The Naked Gun (2025) Review

The Naked Gun is unlikely to eclipse the cop‑movie spoofs that inspired it. Liam Neeson gives a steely performance as the moronic Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr., but the humor feels like modern variations on jokes first told in the 1980s. Despite this, the film remains funny, and in a 2025 theatrical comedy landscape that is relatively deserted, Akiva Schaffer’s faithful, unapologetically dumb Police Squad! update feels like a refreshing gulp from a seltzer bottle. Supporting turns from Paul Walter Hauser and Pamela Anderson add to the cinematic groaners and slapstick of the 2020s. The review also argues that more new comedies should play in movie theaters, a point discussed in a post‑review conversation between IGN Executive Producer Clint Gage and Entertainment Reviews Editor Erik Adams.