Lt Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) is the son of…you guessed it, Frank Drebin, played by Leslie Nielsen in the original Naked Gun films. But that’s not all. As revealed in a hysterical gag, the entire police force, including Paul Walter Hauser’s Capt Ed Hocken Jr, is the son or daughter of someone from the original cast.

Like everyone else my age, I am irrationally protective of the pop culture touchstones I grew up with. Just last week, I saw a trailer for a “Running Man” remake — starring

The reboot of “The Naked Gun” tosses off a few sharp and/or stupidly effective gags of the hit-and-run variety, nice and quick. Sample exchange: “I guess you can’t fight City Hall.” “No. It’s a building.