10 Film Parodies Better Than The Original
4. The Naked Gun: From The Files Of The Police Squad
Original Movie: Any cop drama
Naked gun is not just one of the best parody movies of all time but one of the best comedy movies of all time period. We follow Lesley Nielson as Frank Drebin a hardened L.A detective and just like Jason Statham in Spy part of what makes Nielsen’s portrayal of Drebin so funny is its exactly the type of role Nielson had played before in more serious movies.
Because of this prior experience Nielson plays everything straight and serious which makes every crazy and wacky thing that happens in the film even funnier. For example, some parody films have a simple and normal plot because it allows them to focus on the jokes once they have a basic story in place. The Naked Gun on the other hand has a plot concerning a hypnotized baseball player trying to assassinate the queen of England and OJ Simpson.
The film employs a machine gun style of comedy that fires puns, slapstick and gags so quickly and efficiently you will need to re-watch this film to catch all the jokes you missed because you were laughing so hard.