Overview

• The Naked Gun (2025) hit theaters on August 1 with Liam Neeson starring as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. in a modern remake of the 1988 slapstick classic.
• Reviewers have lauded its rapid-fire sight gags, wordplay and absurdist humor as a revival of a genre all but extinct in wide release.
• Director Akiva Schaffer confirmed that a deliberately over-the-top five-minute test sequence mocking Paramount executives won studio approval.
• The film skewers contemporary culture by targeting electric cars, smartphones, bodycams and social media within its comedic set pieces.
• Supporting players Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Busta Rhymes and Cody Rhodes bolster franchise continuity and on-screen chemistry.