The Naked Gun (#712)
The movie I saw on Sunday began its life as a TV series on television way back when and starred comic Leslie Nielsen as a bumbling detective named Frank Drebin, a member of an elite unit known as the Police Squad. It was funny and silly and relied heavily on sight gags and ridiculous actions and banter. Costarring with him were actors and non-actors such as Priscilla Presley, O.J, Simpson, George Kennedy and many other familiar faces--funny and otherwise. The latest version of THE NAKED GUN stars decrepit Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin, Jr., also a member of the elite unit Police Squad. I can promise you that Neeson is no Nielsen, not even close. Even such performers as my favorites Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks would have been better choices. As the equally bumbling son, he isn't very good and neither is the film, which tries hard to emulate its predecessors. And while I would have liked for it to work, it didn't, although there were a few rare instances when I found myself laughing ...