The Naked Gun
First screened in August 2025
Director: Akiva Schaffer. Cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Danny Huston, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, C.C.H. Pounder, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, Busta Rhymes, Dave Bautista, Priscilla Presley, Weird Al Yankovic. Screenplay: Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer, and a heavily marketed but weirdly unbilled Seth MacFarlane (based on characters from Police Squad! and The Naked Gun, both written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker).

   
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In Brief: Jovially, capably spoofs anything in its path, from the cops to the billiionaires to its star. High batting average.

VOR:   Despite literally making a show of silly disposability, studios rarely deploy such constant jokes, slung by adults. Less hollow than it seems?

Grade: B–


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