Bubba Smith

David Graf

Michael Winslow

Leslie Easterbrook

Marion Ramsey

Janet Jones

Lance Kinsey

Matt McCoy

G.W. Bailey

George Gaynes

René Auberjonois

George R. Robertson

Tab Thacker

Archie Hahn

James Hampton

Jerry Lazarus

Beans Morocco

Dana Mark

Richard Jasen

Ruth Farley

Kathryn Graf

Via Van Ness

Alan Myerson

Dan Fitzgerald

Arthur Edwards

Jeff Gillen

Susan Hatfield

Ed Kovens

Tom Kouchalakos

Ruben Rabasa

Angie Reno

Scott Weinger

Pam Bogart

Toni Crabtree

Nelson Oramas

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Joni Siani

Jeff Breslauer

Robert Folk

James Pergola

Hubert de La Bouillerie

Paul Maslansky

Pamela Basker

Wink Roberts

Mickey Giacomazzi

Carla Brand Breitner

Cheryl Wheeler Duncan

Sharon Bailey

Tom Bahr

Jay Amor

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

Jeff Moldovan

Bud Davis

Artie Malesci

Cindy Malesci

Gary McLarty

Mindy Branston

John McLaughlin

Alonzo Brown

Courtney Brown

David Monk

Kelly Browning

Joe Hess

Ron Oliney

Joseph R. Del Campo

Bill Orsini

Mike De Luna

Candice Orsini

Eddie Edenfield

Carol Rees

Alex Edlin

J.N. Roberts

Gary Epper

Danny Rogers

Bobby J. Foxworth

Sharon Schaffer

Mike Gonzalez

Mel Scott

Steve Holladay

Troy Shirley

Gary Hymes

Fred Waugh

Rick LeFevour

Chuck Rowley

Bill Baker

Marty P. Ewing

Jodi Ehrlich

Cary Gordon

Don K. Ivey

Ben Williams

Kurt P. Galvao

Gordon Daniel

Greg Dillon

Denis Dutton

David Hawkins

Gilbert D. Marchant

Dean G. Manly

Horace Manzanares

Douglas M. Lackey

Howard Warren

Scott Warren

Dick Weaver

Allen L. Stone

Michael Jiron

Don Reddy

William Smaling

William D. Barber

Bill McConnell Sr.

Robert Heine

Joyce King

David Kahler

Dee Miller

Sue Swan

Robert Musco

Jai Galati

Cheryl Johnson

Esther Robinson

Marie Del Russo

Mary Ann Valdes

Jill Szymanski

Roy L. Downey

Wayne Beauchamp

Bob Cooper

Ricou Browning

Jerry G. Callaway

Elizabeth Lambert

Diane Johnson

Fern Champion

Donald L. West

Trevor Williams

Neal Israel

Pat Proft

Stephen Curwick

Police Academy Collection

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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

handcuffs

investigation

police operation

police everyday life

miami beach

Potential Kermode

**Those Academy imbeciles are back!**

...and this time there are plenty of _golf balls to slip on._ Never before have I laughed so long and so hard at a man slipping on a golf ball. Captain Harris lost his trouser because the silly man who makes the sounds made an _amusing beeping noise._

This deeply complex and inventive script hits all the right targets and the viewer will often find themselves gasping for air and choking on their own tonsil due to incessant laughing.

A fat man eats a donut and the jam squirts out. I cracked my kidney laughing. I've never been so amused ever - the donut had jam in it and the pressure of the bite caused the jam to break free of its _outer casing._

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A shot in the feet: this film marks, for me, the decline of the franchise.**

In the fifth film in the “Police Academy” franchise, we follow the characters that everyone already knows on a trip to Miami for a national police convention where veteran Commander Lassard, about to retire and leave the command of the academy, will be rewarded. The script is decent enough, but we can't ignore that, after four films, the comic material is worn out and doesn't make us laugh like it used to. The production's solution was to change location, which was not as effective as one might think: in other films we had already had lots of beach jokes.

The film retains many familiar faces from everyone who has seen the previous films. However, it was unable to bring together the entire cast, not counting Steve Guttenberg, Tim Kazurinsky and Bob Goldthwait, actors who chose not to be part of this project and who had their relevance (especially Guttenberg) in the previous films. As a direct consequence, the film pays more attention to actors who had remained in the shadows, such as Bubba Smith, who performs well here. Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, George Graf and Marion Ramsey are also present in this film, but they limit themselves to doing more than they had before, and their collaboration is nothing new. George Gaynes also has more protagonism here, and the actor exploited it very well, but it is the duo formed by Lance Kinsey and G. W. Bailey that makes us laugh and steals all the attention thanks to their mischief. Matt McCoy was particularly weak and doesn't deserve to continue in the franchise.

Technically, the film retains many aspects of the previous films in the franchise, such as the costumes, cinematography and effects. It takes advantage of the aerial scenes and landscapes of Miami, with its hotels and wetlands, but I got the feeling that the location was chosen to allow as many girls in bikinis as possible. The settings are decent, although sometimes there are problems (that plane door that is easily ripped off and proves to be light is, of course, fake). The film is not long, wastes no time and was well edited, but the final scene in the swamp is disappointing: I think it was the third time that a “Police Academy” film ended with a random chase, and what was done here it is virtually a copy of a similar scene in another film in the franchise.

I don't know. As an adult, yeah, this is a HORRIBLE installment.

But as a kid, I actually thought it was still pretty good, still pretty funny, still slap stick and stupid, and everything I wanted from a Police Academy film.

But... as an adult, it's not as funny as I thought it was as a kid.

So I am kind of torn, there are certainly FAR better Police Academy films (and I'm going to give them 10 of 10 because fun movies deserve it) but this one... this one a lot of the humor that still holds true in the others fell flat.

Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) - Trailer

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach( 1988)

Hold everything! The cadets are dropping in on Miami Beach for an all new adventure.

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Written by Potential Kermode on Sat Feb 11 2017

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