Liam Neeson almost works as a Drebin for a new, coarser, meaner age, and he has no problem suggesting a surly, disgruntled son of the cop immortalized by Leslie Nielsen in the short-lived 1982 TV series “Police Squad!

To its legions of fans, rebooting The Naked Gun sounded sacrilegious, yet the only profane thing about Akiva Schaffer’s re-do is its hellishly funny humor. Channeling the slapstick-y, pun-heavy spirit of Zucker,

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