Sunday, June 07, 2026

Police Academy 3, 4

 

I can see why Guttenberg thought he had done all he could with this franchise

Police Academy 4- which I watched on Sunday- So it is fresher in my mind

Harris is welcome return

I cannot see Proctor without thinking it could be Jerry Seinfeld

Sharon Stone looks awful here. Really she was let down by the hairdressers and costume department


Corrine Bohrer outshone Shannon 

I understand Police Academy is made perhaps at the beginning of the VHS era, and people watching all 4 films within a fortnight was not something that the writers intended. So seeing Michael Winslow spoof a dubbed kung fu movie again, loses some of it's fun

I did like the extended prank on the cadets. Mahony picking up a dangerous criminal..who is carrying a body..leaving the cadets in the back of the van

David Spade, making his debut,  is ageless in that he never looked young

Oh this is has anti skater prejudice 


I was impressed by the stunt work. More better here, in the 4th film then the third. I don't think the Police Academy movies get credit for the stunt and action sequences. 

Police Academy 3

Jed, and Goldchuck return as a comedic pair. 

There is an extended chase on Jet ski's which is fine, in the fact that it is well performed but bored me- the angry wife mounted on the bonnet of a car stunt is well done

I note that the rival police academy wears a beret. Is this to make them look militaristic?

Interestingly the undercurrent of racism in police academy 1 is not revisited. 

It is nice to see that Hooks, has grown into her role as an instructor

Mahony's HS basketball team antics would not fly today 






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Police Academy 3, 4

  I can see why Guttenberg thought he had done all he could with this franchise Police Academy 4- which I watched on Sunday- So it is freshe...