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 action star plays deadpan detective Frank Drebin Jr. in director Akiva Schaffer’s welcome sequel to the police-parody film franchise that began in 1988.

Once again, a police procedural serves as the movie’s framework, complete with shadow-forming Venetian blinds and hardboiled monologuing. This time, though, thanks to Nielsen’s flinty presence (and all those “Taken” thrillers),