The Naked Gun, reviewed by Erik Adams.

The Naked Gun is unlikely to overshadow the cop-movie spoofs that inspired it: Liam Neeson tries his damnedest, but is slightly too steely as the moronic Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr., and most of the big laughs are just modern-day variations on jokes first told in the 1980s (if not earlier). But just because there’s a bit of must on these gags doesn’t mean that they’re not funny – and considering the relatively deserted theatrical comedy landscape of 2025, Akiva Schaffer’s faithful, unapologetically dumb Police Squad! update plays like a big, refreshing gulp from the seltzer bottle. With more jokes than you can possibly catch in a single viewing, The Naked Gun proudly brings cinematic groaners and outrageous sight gags into the 2020s.