I'd seen bits and pieces over the years, but in preparation for the new movie I watched Police Squad and the Naked Gun trilogy last week. While not every joke landed with me and I don't think I'd rank any of them among my top comedies, each production was still solid over all and Leslie Nielsen was the true icon of deadpan humor. None of them are consistently funny throughout but each has a few true diamonds worth remembering forever after. As for the new movie, I'd say it's a pretty worthy successor. Liam rightly doesn't try to replace Leslie and instead provides his own brand of humor. I don't think any one joke will have the staying power of its predecessors but over all I'd say I laughed as much as before. The body cam scene was a particular high point. In any case I'm just glad a theatrical comedy like this exists in this day and age. We could certainly use more of them. Good job, Akiva.
