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Every Reference The Naked Gun Reboot Makes to Original

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Before there was ‘Naked Gun,’ there was ‘Police Squad’

Last week “The Naked Gun” opened, a reboot of the comedy film trilogy, which starred the sublimely oblivious Leslie Nielsen. Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Nielsen’s character.

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Every Reference 'The Naked Gun' Reboot Makes to the Original

Lt Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) is the son of…you guessed it, Frank Drebin, played by Leslie Nielsen in the original Naked Gun films. But that’s not all. As revealed in a hysterical gag, the entire police force, including Paul Walter Hauser’s Capt Ed Hocken Jr, is the son or daughter of someone from the original cast.

Akiva Schaffer on 'The Naked Gun' reboot , The Lonely Island and more

There’s probably nobody better to direct and write a movie like The Naked Gun reboot than Akiva Schaffer. He has a resume full of brilliant, dumb, joke-a-minute work. Together with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone he is a member of the comedy trio The Lonely Island.

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‘The Naked Gun’ Review: Liam Neeson Is Leslie Nielsen’s Heir

The action star plays deadpan detective Frank Drebin Jr. in director Akiva Schaffer’s welcome sequel to the police-parody ...

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‘The Naked Gun’ Review: A Chip Off the Old Blockhead

Liam Neeson gamely steps into Leslie Nielsen’s big, beautiful clown shoes in this reboot of the blissfully absurd 1988 cop comedy.

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‘The Naked Gun’ review: Liam Neeson brings a ‘Taken’-or-leave-it air to a rougher reboot

Liam Neeson almost works as a Drebin for a new, coarser, meaner age, and he has no problem suggesting a surly, disgruntled ...

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‘The Naked Gun’ is the funniest movie of 2025

Thanks to a committed performance from Liam Neeson and a joke-heavy script, this spoof is the funniest movie of 2025.

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