The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Published 2016-07-24
The villain. Even Mother Teresa wanted him dead
Film info
- Director
- Year / Run time 1988 · 1hr 42m
- Series The Naked Gun (1 of 2)
- Genres Comedy, Crime
Those screw-loose Airplane! creators have done it again! Leslie Nielsen stars as Police Squad's own granite-jawed, rockbrained cop Frank Drebin, who bumbles across a mind control scheme to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, a stuffed beaver, two baseball teams and an odd assortment of others join the wacko goings-on and blow the laugh-o-meter to smithereens.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:29 | He seems a bit old to be the next James Bond, but hey. |
| 5:59 | Don’t know how to feel about OJ creeping around looking shifty. |
| 10:01 | A 10% chance of 50/50? Don’t make me do maths. |
| 16:39 | Chalk outline on the water. So stoopid, I love it. |
| 20:55 | Deadly fish are scary! |
| 23:43 | What does Viking food consist of? |
| 26:37 | Anti-graffiti wall! Kinda genius. |
| 35:07 | You can’t get away with ‘nothing to see here’ on a normal day, let alone in a fireworks factory situation. |
| 37:01 | “I’m boiling a roast.” Bleurgh. |
| 42:22 | Dammit, haven’t seen Platoon yet. |
| 52:11 | Love that the Chinese leftovers are from a place that’s closed down. Gross. |
| 54:38 | “He’s got a picture of your wife.” |
| 1:00:28 | I can’t imagine the Queen has four hours to sit around watching baseball. |
| 1:11:30 | Queen doing a Mexican wave tho. |
| 1:18:25 | Marching bands are causing chaos whilst playing jaunty music. |
| 1:22:56 | Love using the one liner quotes for those people in the credits. Instead of making up characters. |
Thoughts
I had been nervous before watching Airplane! because I knew how highly regarded it was. However, this time, I knew I was in safe hands because it's all the same people doing pretty much the same things, just in a different setting.
I actually found myself laughing out loud more than I'd anticipated, it was funny all the way through. Some of the jokes were crude, some obvious, some more nuanced and detailed, I really liked the variety.
It was a bit weird watching OJ in a film but thankfully he wasn't in it that much, and when he was, he was just being thrown around for comic effect anyway. I was also surprised how many liberties the script writers were allowed to take with the Queen! Bit dated in places, but overall entertaining.
Rating: 3 / 5