Derived from the famous franchise of the 1980s and 90s with the gaffeur cop Frank Drebin, the film is called “Is there a cop to save the world?” And leaves Wednesday in French theaters.
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In the 1980s, the “Zaz” trio (Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker) who writes, produces and produced, reigns over comedy in Hollywood, with profitable films that mix absurd dialogues, visual gags and success of success in theaters. After Is there a pilot on the plane in 1980 and Top secret In 1984, the first Naked Gun title Is there a cop to save the queen ?, after Police Squad, A series imagined by the same trio in the early 1980s for the ABC channel.
Shadowing humor, certainly, but very imaginative: “Yes, it’s stupid, but it’s stupid wellexplains Jérôme Lachasse, journalist specializing in comedy. It is stupid with inventiveness, that is to say at each scene, the stake will be: what are the most stupid things that we will be able to fit in one, two or three minutes. The whole game is how far they will go and what completely crazy things they will find, either with the camera or with the actor. What does he do, hidden under a wig? What will form with the buildings you see at the bottom in the decor? This is what we find in these films. “
Will follow in 1991 and 1994 Is there a cop to save the president ?, Then Is there a cop for sauver Hollywood ?, With the role of Franck Drebin, the dizzy and sentimental cop, the legendary actor Leslie Nielsen, disappeared in 2010, whose seriousness and involvement in comedy force respect. It is Liam Neeson who now plays Franck Drebin Jr and must this time “Save the world?”.
“The ‘Naked Gun’ would not walk without Leslie Nielsen. It is only him to play something that is both extremely serious while being absolutely stupid. If there was only one actor in the world who could take his sequel, it was Liam Neeson because you need someone who has a second extreme degree on his personality, on his career. And it is the only one who really has Hollywood”estimates Jérôme Lachasse.
The franchise Naked Gun is in any case relaunched by this new film, and other artists continue to be inspired by it, like the actor and youtubeur Mister V with McWalter, Who arrives in September on a video bonus.
