While looking for some movies to watch to pass time yesterday, I came across this movie titled "The Naked Gun".
Seeing one of my favorite action movie characters, Liam Neeson, I immediately added it to my watchlist.
Movie Plot
The movie follows Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. a Lieutenant of the LAPD police squad who worked with other members of the squad to stop a doomsday device meant to bring about the end of the world.
What I liked/hated about the movie
I was some minutes into the movie before I ask myself what I had stumbled into. I don't know if I should say I hated it, that might be too extreme but I really didn't enjoy the movie at all. I mean what was that?
I knew Liam Neeson's role in movies for his saviour complex. I saw all of the TAKEN franchise and really enjoyed them. Though I would say it's good to see a change from his serious demeanor but they really didn't have to go all the way to make his character so wack.
It was because I saw him on the movie poster that made me decide to watch it immediately as I thought it would deliver an action-thrilling kind that is known for his movies but I must say I am super disappointed.
He did save the world and his character in the movie wasn't written as the usual "special skills savior" but maybe it would have been better if it was. I mean it would definitely be better than this weak show of his character.
Even the villian’s character, Richard Cane (played by Danny Huston) was also nothing to write home about. I thought villians in “action movies” was supposed to exude a terrifying presence? But then…
There are some scenes that I find kinda dumb. The script is so weak and most of the jokes don't sound funny at all. Only one or two scenes managed to bring out a little smile (albeit a weak one) from my face and that was it.
I don't know which category to put it in. Is it an action movie or a comedy movie? Newsflash, it is none. It doesn't even qualify as a crime comedy.
Upon further research on the movie, it turned out there is a franchise of "The Naked Gun". Maybe if I get around to seeing them all, it probably might change my review a bit. But till then, I can only say I don't seem to understand what the characters' performances in The Naked Gun (2025) is all about or why the script was poorly written.
Dont waste your time watching this movie. I am giving it a rating of 4 out of 10.
Image Source : IMDB
P.S : I was about to hit the publish button when I saw this moviebox notification pop on my phone and behold;
Crime-fighting chaos, laughs and action?
Okay, that made me laugh 😃😃😃😃😃
Last image was a screenshot from my phone.