The Naked Gun (2025)

IMDb plot summary: Following in his father's footsteps, a detective works to solve a murder case and save his police department from closure.

Directed by Akiva Schaffer. Stars Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, and Paul Walter Hauser.

The Naked Gun stars Liam Neeson as a police officer who stumbles into a new conspiracy plot filled with criminal masterminds and wildly escalating set pieces. I've actually never seen the original Naked Gun, so I can't compare this specifically to that, but this does feel very much in the spirit of other older ZAZ movies. It was way more fun than I expected. The jokes are a great mix of sharp wordplay, absurd misunderstandings, and delightfully stupid physical gags, and they come so quickly that you don't have time to roll your eyes at a bad joke before a better one comes along. I've very rarely seen Neeson do comedy, but he turns out to be a perfect fit here because of how dead serious he plays it; he's the perfect impassable idiot who never acknowledges the chaos happening around him. I really appreciate comedies that commit to being unapologetically silly, and this scratches that itch perfectly. It’s a fast, goofy, good-natured reboot that understands the assignment.

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 The Naked Gun (2025)

📊 Ranked #1045/4144 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 75

beat How I Live Now (#2070 → #2071)

lost to The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (held at #1035)

beat Panic Room (#1552 → #1553)

beat The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (#1293 → #1294)

beat The River (#1164 → #1165)

beat National Lampoon's Vacation (#1099 → #1100)

beat La La Land (#1067 → #1068)

beat Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (#1051 → #1052)

lost to The Pirates of Penzance (held at #1043)

beat Hot Millions (#1047 → #1048)

beat Ocean's Eleven (#1045 → #1046)

lost to Fruitvale Station (held at #1044)