Leslie Nielsen for the part of Lt. Frank Drebin deserves a special place in the annals of brilliant casting choices. But why, exactly, Nielsen was so perfect for 1988’s “The

Liam Neeson steps into the clueless shoes of Det. Frank Drebin (the late Leslie Nielsen) as his son, Frank Drebin, Jr., in a reboot full of the The Naked Gun franchise’s trademark puns and visual gags.

The Naked Gun franchise draws its humour from a barrage of visual gags, slapstick humour, and non-sequiturs. There is so much going on in the background or foreground in virtually every scene in the franchise that it is easy to miss a vile joke here,