Review of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) by Tim S — 07 Aug 2017

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is the movie version of the cult classic TV series Police Squad, which only ran a few episodes but became very popular later in its life. Many of the characters, jokes, and ideas have been carried over, and have been given a more cinematic flavor to them.

Leslie Nielsen is, of course, perfect in the lead role, but there's also some great stuff with O.J. Simpson, George Kennedy, and Priscilla Presley as Nielsen's love interest. The latter character was used in the sequels, which are all great movies, but none feel as straightforward and as fresh as the original Naked Gun.

Like it's many spoof contemporaries, it's a film for a select audience, but an audience with an attention span and some intelligence.