Pamela Anderson-Liam Neeson's 'The Naked Gun's Early Reviews: Critics Call It 'Hilarious And Sharp'

Pamela Anderson teamed up with Liam Neeson in one of the most exciting pairings of the year for The Naked Gun, a reboot or kind of sequel to the OG slapstick franchise with the same name. Directed by Chip n' Dale, Rescue Rangers fame, Akiva Schaffer, the film has brought a new spin to the absurd detective comedy genre. Together, Liam, who steps in to play the iconic 'Frank Drebin's son, made headlines for his off-screen bond with Pamela. However, in the end, it is their work together that will decide the future of their on-screen association.

The Naked Gun is rated as one of the funniest films of 2025

The Naked Gun premiered on July 28, 202t at the SVA Theater in New York, and the film is set to release across the US on August 1, 2025. Before the release, early reviews of the slapstick comedy film have arrived, which are mostly positive. It has received nearly 91 percent of critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes. As Liam Neeson's return to the comedy genre has delighted fans, Indiewire's David Ehrlich called it the "funniest American movie in years' for referencing Elon Musk to racially motivated violence in the jokes. Sharing his views on the film, David penned:

"While that choice (of comedy) might sound like the symptom of a feckless movie that's afraid of alienating some portion of its audience, it epitomizes how brilliantly this 'Naked Gun' navigates the difference between timeless stupidity and retrograde madness."

On the other hand, The Hollywood Reporter took note of Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson's on-screen chemistry. Their review described how the film has some jokes, but it is the lead pair who stole the limelight. In their words, "Neeson and Anderson have enough spark to carry the film, not to mention great chemistry." While Amy Nicholson of the Los Angeles Times went as far as to call it Liam Neeson's best career move since Schindler's List for a star who has earned fame in the action genre. At the same time, Nick Schager from The Daily Beast wrote:

"Schaffer (director) wastes no time diving headfirst into lunacy, and that's where he keeps things for the rest of his film's fleet 85 minutes, all of which are spent alternating between random bits related to the material's nominal narrative, and total non sequiturs designed to elicit out-of-left-field chuckles."

What do fans have to say about The Naked Gun 2025?

Since The Naked Gun is yet to release in theatres across the USA, many fans took to Reddit to share how they are waiting for the film. A few others who have watched it shared their mixed experience with it. One user who is looking forward to the film penned, "This is definitely on my watch list. The joke with OJ in the trailer already hooked me." Another netizen who got to watch an early show of the film commented, "As a huge fan of the original Naked Gun movies, this one was honestly underwhelming. The jokes often didn't land and were just not funny. There were maybe 1 or 2 scenes where anyone in my theatre laughed out loud, it was just really cringe.'

More about The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun, released in 2025, is like a legacy sequel to the Naked Gun: The Final Insult (1994), which takes forward the legacy of the original legacy, which started with the TV series, Police Squad! The film follows the life of 'Lt. Frank Drebin's son, who needs to follow in the steps of his father and solve a murder case to save the Police Squad unit from being shut down. As expected, it leads to a chaotic and outrageous journey with a lot of comedy. It features an ensemble cast including Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, and Danny Huston.

Are you going to watch The Naked Gun this weekend? Let us know.

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