"The Naked Gun," in theaters Friday, lives up to the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker comedy style with expert precision and insightful twists on the slapstick formula.

Leslie Nielsen for the part of Lt. Frank Drebin deserves a special place in the annals of brilliant casting choices.

It's got vintage terrible puns, nicely detonated clichés, and a handful of inspired gags. But it lacks the quality of aggression the ZAZ films had.