a psychotic, burned out cop would try to break in." But the actual line is, "Relax, only an ape would come in here."
  
  
• Paul Gleason plays FBI Agent in this film, while in Die Hard (1988) he has a line "We're gonna need some more FBI guys I guess."
  
  
• There was every intention to make a sequel to this movie. A deal had been set in place before this movie had gone into production and a poster had even been printed with the caption "Oh come ON, you knew it was coming!" However when the movie underperformed the deal was severed.
  
  
• A closer look at the wall of torture and instruments of pain will show a mounted VHS case of the George Lucas-produced film Howard the Duck (1986).
  
  
• During the war of words between General Mortars (William Shatner) and McCracken (Denis Leary), McCracken tries to win the argument with the line "Life is very short and there is no time for fussin' and fightin', my friend!" a line from The Beatles song "We Can Work It Out".
  
  
• Bruce Willis' cameo spoofs the fact he only "worked" in L.A., as he actually "lives" in N.Y.
  
  
• An issue of Dinosaurs for Hire can be seen in the magazine rack in the opening sequence.
  
  
• Cameo: [James Doohan] "Scotty" from "Star Trek" (1966).
  
  
• Cameo: [Bruce Willis] Willis did a cameo for this film in character as John McClane as a personal favor to his brother David, who is the producer of this film.
  
  
• Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman, who has a cameo in the film as the Comic Policeman, were both regulars on Saturday Night Live when this film was in production. They each left the show soon after to pursue film careers.
  
  
• In the scene where the drug deal is taking place between William Shatner and his potential buyers, the lead dealer tells his assistant to use the "Vista" Credit card you get frequent flyer miles" this was an in joke to the actual Visa/Mastercard which was actually offering this rewards program as an incentive for people to charge their purchases on their credit cards at the time.
  
  
• Cameo: [Corey Feldman] The rookie cop who fires his gun.
  
  
• This is Denise Richards film debut. She plays one of Denis Leary's four girlfriend in the scene where he's playing the piano. Charlie Sheen, who would have a cameo as the valet attendant, would later marry Richards about ten years after this film was made and would divorce soon after.
  
  
• Charlie Sheen, who plays the Valet attendant, is Emilio Estevez' real life brother. He did this cameo as a favor to him.
  
  
• Samuel L. Jackson and Emilio Estevez's characters "Colt and Lugar" are named after guns. William Shatner's "General Mor-tars" is named after an army used weapon and also loosely on the General Motors automobile company.
  
  
• There are several references to commercials in the film. The Head & Shoulders shampoo joke, "It's tingling", Lance Kinsey's foot on fire "Athlete's foot", and the obvious Girl Scout Cookies references.
  
  

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