cv870_18090.txt

these_DT
days_NNS
,_,
people_NN
have_HV
rather_RB
short_JJ
attention_NN
span_NN
and_CC
hardly_RB
anything_PN
can_MD
satisfy_VB
them_PP
for_IN
the_DT
long_JJ
run_NN
._.
1980s_CD
nostalgia_NN
is_BEZ
already_RB
wearing_VBG
off_RP
,_,
and_CC
now_RB
,_,
people_NN
are_BER
becoming_VBG
more_DT
and_CC
more_DT
interested_JJ
in_IN
1980s_CD
._.
few_DT
years_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
future_NN
,_,
early_JJ
1990s_CD
are_BER
going_VBG
to_TO
be_BE
regarded_VBN
as_IN
next_OD
golden_JJ
age_NN
of_IN
nostalgia_NN
._.
however_RB
,_,
i_PP
doubt_VB
that_CS
people_NN
are_BER
going_VBG
to_TO
be_BE
very_RB
nostalgic_JJ
about_IN
the_DT
hollywood_NP
products_NNS
of_IN
that_DT
period_NN
._.
one_CD
of_IN
the_DT
reason_NN
would_MD
surely_RB
be_BE
films_NNS
like_IN
national_JJ
lampoon_NN
's_POS
loaded_JJ
weapon_NN
1_CD
,_,
that_CS
,_,
in_IN
many_DT
ways_NNS
,_,
symbolise_VB
the_DT
biggest_JJS
problem_NN
of_IN
contemporary_JJ
american_JJ
film_NN
industry_NN
-_-
lack_NN
of_IN
originality_NN
and_CC
ideas_NNS
._.
being_BEG
made_VBN
as_IN
some_DT
kind_NN
of_IN
parody_PN
on_IN
lethal_JJ
weapon_NN
series_NN
,_,
this_DT
film_NN
pairs_NNS
two_CD
l_NN
._.
a_DT
._.
policemen_NNS
-_-
jack_NP
colt_NN
(_(
emilio_NN
estevez_NP
)_)
,_,
burn-out_IN
alcoholic_JJ
cop_NN
on_IN
the_DT
edge_NN
,_,
and_CC
wes_???
luger_NN
(_(
samuel_NP
l_NN
._.
jackson_NP
)_(
,_,
by-the-book_JJ
policeman_NN
,_,
days_NNS
away_RB
from_IN
retirement_NN
._.
two_CD
of_IN
them_PP
,_,
following_VBG
the_DT
murder_NN
of_IN
luger_NN
's_POS
ex-_???
partner_NN
,_,
must_MD
confront_VB
evil_JJ
general_JJ
mortars_NNS
(_(
william_NP
shatner_NN
)_)
,_,
crime_NN
lord_NN
who_WP
is_BEZ
going_VBG
to_TO
flood_VB
the_DT
market_NN
with_IN
cocaine_NN
stashed_VBN
in_IN
wilderness_NN
girl_NN
cookies_NNS
._.
the_DT
authors_NNS
of_IN
this_DT
films_NNS
(_(
whose_WP$
director_NN
,_,
gene_NN
quintano_NP
,_,
worked_VBD
on_IN
such_DT
projects_NNS
like_IN
third_OD
and_CC
fourth_OD
sequel_NN
of_IN
police_NNS
academy_NN
)_)
lacked_VBD
any_DT
original_JJ
idea_NN
before_IN
they_PP
undertook_VBD
the_DT
projects_NNS
,_,
and_CC
that_CS
reflects_VBZ
in_IN
the_DT
lack_NN
plot_NN
,_,
characters_NNS
,_,
and_CC
,_,
even_RB
original_JJ
lines_NNS
._.
the_DT
plot_NN
,_,
or_CC
what_WDT
goes_VBZ
for_IN
the_DT
plot_NN
in_IN
this_DT
movie_NN
,_,
is_BEZ
nothing_PN
more_RBR
than_CS
a_DT
series_NN
of_IN
gags_NNS
that_CS
make_VB
laugh_NN
of_IN
some_DT
popular_JJ
films_NNS
made_VBN
in_IN
previous_JJ
few_DT
years_NNS
(_(
apart_RB
from_IN
lethal_JJ
weapon_NN
series_NN
,_,
this_DT
film_NN
"_"
borrows_NNS
"_"
its_PP$
female_JJ
lead_NN
from_IN
basic_JJ
instinct_NN
)_)
._.
the_DT
best_JJS
gags_NNS
,_,
are_BER
,_,
same_DT
as_IN
with_IN
many_DT
other_JJ
similar_JJ
movies_NNS
,_,
shown_VBN
in_IN
the_DT
trailers_NNS
._.
the_DT
rest_NN
simply_RB
doesn't_DOZ
work_NN
._.
only_RB
those_DT
who_WP
used_VBD
to_IN
watch_NN
a_DT
lot_NN
of_IN
hollywood_NP
products_NNS
in_IN
that_DT
period_NN
would_MD
laugh_VB
._.
others_NNS
would_MD
probably_RB
wince_NN
at_IN
the_DT
lameness_NN
of_IN
humour_NN
._.
some_DT
would_MD
be_BE
entertained_VBN
by_IN
celebrity_NN
cameos_NNS
that_CS
pop_VB
up_RP
every_DT
once_RB
in_IN
a_DT
while_NN
._.
but_CC
,_,
at_IN
the_DT
end_NN
,_,
spending_NN
hour_NN
and_CC
half_NN
in_IN
front_NN
of_IN
this_DT
disorganised_JJ
mess_NN
of_IN
a_DT
movie_NN
is_BEZ
simply_RB
not_XNOT
worth_IN
the_DT
effort_NN
._.
the_DT
film_NN
was_BEDZ
sometimes_RB
criticised_VBN
for_IN
being_BEG
the_DT
parody_JJ
of_IN
a_DT
series_NN
that_CS
already_RB
had_HVD
strong_RB
comic_JJ
overtones_NNS
._.
the_DT
authors_NNS
of_IN
lethal_JJ
weapon_NN
returned_VBN
the_DT
favour_NN
by_IN
using_VBG
the_DT
loaded_JJ
weapon_NN
1_CD
joke_NN
in_IN
their_PP$
fourth_OD
sequel_NN
._.