The Naked Gun movie review: Liam Neeson & Pamela Anderson deliver an insane & kickass entertainer of 2025 with Akiva Schaffer's action-comedy

Star cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, and Danny Huston

Director: Akiva Schaffer

The Naked Gun franchise has consistently entertained audiences with its spoof comedies, featuring bang-on one-liners and hilarious situations. The latest one featuring Liam Neeson & Pamela  Anderson, which serves as a legacy sequel to Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), is hands down an insane roller-coaster entertainer.

Talking about the plot, it starts with a bank robbery where the robbers are making sure to have a grip on the clients with Sig Gustafson (Kevin Durand) robbing a P.L.O.T. (Primordial Law of Toughness) device from the locker and handing it over to Richard Cane (Danny Huston), CEO of Edentech.

This time, Police Squad, which is known for fighting against criminals, has the lead Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), who is none other than Liam Neeson. He makes an entertaining entry with performs some interesting fight sequences along with witty one-liners.

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While he stops the robbery, he is now demoted by his boss, Chief Davis (CCH Pounder), because of breaking protocols and overusing violence. He is now assigned to investigate what looks to be a simple death-by-suicide car accident. However, the death person’s sister, Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson), tells Frank about her last call with her brother and shares that he has been murdered.

Now, while investigating this case, he found out that the accident is linked to the bank robbery and Richard Kane. What is that connection, and what’s the purpose of the P.L.O.T. device?

Well, honestly, I don’t know when was the last time I enjoyed a movie in the cinema hall that much. There is not a single dull moment in The Naked Gun as it consistently makes you laugh and entertain with its situational scenarios, interesting and fun action sequences and insane comic punches.

Director Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the film with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, makes sure to give us the best comic-entertainer of the year, which has the same spirit as the original film.

Talking about the performances, Liam Neeson, who seems to enjoy this carefree comedy stuff, nails the character of Frank effortlessly. On the other hand, Pamela Anderson has her moments to shine as she plays this meaty character with ease. Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, and Danny Huston are simply entertaining in their roles.

With a crisp runtime of 85 minutes and running gags, which hit the right spots, The Naked Gun gets the title of 2025’s best entertainer.

Rating: 3.5 (out of 5 stars)

The Naked Gun is playing in cinemas