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21 March 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
Run for cover! morePlot:
The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
They're "Back" and they're bad.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Steve Guttenberg | ... | Sgt. Carey Mahoney | |
| Bubba Smith | ... | Sgt. Moses Hightower | |
| David Graf | ... | Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry | |
| Michael Winslow | ... | Sgt. Larvelle Jones | |
| Marion Ramsey | ... | Sgt. Laverne Hooks | |
| Leslie Easterbrook | ... | Lt. Debbie Callahan | |
| Art Metrano | ... | Comdt. Mauser | |
| Tim Kazurinsky | ... | Cadet Sweetchuck | |
| Bob Goldthwait | ... | Cadet Zed (as Bobcat Goldthwait) | |
| George Gaynes | ... | Comdt. Eric Lassard - Midcity Police Academy | |
| Shawn Weatherly | ... | Cadet Karen Adams | |
| Scott Thomson | ... | Sgt. Chad Copeland | |
| Brant von Hoffman | ... | Sgt. Kyle Blanks (as Brant Van Hoffman) | |
| Bruce Mahler | ... | Sgt. Douglas Fackler | |
| Ed Nelson | ... | Governor Neilson |
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Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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It took Leslie Easterbrook (Callahan) four hours just to learn how to start one of the jet skis for the final chase scene. moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: This movie is set in the United States, but when Lassard is looking through his binoculars at the regatta, you can see the CN Tower (from Toronto Ontario Canada) in the background. moreQuotes:
[at Cmdt.Mauser's Mid City Police Academy; Mauser is doing inspection on his beret clad cadets.]Cmndt. Mauser: Good tall..... Good Strong.
[stops and goes back to Nogata]
Cmndt. Mauser: And who might you be?
Cadet Nogata: Atomical Nogata of Tochikawa Nogatas. And is this your lovely wife?
Cmndt. Mauser: [furious] Proctor.
Capt. Proctor: Yes, sir.
Cmndt. Mauser: What's the story about Fu Manchu?
Capt. Proctor: [looks through the attendance] Fu manchu. I don't have a Fu Manchu.
Cmndt. Mauser: I'm talking about the stir fried shrimp from out of town.
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While still suffering from the humor limitations of being rated PG, "Police Academy 3" has sight gags enough to make it worth watching a few times (at least more often than "Part II").
The gang's all here and trying to train a new line of cadets in their own image (poor cadets) while Lassard (Gaynes) tends to his goldfish and tools about in his modified golf cart.
Even Bobcat Goldthwait returns as Zed, this time training to be a force of good. His scenes breathe a lot of life into this affair, as he screams at doors until they fall down, terrorizes his fellow cadets, hot wires police cars with his teeth and sings at the most inopportune times.
Everyone else has at least one good scene, maybe two. And considering how many are in the cast, that leaves room for a lot of good scenes. Even Georgina Spelvin is back from the original and, bless her, she makes good, too (though not as hilarious as in the original).
This is about as good as the sequels get, so look no further for laughs than "Police Academy 3: Back in Training". Definitely Bubba Smith's finest hour.
Seven stars. Good job, officers.