We have a new The Naked Gun trailer, this time showing off Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in full on spoof comedy mode.
The Naked Gun is a revival of the beloved comedy franchise starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling yet endearing Detective Frank Drebin. This time around, Taken star Liam Neeson plays Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. with a cast that includes Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, and Danny Huston.
The trailer gives us a good idea of the brand of humor and edgy satire we can expect from The Naked Gun, which looks like it pulls no punches as it sends up its celebrities. And yes, we see the same O. J. Simpson joke revealed in the debut teaser.
At one point Neeson, desperate to relieve himself, shoots up a restaurant to jump the line for the bathroom. Anderson wants Neeson to investigate her brother’s murder before literally taking a chair. Apparently Police Squad is under threat of closure if the case isn’t closed. Pamela Anderson, clearly up for a challenge, is spotted cleaning out Liam Neeson’s oven. We see Neeson’s ‘I’m a little schoolgirl’ trick from the teaser again. And finally, he accidentally causes a jailbreak — and Drebin is none the wiser.
Here’s the official blurb:
Only one man has the particular set of skills… to lead Police Squad and save the world! Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) follows in his father’s footsteps in The Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) and from producer Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy).
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