There have been three previous Naked Gun movies made; the last one, "Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult," was released in 1994. These movies are supposed to be ridiculous and stupid. The problem with the latest reboot, "The Naked Gun", starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr, is that it is too stupid, too over-the-top, and ridiculous. Towards the end of these two hours, the whole experience becomes far more annoying than it is funny. I found this experience similar to the Fast and Furious franchise, which, over time, gave us special effects and stunts that were far more idiotic than they needed to be. The concept of "less is more" makes sense for movies like these, when overkill can ruin the entire experience.
The new movie "The Naked Gun" also stars Pamela Anderson as Beth Davenport, who becomes involved after a series of stupid crimes with Drebin. Early in the movie, some of the stupid slapstick was working, but the quality of the sight gags started to degrade midway through this mostly unfunny film. The positive news is that it was good to see Liam Neeson in a major mainstream movie for the first time in many years since the last of the Taken movies was released in 2014. Neeson's career has been mired in in and out of the theater B movies for about a decade.
This is also a major movie appearance for Pamela Andersonon, who has been experiencing a career resurgence since last year's "The Last Showgirl" (2024). Anderson was good in her role, which consisted mostly of insane slapstick and word comedy like "take a chair", where her character drags a chair out of the police department. A scene like this might be amusing once or twice, but throughout an entire two-hour movie, it gets old around the 3rd time.
The Rotten Tomatoes ratings of 90% are about as insane and ridiculous as this movie, which violates the comedy movie rule of an unfunny film calling itself a comedy. This movie is not funny, and I do not recommend it, with a rating of 50%, which is generous.
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