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Police Academy 3: Back in Training\u00a0 <\/strong>(1986)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warner Bros.\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 83 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (language, crude humor, comic violence, some sexuality)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Jerry Paris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Gene Quintano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Robert Folk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Robert Saad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 21, 1986 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Art Metrano, Lance Kinsey, Tim Kazurinsky, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Shawn Weatherly, Brian Tochi, Debralee Scott, Andrew Paris, David Huband, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Brant Van Hoffman, George R. Robertson, Ed Nelson, Georgina Spelvin, R. Christopher Thomas, David James Elliott, Arthur Batanides, Jack Creley, Rita Tuckett, Chas Lawther, Lyn Jackson, Doug Lennox.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $43.5 million (US)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: *** \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In August \u201985, I learned that Police Academy 3: Back in Training<\/strong> was a go from a very reliable source, co-star Bubba Smith. I met him when he was promoting a fitness video at the local Rite Aid. I told him how much I loved the first movie. He grinned and told me that they would start filming the third movie at the end of the month. My first inside source, a true milestone!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Police Academy 3<\/strong> has the distinction of being the first \u201cgreen movie\u201d seeing how it recycles gags from the first one, sometimes copying them exactly. It\u2019s also the first to receive a PG rating. It finally dawned on producer Paul Maslansky that kids were the primary audience for the silly slapstick movies. He started a trend of sorts as other comedy franchises followed his example and toned down their sequels so they\u2019d receive softer ratings and attract younger audiences. Both National Lampoon\u2019s European Vacation and Revenge of the Nerds II were PG-13 sequels to R-rated movies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I went to see Police Academy 3<\/strong> opening day with my father and I\u2019ll never forget what he said as we left the theater. He thought it was okay, but asked, \u201cWho the hell was that idiot that screamed through the whole movie?\u201d Of course, he\u2019s referring to comedian Bobcat Goldthwait who reprises his role as Zed. It\u2019s an amusing movie that isn\u2019t as bad as critics made it out to be at the time. However, it does lend credence to the moniker \u201cPolice Lobotomy\u201d as the cost of watching it is a few IQ points. In other words, it\u2019s incredibly dumb!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The state (whichever one it is) can no longer afford two police academies, so one of them will have to be closed. But which one? Will it be the one run by Cmndt. Eric Lassard (Gaynes) or the one run by antagonist Cmndt. Mauser (Metrano)? The Governor (Nelson, Peyton Place) will make that decision based on the findings of a committee he appoints to evaluate both academies. Mauser, ever the conniving jerk, recruits Sgts. Blankes (Van Hoffman) and Copeland (Thomas) to help him sabotage Lassard and his latest group of cadets. Lassard calls back members of his favorite graduating class to help train the new recruits: Mahoney (Guttenberg), Hightower (Smith), Tackleberry (Graf), Jones (Winslow), Hooks (Ramsey) and enemy-turned-ally Lt. Callahan (Easterbrook). Among the new cadets are meek store merchant Sweetchuck (Kazurinsky) and now-reformed Zed. Their relationship (Zed drives Sweetchuck up the wall) is the funniest part of the movie. The new cadets go through regular training with Mauser and dim-witted partner Proctor (Kinsey) trying to make them look bad in front of the committee at every turn. Naturally, they turn things around when a group of thieves stage a robbery at the annual Governor\u2019s Ball and the leader takes him hostage as a means of escaping.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The new cadets are as follows: Karen Adams (Weatherly, Baywatch) who becomes Mahoney\u2019s romantic interest, equally accident prone Mrs. Fackler (Scott, Angie), dopey rich guy Hedges (Huband, Cube Zero), Tackleberry\u2019s brother-in-law Bud (Paris) and Japanese exchange recruit Nogata (Tochi, Revenge of the Nerds) who develops a relationship with super-busty Callahan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Director Jerry Paris (The Dick Van Dyke Show) copies the first Police Academy movie almost to the letter in terms of narrative structure and specific gags. The scene where Sgt. Fackler (Mahler) tries in vain (and pain!) to prevent his wife from joining the police force is exactly like the scene in the first movie with a gender switch. The rich guy sees Fackler hanging onto the car for dear life as they drive down the highway just like Kim Cattrall saw Mrs. Fackler do the same in the first one. Jones, once again, imitates an actor from a bad kung fu flick. Tackleberry engages in excessive force by firing his gun at a pay phone after trying to deal with an uncooperative operator.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0It\u2019s all familiar stuff, but Police Academy 3<\/strong> does have its moments. Mahoney and company play another malicious prank on the buffoonish Mauser; this time it results in him losing his eyebrows. The hooker (Spelvin) from the first movie shows up and helps Mahoney pull a prank on Proctor that results in him finding himself butt-naked at the Blue Oyster Bar (the gay leather joint from the first movie). I do like the bit where the gang from Lassard\u2019s academy entertains the guests at the policepersons\u2019 ball with a really fun song.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Some of the jokes in Police Academy 3<\/strong> don\u2019t work; it all seems kind of thrown together without much thought. It also looks kind of cheap. However, enough of it is amusing that it isn\u2019t a complete waste of time. None of the Police Academy movies are exercises in intellectualism; Police Academy 3<\/strong> is irrefutable proof of that. But sometimes dumb is fun. I guess that\u2019s the best way to describe this third movie, dumb but fun.<\/p>\r\n Police Academy 3: Back in Training\u00a0 (1986)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warner Bros.\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 83 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (language, crude humor, comic violence, some sexuality)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Jerry Paris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Gene Quintano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Robert Folk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Robert Saad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 21, 1986 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Art Metrano, Lance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Police-Academy-3-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Police-Academy-3-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C922&ssl=1\")
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