Neeson's a hotshot in new Naked Gun reboot

COMEDY movies aren’t what they used to be. Gone are the days of original 90-minute funny films putting bums on cinema seats.

- GEORGE SIMPSON

Modern comedies, often with scripts suffering from political correctness, have largely been relegated to direct-to-streaming and are usually forgotten within a week. Yet

Paramount Pictures has taken the gamble of rebooting The Naked Gun with Liam Neeson taking over from Leslie Nielsen. And we're very happy to report it has massively paid off, with a very welcome return to the kind of absurdist comedy movie that Hollywood just doesn’t really make any more.