Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Naked Gun (2025)

The Naked Gun poster
Directed by
Akiva Schaffer
Genre
action comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 1,822 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The son of legendary detective Frank Drebin takes over his father's old job at Police Squad. He has to stop a plot that threatens to shut down the unit entirely.

comediclightheartedparodicfast-pacedsillyplayfulnostalgiczany

What happens

The Naked Gun is a 2025 American action comedy parody film directed by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. The fourth film in The Naked Gun franchise, it stars Liam Neeson in the main role, with Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand and Danny Huston in supporting roles. Its plot follows the son of Lt. Frank Drebin who must succeed in his father's footsteps to prevent the closure of Police Squad. A fourth Naked Gun film was announced in 2009, as a direct-to-TV sequel starring Leslie Nielsen, with Alan Spencer being attached to write. However, the project was cancelled due to financial reasons, with Spencer departing and Nielsen dying in 2010. After several years of development, including the film being redeveloped as a reboot starring Ed Helms in 2013, it was announced in January 2021 that Seth MacFarlane had been hired to develop the project, and he expressed interest in casting Neeson. Although MacFarlane was hired to direct, Schaffer replaced him after the film was greenlit in October 2022, and Neeson was cast. Anderson was cast in April 2024, and further casting took place the following month, when filming began in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming wrapped that June, with a $42 million budget. The Naked Gun premiered at the SVA Theater in Manhattan on July 28, 2025, and was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on August 1, 2025. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $102 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?