A short and sweet one from me with this one. Having been a bit unimpressed with the first police academy movie, I didnt exactly have high hopes for the 2nd outing. But I do feel going i to this one with lower expectations did so what improve the experience.

Some time has passed and our grads from the first film (the ones the studio could afford) are back and working lower level police and police adjacent jobs. But the city is in peril! With crime at an all time high, the mayor has put the police on notice, 30 days to improve the safety of the city, or the chief of police will be fired. Unluckily, the chief is brothers with the owner of police academy. And on asking g him to provides some ‘young blood’ to he,p reinvigorate the force. The chief ends up with WAY more than he bargained for!

I do think really have a lot to say on this one. It’s the same shape and for, technically as the first Police Academy. But the bigger budget allows a few more grander set pieces and stunts which pull the production up a bit.

Humour wise, its a lot more focussed. Nowhere near as scattershot with the gags, and the quality of the material is higher too, with at least a handful of moments where I actually laughed, which is a step up from the last movie.

Unfortunately, I don’t feel the final act was as strong as the first film, the gags in the last 20 minutes are thin on the ground, and lack the focus of the front two thirds of the movie…it felt a bit rushed.

Of the two, id choose this one over the first, purely for it’s j provements and consistency. I felt the big thing missing from the first film was these bizarre characters interacting with normal members of the public, and this film delivers that in spades. I still didnt outright LOVE this film. But I think it got more right this time than the last film got wrong…I probably still wouldn’t recommend this one though.

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