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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
36K
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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
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  • Comedy
  • Crime

The Police Academy's commandant will be honored at a police convention in Miami Beach. At the airport he picks a wrong bag with stolen diamonds. The "owners" want them back.The Police Academy's commandant will be honored at a police convention in Miami Beach. At the airport he picks a wrong bag with stolen diamonds. The "owners" want them back.The Police Academy's commandant will be honored at a police convention in Miami Beach. At the airport he picks a wrong bag with stolen diamonds. The "owners" want them back.

IMDb RATING
4.5/10
36K
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  • Director
    • Alan Myerson
  • Writers
    • Neal Israel(characters creator)
    • Pat Proft(characters creator)
    • Stephen Curwick
  • Stars
    • Bubba Smith
    • David Graf
    • Michael Winslow
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alan Myerson
  • Writers
    • Neal Israel(characters creator)
    • Pat Proft(characters creator)
    • Stephen Curwick
  • Stars
    • Bubba Smith
    • David Graf
    • Michael Winslow
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 79User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 18Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
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    Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

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    David Graf and Michael Winslow in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, George Gaynes, David Graf, Janet Jones, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, Marion Ramsey, Bubba Smith, Tab Thacker, and Michael Winslow in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    Janet Jones, Matt McCoy, Marion Ramsey, and Tab Thacker in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
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    Janet Jones and Matt McCoy in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    G.W. Bailey, Dan Fitzgerald, and George Gaynes in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    Janet Jones in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
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    George Gaynes and Dana Mark in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    Rene Auberjonois and Archie Hahn in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
    Matt McCoy in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
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    Top cast

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    Bubba Smith
    Bubba Smith
    • Hightoweras Hightower
    David Graf
    David Graf
    • Tackleberryas Tackleberry
    Michael Winslow
    Michael Winslow
    • Jonesas Jones
    Leslie Easterbrook
    Leslie Easterbrook
    • Callahanas Callahan
    Marion Ramsey
    Marion Ramsey
    • Hooksas Hooks
    Janet Jones
    Janet Jones
    • Kateas Kate
    Lance Kinsey
    Lance Kinsey
    • Proctoras Proctor
    Matt McCoy
    Matt McCoy
    • Nickas Nick
    G.W. Bailey
    G.W. Bailey
    • Harrisas Harris
    George Gaynes
    George Gaynes
    • Lassardas Lassard
    Rene Auberjonois
    Rene Auberjonois
    • Tonyas Tony
    George R. Robertson
    • Hurstas Hurst
    Tab Thacker
    Tab Thacker
    • Houseas House
    Archie Hahn
    Archie Hahn
    • Mouseas Mouse
    James Hampton
    James Hampton
    • Mayor of Miamias Mayor of Miami
    Jerry Lazarus
    • Sugaras Sugar
    Beans Morocco
    • Bob the Janitoras Bob the Janitor
    • (as Dan Barrows)
    Dana Mark
    • Graduating Policewomanas Graduating Policewoman
    • Director
      • Alan Myerson
    • Writers
      • Neal Israel(characters creator)
      • Pat Proft(characters creator)
      • Stephen Curwick
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    Storyline

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    Indeed, it seems that some people never learn, and after the recent fiasco of conniving Captain Harris in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), once more, the sneaky officer wants to take over the ageing Commandant Lassard's job, and step into his shoes. This time, the perfect opportunity arises in the shape of the prestigious "Police Officer of the Decade" convention in sunny Miami Beach, to commemorate Lassard's dedication to the force; however, a fateful encounter with an audacious trio of diamond thieves leads to a dangerous, high-speed chase across the Everglades. Now, it is up to Commandant Lassard's nephew, Sergeant Nick Lassard, and the Academy's loyal graduates to save the day. Can the boys thwart Harris' plans? —Nick Riganas
    • slapstick comedy
    • voyeur
    • commercial air travel
    • police helicopter
    • police academy
    • 68 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Captain Harris is about to lose his trousers and his mind in Miami!
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Crime
    • Certificate
      • PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      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. Two decades later, he expressed in an interview that he regretted turning down the chance to star in the later sequels, and was among the main people trying to make another Police Academy movie.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 21 mins) In the final chase scene, Nick and Kate both duck as Tony's boat approaches them. In the next shot, Nick and Kate are seen sitting upright while Tony's boat is making the jump.
    • Quotes

      Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Some dickhead is standing in my sun!

      Sgt. Nick Lassard: Oh, Captain Harris! Hey, I didn't see you there. You know, I don't think we've been introduced. My name is Nick...

      Capt. Thaddeus Harris: I don't care who you are, buttwipe. Just get out of my sun!

      Sgt. Nick Lassard: Buttwipe?

      Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Scram, sleazeball!

      Sgt. Nick Lassard: Okay, fine.

