The long-awaited legacy sequel turns Neeson’s whole career into one big joke — and it’s funny as hell Say what you will about Akiva Schaffer’s latest film — and I’m about to say some very nice stuff — but one thing is for sure: “The Naked Gun” is funny.

Leslie Nielsen for the part of Lt. Frank Drebin deserves a special place in the annals of brilliant casting choices.

It's got vintage terrible puns, nicely detonated clichés, and a handful of inspired gags. But it lacks the quality of aggression the ZAZ films had.