6/10
First of the successful series with ordinary trappings , jokes , antics , chases and funny scenes .
19 June 2023
The original Police Academy (1984) , there's humor , thrills , pursuits , action and abundant diversion and subsequently , following run-of-the-mill sequels . The ever-beaming Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenburg) is an easy-going man who has repeatedly gotten himself in trouble with the law when standing up to arrogance and he's always at the centre of the things. Mahoney is forced to join the police academy as an alternative to jail and he falls love with fellow recruit Karen Thompson (Kim Cattrall). While sneering Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris (G. W. Bailey) is the arrogant and thick-headed officer who trains the cadets along with Sgt. Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) , being commanded by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) to accomplish a training for new recruits . Mahoney becomes friends with a group of misfit fellow cadets ; the sound-mimicking wizard Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow) ; the gun-obsessed Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), and especially Moses Hightower (tree-like black Bubba Smith), a giant of a man who uses to be a florist . From the beginning, they were a breed apart !. They were raw , inept, blunderheaded civilians who signed up for the Police Academy ! . The misfit Police Academy forming a special but bumbling team of recruits !. Then, the bumblers in blue took to the streets to confront a crime wave !. And somehow refrained from waving back . Now the lovable lunkheads with the fun-track minds are at it again. Now that's the kind of school people can trust, the kind of school whose grads fight crime with slapstick instead of nightsticks. Be a cop. All you do is join the farce. When These guys hit the streets, even the crooks die laughing! Be a police officer. All you do is join the farce. The new law-enforcement recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble. What an institution! Those goofy oddballs in blue are going to tangle with the pinhead punkers. Take off with the original cast as they take to the streets and the skies to fight crime . On land, on sea, or in the air, no place is safe from them! Assignment: new recruits . Objective: Laughs. Hold everything! The cadets are training for an all new adventure ! The Law Enfarcement Saga Continues!. Run for cover!. A Completely Arresting Comedy Hit!. An open-and-shut case of nonstop laughter !.

Funny and very cheerful film filled with action-packed , thrills , hilarious set-pieces, tongue-in-cheek , amusement and lots of humor with a numerous group of policemen : Mahoney, Hightower, Tackleberry, Jones, Hooks and Callahan, all led by the befuddled but unbowed Cmdt. Lassard. The Police Academy regulars, from meathead Mahoney to the others impeccably inept cops go in action to answer law enforcement's most uproarious role call . The premise is simple and plain , as a botcher squadron from the known police force is assigned to train rookie newcomers and subsequently to undertake a confrontation to dangerous gangs . Director delivers a professional work with interest enough , his knack of getting the most out of characters and situations without ever going over the top makes for some very big laughs . The jokes and frolics come as thick and fast , hit and miss as usual and it is done in good spirit if not always in good taste . Fun picture with accent on sight gags , and humour that stems from the diverting roles established in other movies . The sympathetic cast formed by the motley band of misfits giving charming interpretation , while causing confusion , laughs and chaos . Showing up habitual actors in the popular series, such as : Steve Guttenberg as the constant prankster Mahoney, Bubba Smith as the hunk Sgt Hightower , David Graf as gun-lover Sgt. Tackleberry , Michael Winslow as Sgt. Jones , Marion Ramsey as shy Sgt. Hooks , Leslie Easterbrook as busty Lt. Callahan . It contains an attractive and lively score by Robert Folk , series' regular , including the classic leitmotif . As well as atmospheric and appropriate cinematography by Michael D. Margulies . The motion picture was uneven and professionally directed by Hugh Wilson . Director Wilson probably knows you could write storyline and role developments for him , but that doesn't stop him doing the best he can with this material.

The series produced by Paul Maslansky , being based on the characters written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft , they focused on a storyline involving those roles to get attraction to the young audience. Their knack of getting the most our of roles and situations without ever going the top makes for some big laughs , The episodes of the Police Academy is as follows : Police Academy 1984 by Hugh Wilson . And various sequels with usual ingredients , mayhem, giggles , entertainment and lots of fun. Police Academy 1984 . Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985 by Jerry Paris , James Signorelli . Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1987 by Jerry Paris . Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987 by Jim Drake . Police Academy : Assignment Miami Beach 1988 by Alan Myerson. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 by Peter Bornerz . Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994 by Alan Metter . And Police Academy the series 1997/1998 , 26 episodes by Neal Israel, Paul Maslansky, Pat Proft .
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