We know were in a 1988 film when were invited to laugh at O.J. Simpson in an opening slapstick sequence. We can also pinpoint the year of production when hardnosed cop Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), during a scuffle with the worlds leading dictators, wipes the wine-colored birthmark off the head of Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Those wacky ZAZ boys -- David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker -- serve up a feature-length spinoff of their cult favorite TV show Police Squad!. Seeking vengeance when his partner (Simpson) is shot full of holes by drug dealers, dead-pan and dead-brained Lt. Frank Drebin searches for the Mister Big behind it all. Drebin suspects above-reproach shipping magnate Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban), but he cant prove a thing. Bumped from the force by the mayor (Nancy Marchand), Drebin, with the unexpected assistance of Ludwigs ex-girlfriend (Priscilla Presley), manages to nab the bad guy at an Angels-Mariners baseball game, where Reggie Jackson has been programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. MGM mogul Irving Thalberg once reportedly told the Marx Brothers, You cant build jokes on top of jokes. The producers of Naked Gun prove otherwise; indeed, one could develop writers cramp just listing the gags in the films first 20 minutes. Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad was followed by two lesser but still hilarious sequels, Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide