Just one man has the actual set of expertise… to steer Police Squad and save the world! Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) follows in his father’s footsteps in THE NAKED GUN, directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night time Dwell, Popstar: By no means Cease By no means Stopping) and from producer Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Household Man). Becoming a member of the case are forged Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, with Danny Huston.
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Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson lead a reboot of The Bare Gun franchise, in what can be one of many largest shock wins for 2025 within the comedy/spoof style. The Bare Gun isn’t a lot a reboot as it’s a continuation and a tribute to the unique movie franchise starring Leslie Nielsen, which started in 1988. Making an attempt to observe up Leslie Nielsen in any comedic position is an enormous set of footwear to fill. Hollywood tends to attempt to reboot or remake every thing as a substitute of making one thing contemporary.
Director Akiva Schaffer knew that and performed this off neatly. It’s arrange as being in the identical continuity as the unique franchise, however in a future the place the characters are the sons of our favourite characters from the unique. What follows can solely be known as real comedic enjoyable. The Bare Gun does a very good job of modernizing its parody of police dramas and even making enjoyable of Neeson’s earlier characters in varied thrillers. It’s self-aware in a means that the unique Bare Gun was as nicely, however by no means tries to repeat the unique’s punchlines instantly; as a substitute, it creates its one-liners that also really feel very very similar to a Bare Gun.
For somebody who has all the time performed severe roles, seeing Liam Neeson not solely do some outrageous stuff for this position, but additionally make enjoyable of himself and even sing (sure, he sings), exhibits simply how a lot he has to supply in different roles. And let’s not overlook Paul Walter Hauser, who has been hitting theatres with not one, however two massive movies in simply 2 weeks (Improbable 4: The First Steps), the place his comedic chops are put to the check.
Once I first noticed trailers dropping for this, I had extraordinarily low expectations. Most comedy spoofs are launched straight to streaming lately, and barely do nicely. The truth that this one made it to theatres is a miracle by itself. However I can promise you, it’s been a very long time since now we have had a movie that was genuinely this humorous, and for anybody sufficiently old to recollect Buffy, will discover one thing joked about that they’ll join with.
Whether or not you see it in theaters or at residence, it’s value watching as each a tribute to the great outdated days of comedy spoofs and as a much-needed lighter movie after a lot comedian e-book and drama-focused media. Though I’ll say that seeing it in theaters and listening to the viewers’s response to among the crazier moments, realizing they’ve by no means seen the unique, is definitely worth the worth of admission.
Oh, and make sure you stick round for the credit. Not due to post-credit scenes, however due to all of the humorous easter egg puns and jokes hidden within the credit. Make sure to hold forth on our socials and tell us which of them you discover!
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