India, Aug. 1 -- Early on in Akiva Schaffer's new Naked Gun film, Frank Debin Jr (Liam Neeson) is talking to his father (a picture of Leslie Nielsen, the OG Drebin), and he says, "I want to be just like you but different enough to be fresh and original." That is just one of the countless sharp, meta references the film uses to tickle the audience silly. And it succeeds. The Naked Gun is a relentless composite of gags, witty one-liners, and deadpan humour, which works well as a film, too. That it manages to do so in the age of shortening attention spans and aversion to pop culture references is its biggest victory. No, scratch that! Its biggest victory is that it manages to recreate the original Naked Gun and Austin Powers-esque humour in ...