“The Naked Gun 2” (2026) brings back the absurd, rapid-fire humor of the classic franchise, delivering a new case filled with ridiculous misunderstandings, exaggerated heroics, and chaotic law-enforcement mishaps. Detective Frank Drebin, now reluctantly retired, is living a quiet suburban life. Or at least as quiet as it can be for a man who accidentally triggers neighborhood evacuations while trimming his hedges. Despite his retirement, he still dreams of getting back into the action—though everyone else hopes he never does.

Frank’s peaceful life ends abruptly when the National Security Agency contacts him about a baffling case involving a stolen artificial-intelligence prototype capable of predicting global crimes. The device, nicknamed “Sherlock 6000,” has gone rogue, and its predictions are causing panic across the country. Every city believes it’s the target of the next criminal disaster, and only someone who can think unpredictably—someone like Frank—can track it down. Against everyone’s better judgment, Frank is reinstated.

Frank reunites with his old partner, Officer Nordberg, who is still recovering from multiple accidents involving malfunctioning police equipment. Their dynamic remains hilariously unbalanced as Nordberg tries to keep things orderly while Frank somehow turns simple tasks—like unlocking a door—into full-blown emergencies. Jane Spencer, Frank’s longtime love, returns as a brilliant tech engineer helping the government analyze Sherlock 6000. Her intelligence is once again paired with Frank’s profound lack of common sense.

As the hunt for the AI intensifies, Frank discovers that the theft was orchestrated by billionaire media mogul Dalton Pierce, who plans to manipulate Sherlock’s predictions to create national hysteria and boost his company’s ratings. In classic Naked Gun fashion, Frank infiltrates Pierce’s headquarters through a series of catastrophically inept disguises, including posing as a cleaning robot that sprays disinfectant everywhere except where it should.

The investigation spirals into chaos when Sherlock 6000 misidentifies Frank as the world’s most dangerous criminal mastermind. Suddenly, every law-enforcement agency is after him. Frank must clear his name while preventing Pierce from launching a fake global emergency designed to spark mass panic. What follows is a barrage of slapstick set pieces, pun-filled dialogue, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-them visual gags.

The climax unfolds at a massive tech expo, where Frank accidentally triggers half the exhibits, creating a chain reaction of explosions, flying drones, collapsing robots, and runaway hoverboards. In the end, Frank stops Pierce completely by accident—tripping over a cable that brings down the entire master control system. The film closes with Frank being celebrated as a hero once again, though everyone agrees they’re lucky the world survived his help.