Nonureva Really Surprised!

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Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

adonis98-743-186503 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. Police Academy is a 1984 comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson, and starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, and G.W. Bailey. It grossed approximately $146 million worldwide and spawned six more films in the Police Academy series. Just like with pretty much everything back then and even now the Original film is always the superior from the sequels because it was something original and for the most part the funniest of them all and this is the case with the first Police Academy film it's not just freaking hilarious and makes you laugh until you can't breath but also the talented behind it alongside the well written and charismatic characters make it a damn good ride and a film as whole. Each gag for back in the day was pretty original and funny and the actors give really great comedic performances such David Graf as Cadet Eugene Tackleberry or Michael Winslow as Cadet Larvell Jones. The fact that Hollywood even thought that they should remake this film is a huge middle finger to the fanbase that enjoyed the Original and even some of it's sequels that weren't as bad as some people made them sound like. Overall Police Academy (1984) is an underrated gold classic that many people to this day love and respect. (A+)

Idiot-Deluxe 1984's Police Academy was great in it's day and 32 years later the movie still feels fresh and full of vitality. Sadly it's ONLY the first entry in the series that has held up over the years and that's largely due to the films risqué sense of humour, being more adult or "mature" in nature. I've seen this film dozens of times over the years and always get a kick out it.It's funny to think that this movies success (or the entire series for that matter) largely hinges upon the presence of a perennial B-Lister like Steve Guttenberg, but it's true - it just doesn't seem like a Police Academy movie without Officer Mahoney. For the uninitiated Police Academy is a rousing comedy, that comes loaded with many funny and memorable characters and it was the starting point for a long-running and prolific series of movies throughout the 80's and into the early 90's. But it's this one, the first one, if memory serves me correctly, is the only one that's actually true to it's title - it being the only one that takes place largely at a "police academy". And it's here, at the beginning, where the comedy is most focused and is at it's most effective.Centering largely around Cadet/Officer Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) who plays a good-for-nothing punk that's constantly in trouble with the law, as he drifts from one low-paying job to another. Eventually he's pressured into going to the police academy or prison, unenthused by either choice, he chooses the academy, once there he's intent on getting thrown out later that very same day "Be out of here by three". He proceeds to cause mischief where ever he goes and with every chance he gets - and there are many. Because after all, that's really half the show - Mahnoney's shenanigans on campus. In fact his handiwork becomes so well known to others, that you hear lines like "Mahoney... it's gotta be Mahoney". He's constantly at odds with his superiors's and one in particular: Lituentant Harris, who is by far the most combustible and vocal of the academy's training core and it's between them that many of the movies funniest exchanges happen. I'd say the best of which would have to be the accident involving the dirt-bike and horse's ass - Riotous! Truly a classic film moment - or better yet the scene that immediately follows, which is a hilarious continuation of that scene.Having recently seen it yet again, I can attest to the films seemingly timeless quality and it's irrepressible comedic charm. Director Hugh Wilson did a great job with getting the most out of his cast and the films comic sensibilities still manage to shine brightly after all these years. Police Academy, the first in the series, the one that literally "started it all" remains a top-tier comedy and one of the very best of the 80's - a decade that easily had more notable comedies than any other (I could make a list but don't feel that it's necessary).Sadly it's -only- with the first Police Academy movie that the magic is alive and vital - the rest were obviously tamed-down for younger audiences - and it's a real shame they went with that direction.I can't help but think how awesome it would have been for Eddie Deezen to have been one of the new cadet's, definitely a missed opportunity..... but anyway's - Long Live The Great Mahoney!

Leofwine_draca A lot of criticism has been levelled at the POLICE ACADEMY franchise over the years, but I've never thought the films were all that bad. They've dated, yes, but their mix of slapstick goof and the occasionally raunchy gag is a good one, and this first instalment in particular feels fresh and invigorating. I reckon POLICE ACADEMY is the closest that America ever got to having their own CARRY ON series.Anyway, this is a typical early '80s production, about a bunch of new recruits and their hapless taskmasters, and the inevitable adventures and mistakes they end up making along the way. It's similar to the likes of STRIPES but far funnier. Steve Guttenberg holds everything together back when he was popular, contributing a likable everyman charm, but it's the supporting characters who really shine here. Bubba Smith's Hightower is a fan favourite, but I particularly enjoyed David Graf, whose voice box is worth its weight in gold.The well-judged performances continue in the form of G.W. Bailey's delightfully frustrated antagonist, Lieutenant Harris, and George Gaynes's hilariously befuddled Lassard; that classic podium gag involving the latter is still the highlight of the entire franchise for many people, including me.

Jamesfilmfan905 police academy made in 1984 was to try and capture the same sort of zany scatological humour that had placated audiences in movies such as airplane , the naked gun , but police academy's humour comes in the form of slapstick and sketch like gags etc. and raunchy . Any the film is about a man named Carey Mahoney played by Steve Guttenberg who is told by his prison officer that he has to complete the 14 week training course or he has to face a prison sentence and when arrives he meets a whole host of weird wacky misfits who hope to become police officers themselves and hopes he can endure what is ahead of him . Everyone gives an memorable performance in the film such as Guttenberg Michael Winslow as Jones but the main one that stands above the rest of the cast is GW Bailey as captain Harris who suitable mean and smarmy to the point of sheer exhilaration . Overall police academy is funny in bits not all the way through but its very entertaining and better than all the abysmal sequel's that followed it . Rated R for comic violence and some strong language and sexual scenes