“You can’t fight City Hall.” “Of course not. It’s a building.”

That one line – and 100 more like it – confirm that the creative forces behind legacyquel “The Naked Gun” understand exactly what made the 1988 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker spoof so special. With a fully committed Liam Neeson and a script absolutely stuffed with jokes, “The Naked Gun” is the funniest movie of 2025.

Somewhat worryingly, the film begins with its weakest scene, one that David Zucker roundly criticized following the release of the first trailer for “The Naked Gun.” As an armed bank robbery unfolds, a little girl, comically oversized lollipop in hand, skips into the lobby. It’s Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) in disguise, and he swiftly lays waste to a cadre of baddies in a slick, stylized sequence that studios essentially

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