The Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad!

Before the '90s gave rise to The Dude from  "The Big Lebowski,"  and the 2000s gifted us  "Borat" , there was "The Naked Gun" and Frank Drebin, played with the straightest straight face by the remarkable Leslie Nielsen. "The Naked Gun" comes from the ancestory.com chart first hinted at by  "Kentucky Fried Movie,"  most readily identified by the mighty  "Airplane!,"  and recently carried on by raunchy record label satire  "Stadium Anthems." Gags in "The Naked Gun" rain down like biblical flood; some high-brow, but most gloriously inane. It takes geniuses to create such elevated absurdity.Is "The Naked Gun" somehow better than its "Airplane!" forefather? By a nose, the vote is "yes." While "Airplane!" also features Nielsen as a doctor (he's even more deadpan than Drebin), that film's lead actor was the adequate Robert Hays, whereas "The Naked Gun" gives us Nielsen as the humor's prime courier. This is one of the greatest comedies in the history of film. - (Was this review of any use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!) - WATCHED IT? THEN WATCHLIST:  "Top Secret!"   "Stadium Anthems"  and  "Hot Shots!"

This movie is greatness on a plate. Is the humor new? No. Get Smart and Airplane was ahead of Frank Drebin but that's not the point. I actually remember seeing the Police Squad series in its first run. Hilarious. Leslie Nielsen sells this character the same way Don Adams did. When something goes awry, he is not bothered. He is immediately on to the next deal. The sight gags, the wordplay. There is a lot to keep track of and watch for. That means you can watch the movie six times (if you like this humor, you will, if you don't, you won't make it through the movie at all) and you will still see another gag lurking in the background. Sometimes the gag is right there, but you missed it because you were laughing so hard. This movie is a classic. Period.

A timeless classic. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad is still as funny today as it was in 1988. Written by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Pat Proft, and directed by David Zucker, "The Naked Gun" has remarkably withstood the test of time like the other great comedies: "Young Frankenstein", "Dr. Strangelove", "This is Spinal Tap", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Play it Again Sam", and the Marx Brother's "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera".Even to this day, I cannot help but think of Leslie Nelson's butchering of the national anthem while I watch major league baseball games. "The Naked Gun" is one of those movies which has dozens of memorable lines and scenes which you can recall easily with your friends. It is also one of those movies that if you could read the script, you can visualize the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielson) acting, and you laugh just as hard reading the script as you would watching the movie.How can anyone forget Frank Drebin's comment about Queen Elizabeth visiting Los Angeles:Lt Drebin: "Thank you your honor. Protecting the safety of the Queen is a task that is gladly accepted by Police Squad. For no matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans we must be gracious and considerate hosts. (The crowd applauds, camara pans to Mayor's a gasped expression as she takes over the podium from Lt. Drebin.)Of course this is followed by the sounds of Lt Drebin's "long pee" scene audio drowning out the Mayor's continued speech when he forgets to remove his wireless microphone while relieving himself in the men's room. Of course, it only gets worse for the Mayor as Lt Drebin completes his potty break soliloquy with a cascading audio of a few short squirts, and lyrical humming. Lt Drebin completes his audible peeing soliloquy finale by breaking wind and a self satisfying "Aaaaaaah" broadcast to the entire press conference.

Simply hilarious! This is in direct line with the Zucker brothers. Again, their mom are always in their movies, and I do love to see her in them. Leslie Nielsen is so comely as a comedian he doesn't know if he did anything wrong or not. Which makes it more hilarious! lol In any case, be prepared to laugh because the actions and puns are shown one after the other. And you do have to watch the movie to view them. If you want to laugh and not be depressed, this is definitely the movie to watch. And by the way, this is the 1st of the series of the Naked Gun series. Make it a Naked Gun movie night! :-)

Certainly in the category of screwball comedy. I love this stuff. These days getting a laugh has More value than ever. Snort. Definitely not subtle not sophisticated Which is its charm. No deep thinking here; park your brain at the door and just Laugh like a kid— enjoy the hijinks.I’ll be back to add more astute observations but only if I can watch it again for free.🤓. I am honing my inner critic so she stops working on me and goes for the shows.

Still funny 28 years later. You know I was thinking watching this, I bet OJ SIMPSON did residual damage to the after cinema revenue to this flick.Ppl HATE OJ in the United States and for good reason. He's a walking MURDERER. It's so messed up. And he play's a somewhat meaty role in this movie.I know this is true about OJ affecting ppls reactions post his acquittal because 4 ppl mentioned how they "despise OJ" when i discussed the movie at work recently.

Bought this for my 15 year old son, because I felt he needed educating in hilarious humour. He loved it. I loved watching it again. Feel it should be in everyone's movie library, because we all need Frank Drebbin in our lives.

It's so stupid and so funny ! 😎

I love these naked gun stories. Superbly written. Even better with Blu ray DVD.This is the first in the series and probably my favourite, though they are all brilliant.

Brilliant! Absolutely love this movie, no matter how many times I've seen it, it makes me laugh out loud. Just great, slapstick comedy that big box office comedy genre films these days, are missing.

Very funny film and prompt delivery too..