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Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
8/21
8/21:
Because of the title and the movie poster, I thought Wrongfully Accused was going to be a spoof of
The Fugitive.
Instead, it touches other movies such as On the Waterfront,
Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon,
Braveheart, Clear and Present Danger,
The Usual Suspects, Dirty Harry,
North by Northwest, Mission: Impossible,
Titanic, and Star Wars,
among others. Even Baywatch, ER, Lord of the Dance, and the Mentos commercials are included.
If they're going to do all of them, then how come the movie is still not funny? I'll have an occasional chuckle here and there,
but I'm mostly looking at the timer. In a way, the plot feels like The Naked Gun all over
again with a lot of random filler in between.
It's hard to comment on the cast, and I think they're there for an easy cash grab. Leslie Nielsen should've sat down and thought
long and hard about what he's doing to prevent any further on-screen embarrassment.
Murder on the Orient Express had a true all-star ensemble cast, but after
seeing this one and these stupid Austin Powers movies, I can
safely cross Michael York off the list. By the way, they keep mentioning Sean Laughrea is a one-eyed guy, but both of his eyes
seem functional. What gives?
All in all, like the other spoofs with Leslie Nielsen, Wrongfully Accused is tiresome.