Over the course of three motion pictures (adapted from a six-episode television series, Police Squad! ), the cast of the OG Naked Gun trilogy never let problems like Ricardo Montalban using mind control to make Reggie Jackson assassinate Queen Elizabeth give them any worries.

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.