US Edition‘The Naked Gun’ review: Liam Neeson brings a ‘Taken’-or-leave-it air to a rougher reboot
MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AUG 4 – The reboot features Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin's son with a coarser comedy style and earned $28 million globally on its opening weekend, marking a top comedy release of the decade.
- With its debut on July 31, 2025, The Naked Gun reboot features Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin’s son.
- After inheriting the franchise, Schaffer, who co-wrote with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, struggled to establish the proper tone.
- Clocking in at 1 hour and 25 minutes, the film retains chaotic energy with sharper production values, featuring Danny Huston, actor.
- Following its theatrical debut, the reboot accumulated over $28 million globally on its opening weekend, prompting talk of possible sequels.
- Liam Neeson says he likely won’t reprise the role, making this reboot the franchise’s final entry, which underscores the legacy comedy revival's uncertain future.
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'The Naked Gun' (2025) Review — An Excessive And Exhausting Comedy That Gets It Until It Doesn’t
Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) saves a group of hostages in The Naked Gun (2025), Paramount Pictures The Naked Gun is written by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akira Schaffer, with the latter also taking on the role of director. Gregor, Mand, and Schaffer are also the ones responsible for the Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie from 2022. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) disarms a poor soul in The Naked Gun (2025), Paramount Pictures A homage to not on…
Liam Neeson decided to take a new course in his career and took on a comedy role at the time when many actors opted for retirement.With more than 100 films in his career, the Irish actor starred in a new version of the classic humor saga And where is the cop?, an unexpected return to commercial cinema. Known for playing intense characters, Neeson moved from the drama of Schindler's List and Michael Collins to the action of franchises like Star W…
Too many groaners: Liam Neeson fails to fill Leslie Nielsen’s shoes in the reboot of ‘The Naked Gun’
The Naked Gun, one of the funniest film series ever, gets a reboot helmed by Akiva Schaffer, member of the Lonely Island, and director of the hilarious and criminally underrated Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Schaffer, who also directed 11 episodes of the very funny series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, certainly has the chops to give the classic deadpan humor of The Naked Gun series a try. Sadly, it’s a near-miss. Liam Neeson …
‘The Naked Gun’ review: Liam Neeson brings a ‘Taken’-or-leave-it air to a rougher reboot
It’s not bad. The reboot of “The Naked Gun” tosses off a few sharp and/or stupidly effective gags of the hit-and-run variety, nice and quick. Sample exchange: “I guess you can’t fight City Hall.” “No. It’s a building.” Also, kudos to any movie that finds a way to expand the cliché of the internal monologue voiceover, so that Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. suddenly has some competition on the soundtrack. But there’s a “but” here — a gradually dispiriting a…
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