Did ‘Vice Academy’; a film largely trying to answer the question ‘What if ‘Police Academy’ but less funny and more boobs?’ need a sequel? I dont feel its my place to say really, but in either case, they promised a sequel at the end of the first one, and lo and behold, we’re here.

What is ‘Vice Academy 2’? Well…continuing on from the ‘Police Academy’ ties, part two is quite literally ‘Their First Assignment’ as Holly and Didi pick up where the last film ended, starting their careers in the Vice Squad…well…sort of. Honestly; the plot of this one is border incoherent in places and can effectively be split into two halves, with the opening half of the movie being Holly and Didi trying to find a place where they fit in within the police department (with HILARIOUS and SEXY results) and the second half being their attempt to infiltrate and gather evidence on a woman codenamed ‘Spanish Fly’ who runs a nightclub(s)/sex ring operation who has a personal vendetta against the local law enforcement.

With their careers on the line and a potential stint as undercover cops in jail looming over their heads unless they deliver the goods, the pair must learn to work together to bring Spanish fly to justice and find out just what it takes to be a cop!

This…is a messy messy movie, I honestly gave my best shot at trying to follow it, but its firing off in so many different directions it may as well just be a series of comedy ‘bit’ parts with a loose narrative woven through it. Its not unpleasent you understand…I mean, comedy is subjective and a lot of this movie veers wildly between DEEPLY unfunny and actually pretty hilarious. But, and I say this to my own surprise, this film is probably funnier than the majority of the ‘Police academy’ movies, unironically.

The pacing is breakneck, the screwball elements are funny in their own right, the sexy stuff is a nice addition but it feels almost like it doesnt need to be here, the tones wacky to the point of nausea inducing at times…its not the best film in the world, but it definitely has a charm about it that Rick Sloan is known for. While I absolutely cant say this is one of his best, It does still have a good sense of humour and structure to it that feels more in line with his ‘Hobgoblins’ style works than his ‘Blood Theater’ style stuff.

Direction and cine are just about on the level if you can ignore continuity, the performances are aggressively over the top in trying to make you laugh, which goes both ways of simultainously bordering on grating, while also sometimes winding up granting the ‘Stewart Lee’ effect of the repetative hammering of a gag ending up actually becomign funny.

This isnt a remarkable looking picture, but it sits competent in terms of editing and sequence structuring, it isnt obnoxious, it knows what it is and its just having a fun time doing what its here to do.

This probably isnt Linnea Quigley or Ginger Lynns best work, but again, they seem to be having fun here, and its clear from their performances that they’re here for their own amusement and the paycheque was a bonus.

The scores dreadful plinky plonky synth stuff. But on the whole? I was expecting a lot worse and came out pleasently surprised. I dont think this would be one i’d be able to watch with my full attention again, but I could absolutely see myself popping this on in the background and drifting in and out of it while im doing something else, its got a pleasent enough vibe and has just enough sincerity and good humour in it for me to consider giving it a revisit…I can really recommend it if you arnt planning on watching all of these. But if you liked the first one, its basically more of the same. But more incoherent.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/vice-academy-part-2/