Police Academy (1984)
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!
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Boring
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
I guess seeing parts of one or two of the sequels had soured me on the franchise. But, this original is hilarious. And did I mention that it is about the most NON-POLITICALLY-CORRECT movie ever. Did I mention that I an giving it an extra star for driving today's politically-correct fools crazy. Can you imagine how many blood vessels pop whenever one of today's politically-correct fools dares to watch this? Countless. I recommend all of today's colleges show Police Academy & Animal House non-stop in all their official "safe spaces". I'm giving another star for Bubba Smith. Beyond that, well, good speech.
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+)
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
This has got to be the wackiest police force on planet Earth. Crime is running ramped in town so the Lady Mayoress has lowered the standards of the town's police in order to allow new recruits into the Police Academy. A great comedy classic.The character Lt. Harris (G. W. Bailey) reminds me of Sergeant Carter (Frank Sutton) - so that give you an idea of how comical this guy is. And Lt. Harris is definitely my favorite of the entire police force.If you like wacky police/governmental comedies such as "Turner and Hooch", "The Naked Gun", "Spies Like Us", or "Men in Black" then you might like Police Academy.8/10