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Gravel, Gags, and a Missing Nielsen - The Naked Gun review by griggs

I’ve seen a lot in my time. A man juggling chainsaws. A llama in a neck brace. The 2025 reboot of The Naked Gun. Only one of those made me question renewing my cinema membership.

This time around, it’s Liam Neeson in the trench coat—all gravel, no gravy. He’s game, bless him, but parodying someone already carved from stone proves trickier than expected. The film tears through gags, pratfalls, callbacks, and dolphins like a dog through a recycling bin—plenty of energy, some recognisable shapes, very little that sticks.

There’s effort, to be fair. It throws everything at the wall: sight gags, puns, deadpan delivery, and the odd surreal flourish. But too often, it flinches. Jokes wobble, fade, or overstay. The pacing’s modern, the tone confused. The result? A remake that feels more like a photocopy of a spoof once described over a bad Zoom connection.

It’s not a disaster. You’ll smile now and then. And at least it doesn’t outstay its welcome. But mostly, it makes you miss Leslie Nielsen. And wonder if the llama’s free for the inevitable sequel.

Misfiring remake - The Naked Gun review by Alphaville

It tries hard but seems strung out even with an 80 minutes run time. There are a few good jokes, but most fall flat and some will make you cringe at their awfulness. It sorely misses Abrahams and the Zuckers, who wrote and directed the original. If only the remake had studied their 15 rules of comedy (look them up)

Kudos to Liam, but its nothing without Nielson - The Naked Gun review by JD

Often i ask myself when watching a film 'how bad can it be' as often it seems writers and directors go out of there way to make a slam dunk concept and budgets a complete fail.

This, I knew was going to be bad. And it was. It has its moments, the food conversation was superb and there are a few giggles, usually when parodying things that other films do that directors dont seem to realise looks stupid.

And Liam, as ever is great. An actor who doesnt take himself to seriously, can actually act - but has sadly ended up typecast into action roles in often rubbish films.

But, but - this was never going to work. Its a bit dirtier than the original but the type of humor generally remains. So why did that work and this doesnt? We all know the answer to that, and its all down to 1 man who's timing, dryness and expressions were truly unique and idiolised by movie goers the world over. He could made the most stupid gags hilarious with a simple expression.

RIP Leslie. Your missed.