US EditionReview | The Naked Gun: Liam Neeson in Hilarious Police Comedy Reboot
LOS ANGELES, JUL 30 – The reboot stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. and Pamela Anderson, blending slapstick and parody to revive a classic comedy style with a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- Liam Neeson takes on the role of Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr in a sequel of The Naked Gun, noted for its childish humor and comedy.
- Pamela Anderson is praised for her performance in this comedy reboot.
- The film is produced by Seth MacFarlane and directed by Akiva Schaffer, featuring rapid-fire gags and a talented comedy team.
- The film addresses the decline of comedy in theaters, as pointed out by Liam Neeson, who mentions past funny films.
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If someone inherits the madness, then he: Liam Neeson slips into the footsteps of the unforgettable Leslie Nielsen and, as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., provides for a comeback of the extra class. In the new edition of the cult series, he goes from one breakdown to the next – with full charm and deadly expression of course. Read here our cinema criticism of the cult reboot of "The Naked Cannon". Blueprint: Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) stumbles as an e…
"The naked cannon was once the gold standard of cinematic parody. So the new Legacy-Sequel with Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson is at stake for Hollywood. If you want to know the whole story, you better also sit in the credits.
‘The Naked Gun’ reboot is a love letter to goofy, unfiltered comedy – Metro Philadelphia
Some may remember the wildly popular 1988 film 'The Naked Gun', and the trail of detective spoof films that followed it into the early 90s. The Leslie Nielsen-led comedy vehicle is now living on with a 2025 reboot, starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson and Paul Walter Hauser—and to delve a little deeper into the silly-driven comedy, Hauser sat down with Metro to chat more about the feature, which drops in theaters this weekend. [caption id="atta…
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