The Naked Gun

As worthy a follow-up to the Zucker originals as you could possibly hope for; this pulls off the perfect balance of leaning right in to the groan-worthy verbal and sight gags while still taking the underlying plot seriously enough that the film doesn’t lose its momentum. Neeson proves an inspired choice to take the mantle from Nielsen, delivering a surprisingly well-calibrated performance that plays even the most absurd moments with a dead-pan seriousness, and like Presley before her, Anderson makes for a legitimately solid foil. Manages to pay homage to the originals without getting bogged down in fan-service; if there’s a slight flagging of pacing in the final act… well that was a semi-weakness of the originals as well. So relieved that Schaffer etc. pulled this off!