The Naked Gun (2025) Movie Thread

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the police-procedural spoof will be directed by the Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer and produced in part by Seth MacFarlane. Dan Gregor and Doug And wrote the script.

Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Kevin Durand and Paul Walter Hauser star. Due in theatres July 2025.

Remaking the classics rarely ends well, but the film world's been missing movies from the Peter Sellers/Leslie Nielsen school of slapstick comedy for a while now.

Akiva Shaffer has an interesting filmography; most of his movies have been relatively well received but they've also all bombed at the box office.

 

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Delightfully surprised with these reviews, though I enjoyed the trailers more than I expected too. Very rare to see a good comedy legacy sequel.

 

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I'll admit that I had zero interest, but the rave reviews have me thinking I might give it a look.

 

[Tom]

I can't believe it's getting reviewed this good. The trailers look awful

 

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I saw it last Saturday. I laughed a couple of times, but it just wasn't funny.

Neeson and Anderson were fine, but the writing was subpar, and the jokes fell flat. The cinema was pretty full and there was not that much laughter.

It seems in the States, people are finding this hilarious, so it must be a cultural thing.

It has no lines that I can now remember or quote, unlike Airplane, which still makes me laugh 45 years later.