1985 Directed by Jerry Paris
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
Steve Guttenberg Bubba Smith David Graf Michael Winslow Bruce Mahler Marion Ramsey Colleen Camp Howard Hesseman Art Metrano George Gaynes Bobcat Goldthwait Julie Brown Peter Van Norden Tim Kazurinsky Ed Herlihy Sandy Ward Lance Kinsey Christopher Jackson Church Ortiz George R. Robertson Arthur Batanides Jackie Joseph Andrew Paris Monica Parker Kenji Shintani Jennifer Darling Lucy Lee Flippin Jason Hervey Diana Bellamy Show All…
Polisskolan 2 – Första uppdraget, Police Academy 2, Police Academy 2 - Au boulot !
"Don't move dirtbag!" - Hooks,
Hey everyone! I'm watching all of these... you're excited... no, really you are, there are only 7 of them.
The new officers get sent to the 16th precinct, the worst in the city, and hilarity ensues as the they take on a dangerous and wacky gang led by comedy icon Bobcat Goldthwait. I think I like the vibe of this sequel more than I enjoy the original because the PG-13 rating steers them toward more goofy slapstick that I enjoy... it feels like the right tone for the franchise but it's still just kind of okay for me. I did enjoy the final act quite a bit.
Basically, what they tried to do here was to repeat what had worked in the first one (as most sequels do). The dynamic is almost the same, as for example someone trying to sabotage Mahoney and his colleagues' work. Some jokes were also recycled, like the one about the gay bar and the policeman who makes sound effects with his mouth. But it's not a throwaway movie either, its existence is justified, because it shows the team's first mission (since the other was just the training). The humor isn't as problematic as in the first one, but unfortunately, it's not as funny... I found it too contained (in the sense of the amount of jokes). It's an okay movie, it manages to entertain and gets a few laughs.
The sequel introduces some new characters successfully, but the laughs are not as strong as the first movie. A few too many of the original characters are missing. Bobcat Goldthwait as Zed is the highlight, and he goes on to appear in the sequels. Still, as far as sequels go, this is still pretty strong. Obviously filmed in Los Angeles and not Toronto this time, which is fine, since the actual city is never named anyway.
I enjoyed my recent re-watch of 'Police Academy' so much, I decided to jump straight into the first sequel. Just a quick Google search will show you how low this entry in the franchise is rated and isn't held in the greatest of regards, so of course my expectations were low to say the least. Personally I didn't hate it as much as others seem to, but its certainly a step down from the original which certainly missed the mark a little.
'Their First Assignment' does a great job recreating the same feel as the first, having the majority of the same cast returning definitely helps this, minus of course Kim Cattrall who went on to bigger and for this…
The first Police Academy not only set the gold standard for school comedies but also was a MASSIVE hit at the box office. A sequel had to be made, but was the R rating preventing the concept from reaching a larger audience? With this PG-13 sequel, the producers embark on a surreal (INSANE) journey to transform frat comedy into something that will appeal to preteens...
Our returning team is Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, & Marion Ramsey - as they're recruited by George Gaynes' brother to take on a violent gang. The sanitization includes dropping the Latin lothario cadet & Leslie Easterbrook to remove most of the sexual content. Bringing in a supporting cast known for their…
Gute, wenn aber auch schwächere Fortsetzung der Kultkomödie "Police Academy"
Der zweite Teil nimmt, wie viele Fortsetzungen das immer machen, die Elemente die in Teil 1 gut funktioniert haben und verwendet sie hier erneut, wenn auch ein bisschen schlechter. Dennoch gibt es noch sehr viele Szenen die mich zum Lachen gebracht haben, selbst die eher schwächeren Szenen haben zumindest ein Schmunzeln herbeigezaubert.
Die Charaktere haben eigentlich auch alle wieder gut funktioniert, wobei hier vor allem bei dem Typen der Geräusche nachahmen kann viele Witze zu oft wiederholt wurden. Mahoney ist trotzdem wieder top, der Rest der Truppe ebenfalls. Nichtsdestotrotz fand ich alles ein bisschen lustiger als sich die bizarren Polizisten noch in der Ausbildung befanden.
Wirklich solider Film, ich hoffe die Fortsetzungen bleiben wenigstens auf diesem bodenständigen aber guten Niveau.
In a strange mood tonight and couldn't make up my mind what to watch, went through YouTube, Netflix, Prime, everything, nothing tickled my fancy. Eventually I decided to revisit one of my favourite cinema experiences. Summer holidays, Great Yarmouth, 1985, my old man could laugh, not a giggle, a deep hearty, often uncontrollable laugh. That night I thought we were going to have to call an ambulance, the whole cinema was in a hysterical uproar, not at the film, but at my old man on his knees in the aisle. It was an amazing night, 80 plus minutes of him pissing himself laughing and remains one of my fondest cinema memories. The scenes where the asshole sergeant Art Metrano has…
Rating this would be besides the point and denying 10-year old me whatever I got out of this franchise by watching them over and over and over and... Anyway, I'm pretty sure they never made me laugh. But then that's not necessarily why you watch comedies, right? I don't know, man. Police Academy was my comfort food; reliable, safe, samey. I didn't PUT this movie on by the way they were just showing it on TV. Yeah, that's what happened, see. I think this used to be my favorite one and it's still pretty watchable. I guess? I don't know. Stay out of my booze.
And we're off...
This time, the graduates from the police academy featured in the film "Police Academy" hit the streets to stop a crime wave. A gang led by Bobcat Goldthwait as Zed are running the streets, vandalizing property and robbing stores and doing whatever they please. The police department is understaffed and overwhelmed. Will the combined forces of Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), Tackleberry (David Graf), Hightower (Bubba Smith), Jones (Michael Winslow) and Hooks (Marion Ramsey) be able to put a stop to this crime wave?
"Police Academy 2" takes the same general formula of the original but changes up the setting and generally tightens everything up, which gives this film a freshness that elevates it above a lot of sequels.…
Dir Krux des Überraschungshits ist es nun mal, das Bedürfnis nach mehr in der kürzestmöglichen Zeit zu bedienen.
Und so durften Teile der Chaoten-Truppe in dieser binnen eines Jahres aus dem Boden gestampften Fortsetzung endlich auf die Reviere hinaus um den anhaltenden und auch anstrengenden Anarchismus von "Zed" Bobcat Goldhwait einhalt zu gebieten. Was abseits schlechten Benehmens an ihnen so furchtbar war muss man zwar so hin nehmen, aber wären sie gefährlicher und strukturierter, unsere frisch aus der Academy-Entlassenen hätten gar keine Chance gehabt.
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Way back when I was just starting out pumping out film reviews at a regular basis (back when it wasn't entirely uncommon to see a one-paragraph review out of adjustment for what my writing style would become and, well, sometimes I didn't have the courage to say much), a movie I watched was Police Academy, a fine 80's comedy that didn't really do much to stand out from the tough competition and gave me some laughs, but not really enough to sustain its misses. I actually had intended to watch all the films in fairly close succession back when I watched the first installment 15 months ago (yeah, it's been awhile), but I decided not to follow through out of…
