David Zucker, the director and co-writer of the 1988 spoof comedy “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” has a lot of gripes with the new reboot — from the casting of Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin,

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

Liam Neeson steps into the clueless shoes of Det. Frank Drebin (the late Leslie Nielsen) as his son, Frank Drebin, Jr., in a reboot full of the The Naked Gun franchise’s trademark puns and visual gags.