The final installment of the original ‘Naked Gun’ trilogy finishes off the series with a fine enough tone and vibe, though, maybe isnt *quite* as strong as the first two entries.

We pick up again, a couple of years on from the events of the last film, Frank and Jane are married and Janes got baby fever. Frank on the other hand has recently retired from the force, and a new life as a domestic goddess and house husband conflicts with his old ways of blasting baddies and keeping the city well stocked in justice!

Things reach a head when Jane confronts Frank about his recent lack of lovemaking, and his anxiety about becoming a Father, causing the couple to drift, things get even more complicated when the guys at Police Squad desperately try to get Frank back on the force for one more gig, Papshmir is back on the scene from the first film, and he has a devestating plan to rock L.A to its core, utilising the deadly femme fatale Tanya (Anna Nicol Smith) and criminal psychopath Rocco (Fred Ward) Frank must go undercover and get close to these criminals to find out what they’re up to, save the day one final time, and hopefully win Jane back for good!

And; this one does feel like a little bit of a step down for the series…kind of across the board. While there are multiple layers of comedy still present, the quality of the jokes is notably lower here, not so much so that this is a ‘bad’ comedy movie, this still is WELL ahead of a lot of more contemporary films, but it just feels a bit like the energy is running out of the series.

The multi layered foreground/background gags are reduced heavily here, they lean more on potty humour, sex jokes and some questionable race/trans gags which land in 2025 with a bit of a thud. But, counterbalancing that, the 3rd act of this film is probably some of the funniest of the series. The script is still fairly well written and the plot feels like a pretty decent sendoff for the characters. While overall; it may be the lesser of the trilogy, it still manages to really amuse me and I laughed pretty consistently throughout.

I dunno, I dont want to say they ‘dumbed down’ the series, because thats not quite right, but it feels like a series thats starting to drift a little bit off its moorings. It feels much more like a standard comedy fare for the time and a lot of the more memorable gags are just reworkings or redo’s of other Zucker comedy movies.

That being said, this is probably the best looking of the three films, It feels rock solid and the studio polish is definitely out on show. And; I cant honestly fault the casting either. They’re all still bringing their A-game and their performances are as good here as they are in any of the films, or the series honestly.

This is the Naked Gun movie im most familiar with, it was one of the first movies I got on DVD and I for me, its a total comfort movie. Though I can appreciate its maybe not quite as sharp as its predecessors, if Frank’s gonna bow out, bowing out on this; I’d still consider a High.

This is a great trilogy of films, and I’d definitely say they were more than worth your time.

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