I’m told the decline in Police Academy movies starts from this point onwards, and Police Academy 4 is definitely trending that way.

In this outing even less of the core cast are back, this time supporting on a newinitiative the C.O.P programme ‘Citizens On Patrol’ the scheme aims to train citizens and business owners on Police procedure in order to help support the community and actual law enforcement who are stretched to their limits…something something yadda yadda members of the public verses a money laundering criminal gang.

Again, like the last one…I just kind of had to as why this was made at all? When you film is living or dying based on the actions of Bobcat Goldthwaite something has gone dreadfully wrong.

Here the humours largely dead, Goldthwaite gets the biggest laughs, but I don’t even crack a smile for this film. Its an hour and 23, but feels like 2 hours. The regular cast have barely anything to do, the humours dropped off significantly and the new cast are iffy at best.

I could tell you how this film opens, I could tell you how it ended…everything between those two points might as well have been wiped from my brain. Its just endless sketch comedy with rubbish punchlines IF there’s a punchline.

Again, like the last film, this was inoffensive…I didnt HATE it. But there’s just…absolutely no real reason to watch this one. It’s a dull and plodding mediocre comedy with a handful of good moments, largely carried by brand recognition. And it’ll likely be a while before I revisit this one

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