Overview
A bumbling cop takes on an outrageous plot to assassinate a royal figure, delivering laughs at every turn.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- deadpan
- irreverent
- comedy night
- group viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a densely packed, unapologetically crass spoof whose deadpan performances and visual gags make it exceptionally funny.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film spoofs police procedurals, assassination thrillers, sports spectacle, and disaster-movie seriousness through constant exaggeration.
Frank Drebin and other characters respond to outrageous situations with straight-faced procedural seriousness.
Lieutenant Frank Drebin is assigned to protect Queen Elizabeth despite turning routine police work into escalating mishaps.
Visual jokes, verbal puns, background action, and slapstick incidents arrive in near-continuous succession.
Films like The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, and why
Airplane!
rapid-fire parody, deadpan delivery, slapstick escalation, and deliberately absurd police comedy
Hot Shots!
broad physical comedy, incompetent law enforcement protagonists, and relentless visual gags
Top Secret!
deadpan spoofing of crime conventions, cartoonish violence, and tightly packed sight gags
Police Academy
ensemble police satire, absurdist humor, and comic action built around incompetent authorities
Movie Details
- Director
- David Zucker
- Release Date
- 1988-12-02
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (4693)
Cast
- Leslie Nielsen
- Priscilla Presley
- Ricardo Montalban
- George Kennedy
- O. J. Simpson
- Susan Beaubian
- Nancy Marchand
- Raye Birk
- Jeannette Charles
- Ed Williams
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! about?
- A relentlessly deadpan police spoof follows an accident-prone lieutenant trying to foil an absurd assassination plot during Queen Elizabeth II’s Los Angeles visit.
- What is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as mild.
- What did critics think of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a densely packed, unapologetically crass spoof whose deadpan performances and visual gags make it exceptionally funny.
- Which films are like The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!?
- Films with a similar feel include Airplane!, Hot Shots!, Top Secret!, and Police Academy.
- How long is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!?
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!?
- In United States, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
