# New "Naked Gun" movie starting Liam Neeson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 4, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612 "2025-04-04T13:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/181 "2025-08-04T12:19:08Z")
> [@sunacres](#): > > How much appeal did the original have to folks of our age group, back then? I suspect that those of us who enjoyed (and still fondly remember the appeal of) it, will not be as tickled by the same kind of schtick now. I’m 51 years old. I happened to catch _Top Secret_ on TV a few weeks ago and I laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/182 "2025-08-04T13:53:46Z")
> [@sunacres](#): > > I suspect that those of us who enjoyed (and still fondly remember the appeal of) it, will not be as tickled by the same kind of schtick now. I rewatched the original Naked Guns over the past few days. The wordplay was still pretty funny, but the slapstick and direct parodies (e.g. the references to Thelma and Louise in the third one) were hit-and-miss. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/183 "2025-08-04T19:05:55Z")
That’s the problem with direct parody, it can age badly if it’s of something fairly contemporary that slips from the public consciousness. General sight and word gags can be timeless. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/184 "2025-08-04T19:19:26Z")
> [@sunacres](#): > > I suspect that those of us who enjoyed (and still fondly remember the appeal of) it, will not be as tickled by the same kind of schtick now. Love the old ones, laughed through the new one. The tone was exactly right and the movie didn’t fall into a trap of trying to rise above being goofy. The credits have a lot of jokes in them, so they’re worth reading through. Kind of like a scavenger hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/185 "2025-08-04T19:26:26Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Three thumbs up! [![](https://media.tenor.com/gpb2zDq_EGIAAAAM/slap-smack.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/gpb2zDq_EGIAAAAM/slap-smack.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/186 "2025-08-05T20:51:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > The credits have a lot of jokes in them, so they’re worth reading through. Kind of like a scavenger hunt. I’ve always loved (for some reason) this sequence in the _Top Secret_ end credits: Focus Loader - Jack Williams Focus Puller - Tony Strachan Clapper Loader - John Fletcher Clapper Puller - Tom Brown Puller Clapper - Joe Taylor Clapper Clapper - Edward Davis Flipper Flapper - Jane Thomas ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/187 "2025-08-05T23:51:44Z")
when i seen the preview i thought they were going to try too hard with the realistic violence …. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/188 "2025-08-06T00:00:50Z")
Please nominate Liam Neeson’s song “My Sweet Beth” for an Oscar so he can perform it at the big show. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/189 "2025-08-06T07:11:01Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I’ve always loved (for some reason) this sequence in the _Top Secret_ end credits So googling says term no. 2 and 3 is real jobs. I guess the rest is just made up, sorted by most to least plausible? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/190 "2025-08-06T15:15:44Z")
Saw the matinee yesterday afternoon (because I’m so old that I go to Tuesday matinees now) in a theater with me, Mrs. Homie, and maybe 6-8 other patrons. I’d say it was pretty good, not great. Part of my (somewhat) lukewarm reaction may be that the theater was mostly empty and a full house laughing their asses off would have made the experience better. Still, overall I give it a **B+**. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/191 "2025-08-07T04:39:25Z")
I saw it today with my husband and my oldest son. They both loved it. I was eh, but then I wasn’t a big fan of the original style anyway. Did anyone else notice the beaver of “nice beaver,” fame, made a quick cameo appearance? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/192 "2025-08-09T21:56:49Z")
Saw it yesterday. When it was funny, it was amazing. I laughed a lot. I also thought there were unfunny gags that went on for too long, like the snowman, the playing of the body cam footage, and the owl bits. So it was uneven. But well worth seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/193 "2025-09-05T20:47:05Z")
Saw it again at home with my wife. What are your favorite jokes from the movie? I liked: - Ed drinking beers with the children at the end. I would have done a spit-take if I had been drinking something. - “She had a bottom that would make any bowl beg for the brown.” - Drebin being mad because his DVR had Buffy on it and she connected it to the internet and it all got lost. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/194 "2025-09-07T15:11:54Z")
We finally saw the new Naked Gun in the theater last night. As others have said, it was good, not great. A few decent chuckles, but it didn’t have the rapid-fire joke delivery and clever wordplay that I seem to remember from the older movies and TV show. I should watch the older Naked Guns and see how they hold up for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/195 "2025-09-07T16:46:27Z")
I think none live up to Airplane! or Top Secret! Airplane is just the funniest pure joke-based comedy. Top Secret is one of the best jokes-about-movies comedy. If you re-watch, you’ll see a lot of jokes are actually not about spies, but making movies. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/196 "2025-09-08T20:07:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > We finally saw the new Naked Gun in the theater last night. As others have said, it was good, not great. A few decent chuckles, but it didn’t have the rapid-fire joke delivery and clever wordplay that I seem to remember from the older movies and TV show. I took my 14 year old son to this new one in the theater, and had been watching all the originals with him recently too. One thing I noticed is that while the new one didn’t live up to my memory of watching the old one, neither did rewatching the old one. So it felt like a case of “you can be there only exactly once”. In contrast, my son was cackling with laughter at both old and new, seemingly equally. I agree that they were good and I did enjoy them, but they certainly weren’t the “comedic ecstasy” that 30 years of nostalgia will add. And seeing his reaction definitely added to the experience. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612/197 "2025-11-17T17:02:14Z")
David Zucker isn’t happy about the new version. > **[David Zucker renews attack on new Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/17/david-zucker-renews-attack-on-new-naked-gun-reboot-starring-liam-neeson)** > > The director has taken fresh aim at the new film, saying that producer Seth MacFarlane ‘totally missed’ the spoof-comedy style that defined the original Naked Gun franchise [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612.md?page=9)