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Ahead of its digital release, The Naked Gun is delighting fans with a look into some hilarious deleted scenes. These scenes show Liam Neeson’s Frank Drebin Jr. in some serious mess.
The scene drops Frank and Ed into pure chaos, brawling beneath an arena while people scatter around them. They try their hand at tag-team fighting, but in true Naked Gun fashion, things take a wonderfully literal turn. When Frank shouts for Ed to “cover him,” most of us would assume he means jumping in and fighting so he can escape. Not Ed.
Instead, he tosses a blanket over Frank like it’s the most natural solution in the world. What follows is Frank stumbling blindly into everything in sight, making his escape far clumsier than clever. Does it actually help him? Not even close. But it does shine a spotlight on just how perfectly Liam Neeson nails the franchise’s absurdist humor.
The Naked Gun reboot is packed with extras for fans, from behind-the-scenes dives like A Legacy of Laughter and On Set of a Set Within. The special features lean into both parody and homage, such as Liam Neeson’s Son of a (Naked) Gun and Pamela Anderson’s The Funny Femme Fatale.
Fans can laugh through outtakes, alternate takes, and deleted gems like Frank Rant in Octagon or Frank and Ed Under Arena. To top it off, the absurd mock ads (Gorilla Nut, Muscle Slime) keep the franchise’s satirical bite alive.
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Directed by Akiva Schaffer and co-written with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, The Naked Gun serves as a delicious reboot to the franchise. It also became a highlight in Liam Neeson’s career as he took on the badge of a comedy hero.
At the center is Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., a cop whose every attempt at heroism somehow ends in property damage. Pamela Anderson joins as Beth Davenport, a crime novelist with femme fatale flair, while Paul Walter Hauser bumbles brilliantly as Capt. Ed Hocken Jr. Danny Huston plays Richard Cane, a billionaire out to turn humanity into bloodthirsty cavemen with the absurdly named P.L.O.T. Device.
The story zips from bank robberies and exploding electric cars to terrible scat singing — and even a romantic weekend that ropes in a homicidal snowman. Along the way, Drebin Jr. faces corrupt tech moguls, his own incompetence, and pants with the worst timing imaginable. From the Ponzi-scheme.com Arena to owl-delivered justice, the film piles on gags until they topple under their own absurdity — exactly The Naked Gun way.
Backed by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions and released by Paramount, the film premiered at the SVA Theater in July before hitting U.S. screens in August. With Brandon Trost’s chaotic cinematography, Lorne Balfe’s score, and a brisk 85-minute runtime, the film scored both laughs and box office success. It grossed $89 million on a $42 million budget.
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The Naked Gun will be available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home starting September 2, 2025.
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