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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

 -  Comedy | Crime  -  18 March 1988 (USA)
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The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy, goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. Harris ... See full summary »

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The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy, goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. Harris wants to place himself in a favourable light in front of the high military hierarchy but, at the airport, Lassard exchanges his bag with another one... Written by Tognacci Sebastiano <seblog@maya.dei.unipd.it>

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

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18 March 1988 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Academia de Polícia 5: Missão em Miami  »

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Steve Guttenberg turned down the lead role and gave a firm "no" to any other Police Academy sequels that might turn up (and they did). He turned them all down. 18 years later, he was among the main people trying to make another Police Academy movie. See more »

Goofs

In the movie the officers have again moved up in rank (4 stripes on their sleeves), however four stripes is not a true rank in any United States Police Dept. Three stripes (sergeant) should be followed by Lieutenant (one silver bar on lapel) not four "upper" stripes. See more »

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[Captain Harris, with the word Dork burned into his chest, approaches a bar where Cmndt. Lassard, Chief Hurst, Chief Murdock, and the Mayor of Miami are seated]
Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Oh Mr. Mayor, excuse me sir. I don't mean to insult your city, but the people on this beach are very rude and hostile.
Mayor of Miami: Well, I'm sorry to hear that... Captain Dork!
[the gentlemen at the bar break down in laughter, and Harris finally realizes what has been burned on to his chest]
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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
29 December 2011 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

Choosing plot over simply adding in numerous characters proves to be the downfall of the Police Academy series. Without Guttenberg there's no clear anchor for the film. We get the clichéd and simple (though still charming) side characters in abundance. Matt McCoy tries to fill Guttenberg's shoes, but we're not buying it. Callahan gets a bit more screen time which is always nice, and a Miami setting does her character justice. The final scenes of the series have included foot chases, airplanes, jet skis.etc. So now we have a hovercraft chase. Gaynes has more to do, but people such as Winslow are just on repeat. It's amazing that they will try the kung-fu voice over joke 5 films in a row and expect it to work. Not a difficult watch, and it does have an alligator fight, but this vehicle is low on fuel.


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