Reviews of the Bosch

It is the verbal and visual wit of early Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker movies that sets them apart from other comedies or their vast array of imitators. Unlike the spoof films that came after and hit peak levels of obnoxious by the 2000s, the films of ZAZ -specifically Airplane! , Top Secret! , and the first Naked Gun  (as well as the short-lived show that birthed it, Police Squad )- had a highly intelligent, absurdist streak behind a lot of their dumb jokes that paired excellently with disciplined deadpan humour. That has never really been replicated, perhaps deemed too much a signature of ZAZ alone. If anything is to try however, it ought to be a reboot of The Naked Gun . Of course it is something of a double-edged sword for a lega-sequel to attempt that: hedge too close to repetition and it’s hollow mimicry, stray too far and its abandoning the spirit of the original. Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) articulates this openly early on to a picture of his predecessor, hoping that he can...