      [Leaves]

      Sgt. Nick Lassard: Buttwipe, huh? Never heard that before.

      Lt. Proctor: That was great, Sir!

      Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Proctor?

      Lt. Proctor: Yes, Sir?

      Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Now you're in my sun.

    • Alternate versions
      On Network TV versions of the film, 2 scenes are added to fill time. One scene had Captain Harris and Lieutenant Proctor arriving at the hotel in Miami with a goat they had on their airplane. One scene occurs in the Police showcase area where people are trying out various items such as pepper spray, handcuffs, and bulletproof car shields; Tony is seen talking to a friend of his named Larry. He tries to get Larry to talk Commandant Lassard into giving him the camera with the stolen diamonds in it by telling him a story of how his dead wife had a camera just like the one Lassard's carrying. Feeling pity for him, Lassard is about to hand Larry the camera until Larry asks "is there anything I could do for you in return". Lassard says yes and has Larry take an official Police fingerprint identification test. Larry's discovered to be "a known felon" and he runs off without the camera. Tony and his goons walk casually away followed by Tony getting upset and hitting a police car shield with his hand and hurting it.
    • Connections
      Edited from Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ride of the Valkyries
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Richard Wagner

    User reviews79

    Review
    Top review
    Even Guttenberg had the sense to leave this one...and if Guttenberg says "no" to a movie, that's pretty bad, folks...
    There is slapstick, and then there is *slapstick*. "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach" falls into the latter category. This is slapstick worse than the likes of "Mr. Magoo." This is slapstick antics taken to a whole new level -- a level of utter chaotic mess. The Three Stooges would blush at this. But at least the Stooges were funny. The bumbling cops of "Police Academy" are, very unfortunately, not.

    Steve Guttenberg has, by this time, finally come to the over-due conclusion that the series is going nowhere, and so he has left the ongoing string of sequels to enter into fresher territory -- by appearing not very many years later in joyless remakes of older films ("It Takes Two," a.k.a. "The Parent Trap 4"), and recycled underdog stories ("The Big Green"). When is your big break gonna come, Steve? Oh, wait, it did, and it was your first film ("Diner), and you blew it by appearing in this schmaltz.

    The rest of the inept "cops" from the first four (*gulp*) films have returned here to wreak havoc on all that remains unspoofed by the series. Finally realizing that the police officer's daily routine gags are no longer fair ground for comedy, the filmmakers have moved the series to Miami Beach, land of ample spoofing and lampooning! Er, not for these guys. As the police of the film can never seem to do anything right, the series itself can never seem to be funny.

    The plot involves Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) being called to Miami to receive a special lifetime achievment award of some sort (the biggest plot hole being, of course, that he does not deserve it at all after the many disasters instilled by him in the predecessors. Would you give a major award to a man incapable of holding onto his luggage? I don't think so.)

    And so Commandant Lassard does, of course, lose his luggage in the airport. (The awful joke I wrote above comes into play, here!) But instead of just losing his luggage at the airport, he accidentally picks up a similar briefcase belonging to a band of jewel thieves -- and they're pretty eager on getting their stash of diamonds returned to them.

    Commandant Lassard is kidnapped and the doofus cops from the previous entries (save Guttenberg's Carey Mahoney and Bobcat Goldthwait's missing Zed) embark on a mission to save him. This mission comes to an embarrassingly unfunny and ridiculous climax involving alligator puppets and a fat man. Don't ask.

    "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach" proves that everything is ample ground for comedy -- Florida, jewel thieves, fat men, and alligators. But who cares? What is the point? The fact that anything and everything is open to spoofing has been established before by other rude (and so much better) comedies like "Animal House." (Or any National Lampoon film, for that matter.) I've seen funnier documentaries than this mess. I admit I laughed once -- once, mind you -- but not really at anything I was supposed to laugh at. I laughed at the sheer stupidity of one or two things, and not simply because they were funny, but because they were supposed to be funny, and they weren't -- at all. And I laughed at George Gaynes in one scene. There, I said it. But that does not reserve my harsh rating on the film.

    Is there any hesitation to say "no" to endless sequels in Hollywood anymore? Is the thought of quality ever measured over quantity anymore? Obviously not. If anything, the entire "Police Academy" series just stands as a landmark reminder that Hollywood has been taken over by ruthless film executives who want nothing but money.

    As for the "Police Academy" films themselves? It was Forrest Gump who once said, "Stupid is as stupid does." Ain't that the truth.

    0/5 stars.

    • John Ulmer
    helpful•2
    5
    • MovieAddict2016
    • Oct 24, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Police Academy V
    • Filming locations
      • Swimming Pool, Fontainebleau Hilton Resort - 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $19,510,371
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,106,661
      • Mar 20, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,510,371
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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