Police Academy (1984) Movie Review

Police Academy – Movie Review

Director: Hugh Wilson

Writer: Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Hugh Wilson (Screenplay)

Cast

Steve Guttenberg (Roe vs Wade)
G.W. Bailey (Short Circuit)
Kim Cattrall (Sex in the City)
Bubba Smith
Donovan Scott (Back to the Future 3)

Plot: A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

Runtime: 1 Hour 36 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Police Academy starts when Carey Mahoney (Guttenberg) finds himself in trouble with the law again. As punishment, Mahoney is sent to the police academy along with a host of other recruits including his new friend Moses Hightower (Smith).

Mahoney looks to find the quickest way out, however, LT Harris (Bailey) isn’t going to make this easy. This sees the unlikely candidates becoming the latest members of the force.

Verdict on Police Academy

Police Academy is a crime comedy following a group of unlikely recruits training to become police officers in New York. It sees recruits from different backgrounds coming together to overcome the training procedure to make it.

This is the first of a long last comedy series and gets to poke fun at the different stereotypes in the police force. It has a part feel of a college movie, mixed with a military one. This is because we see the different rankings trying to make it. Certain jokes haven’t dated as well as others, while the pure message gets the job done in a fun comedy.

Final Thoughts –Police Academy is a fun comedy even if certain parts have dated.