Taken star Liam Neeson is not any stranger to kicking butts and taking names, however slapstick comedy The Bare Gun is certain to place a brand new spin on the actor’s very specific set of expertise.
The Bare Gun serves as a reboot of the Police Squad! TV and movie franchise, which starred Leslie Nielsen as Detective Frank Drebin. Within the 2025 movie, Neeson performs Drebin’s son, Frank Drebin, Jr. He is attempting to stay as much as his father’s legacy and cease Police Squad from getting transformed right into a Spirit Halloween.
Anxious about whether or not this iteration of The Bare Gun can stay as much as the unique’s ridiculous sight gags and deadpan lead detective? Enable the movie’s inventive workforce to minimize your fears. The Bare Gun is produced by Household Man creator Seth MacFarlane and directed by Akiva Schaffer, one of many members of the Lonely Island and co-director of the mockumentary gem Popstar: By no means Cease By no means Stopping. Schaffer wrote the movie alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Maud (Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers).
The Bare Gun‘s trailer offers additional proof of the movie’s silliness, with Liam Neeson ripping a person’s arms off and promptly smacking him round with them. His gravelly seriousness in even the dumbest conditions — like a high-octane rush to the toilet — proves promising, as does Pamela Anderson’s flip because the movie’s femme fatale. Watch the total trailer above for extra gags, together with Neeson completely slaying (actually and figuratively) in a schoolgirl disguise.
The Bare Gun additionally stars Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, and Danny Huston.
The Bare Gun hits theaters Aug. 1.
