The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy (1984), goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. ... See full summary »
A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
There is a brand new class of screw-ups at the Police Academy (1984). They face danger and try not to let their stupidity get in the way as they fight crime, often without even knowing it.
Stars:
Matthew Borlenghi,
Rod Crawford,
Toby Proctor
The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy (1984), goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. Harris wants to place himself in a favourable light in front of the high military hierarchy but, at the airport, Lassard exchanges his bag with another one... Written by
Tognacci Sebastiano <seblog@maya.dei.unipd.it>
Matt McCoy's character of Commandant Eric Lassard's nephew, Nick, marks the fourth member of the Lassard family to be in a Police Academy movie. Previously, we've seen Lassard's wife in Police Academy (1984) and Lassard's brother, Capt. Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985). See more »
Goofs
One of the exterior shots reveal that the plane is an L-1011 which is similar to a DC-10 except the engine on the the tail is directly above and attached to the rear main cabin, and parallel to to the top of the fuselage whereas on a DC-10 the engine is part of the tail assembly but not attached to the rear part of the cabin and sits at about a 20 degree angle. See more »
Quotes
Capt. Thaddeus Harris:
You'll never get away with this, you two-bit filthy scum!
Tony:
What did he call me?
Mouse:
Scum.
Tony:
Ah. Well, perhaps you'd like to leave now.
[snaps fingers]
Tony:
Mouse?
[Mouse cocks his pistol]
Capt. Thaddeus Harris:
[laughs weakly]
About that "filthy scum" comment...
Tony:
Shut up, shark bait.
Capt. Thaddeus Harris:
"Shark bait"?
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Granted I did not think it was the best comedy ever, I just thought it came closest to being good since the second movie in the series. It had quite a few laughs to make me chuckle, the change of scenery was a nice change of pace too, and I was glad Guttenberg was gone. He was okay, but enough already with almost the entire cast in tow. I also thought the ending with the one guy being kidnapped was a welcome change from previous endings. However, it still needed more work, for one Bubba Smith was never my favorite character yet he gets to much focus now that Guttenberg is gone, the jokes are still repeated to much, and the franchise had way to many sequels in way to short a time span. Also, what is the deal with the typical Tackleberry joke in this one? In the first movie they depict him shooting a cat out of a tree and here they once again have him not shoot something, but just scare it away. I just wanted to see him open fire like he did in the first movie. Still, it had a more interesting plot than the previous two sequels and more laughs, if they maybe took a couple of years to write a story and shoot the film the movie might have been a more polished less repeated jokes movie.
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Granted I did not think it was the best comedy ever, I just thought it came closest to being good since the second movie in the series. It had quite a few laughs to make me chuckle, the change of scenery was a nice change of pace too, and I was glad Guttenberg was gone. He was okay, but enough already with almost the entire cast in tow. I also thought the ending with the one guy being kidnapped was a welcome change from previous endings. However, it still needed more work, for one Bubba Smith was never my favorite character yet he gets to much focus now that Guttenberg is gone, the jokes are still repeated to much, and the franchise had way to many sequels in way to short a time span. Also, what is the deal with the typical Tackleberry joke in this one? In the first movie they depict him shooting a cat out of a tree and here they once again have him not shoot something, but just scare it away. I just wanted to see him open fire like he did in the first movie. Still, it had a more interesting plot than the previous two sequels and more laughs, if they maybe took a couple of years to write a story and shoot the film the movie might have been a more polished less repeated jokes movie.