The Naked Gun
/The Naked Gun is being rebooted with Liam Neeson playing the lead. A film franchise known for comedy that is at once raunchy, slapstick, and tongue-in-cheek, this trailer cleverly flips trailer music conventions on their head for a laugh. Its microteaser features the sound of a siren, as Frank Drebin Jr (Neeson, as the son of the cop played by Leslie Nielsen in the original films) gets passed a cup of coffee as if through a drive-through window. At 0:05, we see the skyline of Los Angeles at night and hear a single high register piano note, a familiar action thriller trailer trope. Martial drum rhythms come in at 0:10, as we see a motorcycle chase accompanied by Neeson’s seemingly serious voice-over. But the music cuts out at 0:14 to make space for the squelch of the Monty Python-esque adversary’s arms being ripped off mid-fight.
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