With the newest Naked Gun movie coming out in August, it's time for me to make yet another Road to series.
The Naked Gun (or as it's officially titled, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad) is a crime action comedy and the first installment of the film series. Paramount Pictures both produced and distributed. David Zucker directed and wrote alongside Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Pat Proft.
The story is, after his partner was shot, clueless detective Frank Drebin sets out to find the culprit. His investigation soon leads him to a plot to turn innocent people into assassins. Now not only does Frank need to stop this plot but find out who's behind it.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
The only mix bag is some outdated material. First everyone breath a sigh of relief, I haven't gone woke or PC. What I mean by outdated is the movie sometimes does have some references that aren't timeless. They're very much meant for the 80's. It's not too bothersome because you can just brush them off and enjoy the rest of the movie. So this is one of those gray areas that can be forgiven.
- Positives
The first thing I'll praise is the pacing. The runtime is an hour and twenty-five minutes and that had to be the quickest hour of my entire life. This is just a breeze to get through and the movie never looses this high energy and best of all, doesn't overstay its welcome.
The next aspect is the cast. They are phenomenal. Leslie Nielsen is perfect. He's confident even though his character is really stupid. And when rewatching this it reminded me how much sad it is he's no longer with us. Now while Nielsen is great he also had a strong supporting cast as well. Priscilla Presley and George Kennedy are great supporting characters and work perfectly with Nielsen, and Ricardo Montalbán brings the best kind of campy fun.
The last praise I'll give is the comedy. The team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (often times abbreviated as ZAZ) brought a wonderful bunch of absurdity, rapid-fire jokes, gags, slapstick, and greatly spoofed the cop drama. But there's also some great dialogue as well. Like how Frank compliments about a "nice beaver".
While some might find aspects to be outdated I absolutely love The Naked Gun. I had fun from beginning to end and I'm so glad I revisited this in preparation for the newest movie.
My final rating is, A MUST WATCH!
So that's all for tonight. Now I've got two things. One, if this is possible, come back on Saturday, May 10th, for my review of the documentary, Wick is Pain. But if I can't do a review for that, then come back on Monday, May 12th, for a brand new Is It True?, where I tackle a fan theory regarding Super Smash Bros. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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