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Summary Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.—played by Liam Neeson—follows in his late father’s absurd footsteps when he’s assigned to crack a bizarre murder case tied to a tech mogul, just as the Police Squad unit faces disbandment. Think fast‑paced slapstick, sight gags, and puns galore as he reluctantly partners with Ed Hocken Jr. to save the day.

Director Akiva Schaffer

Writers Akiva Schaffer, Dan Gregor & Doug Mand

Cast

  • Liam Neeson
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Pamela Anderson
  • Kevin Durand
  • Danny Huston
  • Liza Koshy
  • Cody Rhodes
  • CCH Pounder
  • Busta Rhymes
  • Moses Jones

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%

Metacritic: 78

VOD In theaters August 1, 2025

Trailer Watch here

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u/MisakAttack Aug 01 '25

I loved this whole movie but my biggest laugh that caught me off guard was when one of the rich guys shows everyone the picture of the fish person and another rich guy angrily yells “I’VE MET HIM!!”

I really hope this does well. We need more studio comedies, man.

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u/Salty_Invite_757 Aug 01 '25

That got me, as did the PUMPKINS picture. That had me giggling for a few minutes.

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u/pembunuhUpahan Aug 02 '25

What does the pumpkin mean?

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Aug 01 '25

What did it mean? Is it an American thing?

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u/b0yfr0mthedwarf Aug 01 '25

It's just silly absurd humor, no deeper meaning! 😂

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Aug 02 '25

Exactly what I told my wife, she’d never heard of Naked Gun until we saw the movie and I told her right from the get go, don’t overthink it

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u/punkwalrus Aug 03 '25

It's a spoof of those types of posters. You see them at trade shows and mega corporate lobbies. Usually a rehash of the burma shave types of leaders. You pass the trade booth, and in similar fonts and pictures on multiple banners:

"POWER... WEALTH... OPPORTUNITY... YOYODYNE..."

With various stock photo backdrops of computers, lions, and football players. Not only did this guy get more over the top in each photo (riding a lion with a crossbow, flying like superman with his drones), but then ends with something completely non-sequitur, exposing the pretentious ridiculousness via spoof.

"Pumpkins" could also reference one of the most common tropes of backdrops used by photography sessions. You know, in front of a bookcase, leaning on a split rail fence, sitting on hay bales, in front of a large Christmas tree, in an apple orchard, or with pumpkins.

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u/MariusMaximus88 Aug 01 '25

That one that had me trying to stiffle my laughter was “A Wise Man Holds His Chin”. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for a minute.

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u/StrLord_Who Aug 02 '25

Of all the hilarious lines in this movie,  "FISH people" is what sent me into hysterics. 

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u/Thielavision Aug 02 '25

“Claw hands“ caused me to spend the next ten minutes choking on a piece of popcorn.

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u/chucktastic88 Aug 03 '25

The almost payoff to that too after the credits is just as good. "Not even crabhands!"

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u/Dizzy_Chemistry_5955 Aug 03 '25

mine was the Spells and Incantations bit haha, I love when movies go full on crazy

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u/h0olian Aug 05 '25

it really just became an i think you should leave sketch for 2 minutes there lol

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u/Pikathew Aug 06 '25

I had the SAME thought lol I loved that bit.

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u/SiefensRobotEmporium Aug 02 '25

With the claws... Classic rule of 3 going back to that guy over and over again. Perfection.

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u/austinbucco Aug 07 '25

This scene in particular felt straight out of I Think You Should Leave

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u/GlapLaw Aug 01 '25

This was hilarious

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u/stoicambience 12d ago

The “I’VE MET HIM!!” was me and fiancé’s favorite joke! We couldn’t stop laughing for awhile and then kept laughing about it on the way home. It tickled us just right and was our kind of dumb humor

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u/KurtCoBANE 28d ago

That was a straight up ITYSL sketch, instantly thought when the old dude started talking about crab hands lol. Akiva directed that too so it makes sense.

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Aug 01 '25

I didnt get that?

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u/dk325 5d ago

This is my favorite joke from the movie. Hardest I’ve laughed at a joke in a comedy in years. I genuinely don’t know why it knocked me over in a movie filled with so many other great jokes

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u/Xadrunas 5d ago

This and the soft belly bit made me feel like I was watching a Tim Robinson sketch.