The Naked Gun

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"The Naked Gun is a triumphant return to a kind of comedy thats on the verge of extinction. Its a love letter to a subgenre often dismissed, yet one that, when done right, can provoke genuine, infectious laughter like few others.

Liam Neeson leads a cast fully committed to the silliness, with a script that honors the legacy of one of the most beloved comedy franchises of the 20th century. For longtime fans, I imagine its a nostalgic and comforting trip down memory lane. For newcomers like me, its the perfect gateway into the world of Frank Drebin (Jr.).

A simple, light, and above all, tremendous...

That trailer with the little girl going into the bank left me dreading this. I thought it was going to be terrible, but it isnt. It is very much a respectful homage to all things Airplane and Naked Gun from years gone by and Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson have entered into the spirit of this entertainingly. There is the thinnest of plots about a megalomaniac technology mogul Cane (Danny Huston) who has a gizmo that can calm everyone up instead of down. Drebin (Neeson) is the son of the legendary Police Squad father and he has to try to thwart these evil plans in the face of both a shrewd enemy and his ruthless enforcer Sig (Kevin Durand) as well as with his own under-pressure boss (CCH Pounder) who keeps threatening to shut him down! When ...

An old adage in Hollywood advises against remaking the classics given that, with few exceptions, most fail to live up to the quality of the originals. So its always a pleasant surprise when a reboot comes along that defies the conventional wisdom. Such is the case with this wild, wacky, sidesplittingly hysterical installment in the Naked Gun franchise, the first since the 1994 release of The Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult. To call this offering a remake per se isnt entirely accurate; its more of a continuation of the franchises mythology, even though its also an origin story of sorts featuring the start of the legacy of Detective Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson), son of the late infamously incompetent but always-triumphant Detective Frank...

Pretty fun and plenty of the gags in the same vein as the original. Not a great comedy but fun nevertheless and Liam Neeson was a great choice with his deadpan delivery. 3.0/5

The Naked Gun is written by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akira Schaffer, while Schaffer also directs. The Gregor, Mand, and Schaffer were also behind Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers. The new film is not only homage to The Naked Gun franchise, but also to 1990s comedy in general. The comedy in the film is strictly gag after gag with little breaks in between. The story is basic and barely followed; its strictly there to help bridge the downtime from one gag to the next. The majority of the film rips off other big action films.

The trailer and references to characters from the other films make this clear, but this is a legacy sequel to The Naked Gun 331/3: The Final Insult and not a reboot. Lt. Frank Drebin Jr (Liam Neeson) is the son of Leslie N...

Liam Neeson is the one bright spot in director Akiva Schaffers otherwise disappointing reboot of The Naked Gun. His deadpan delivery and complete commitment to absurdity prove he was the right actor to inherit the legacy of Leslie Nielsens iconic Lt. Frank Drebin, but even he cant carry the film all by himself. With a script peppered with unfunny Millennial pop culture references and mostly lazy, ill-timed jokes, this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year.

For the first half, its a promising, chuckle-filled ride with a couple of inspired gags that even had me laughing to the point of tears. But then something goes horribly wrong. The laughs evaporate, the energy dies, and the film collapses into a pit of painfully unfunny sla...