Synopsis
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
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Cast
- Steve GuttenbergCarey Mahoney
- Bubba SmithHightower
- David GrafTackleberry
- Michael WinslowLarvell Jones
- Bruce MahlerDoug Fackler
- Marion RamseyLaverne Hookes
- Colleen CampKirkland
- Art MetranoLt. Mauser
- Howard HessemanPete Lassard
- George GaynesCommandant Lassard
Recommendations
- 60
Empire
It’s juvenilia, straight-up goofballing, but there is a tittering innocence at work here. - 60
The New York Times
Police Academy 2 isn't as funny as its predecessor, but as sequels go it's certainly amusing. [31 Mar 1985, p.55] - 50
Variety
Follow-up features much of the original’s cast but none of its key behind-the-scenes creative talent, save producer Paul Maslansky. Only actor to get any mileage out of this one is series newcomer Art Metrano, as an ambitious lieutenant bent upon taking over the department. - 50
Chicago Tribune
They graduated but didn't really grow up. Most of the less than lovable troupe from the first movie are back, including Steve Guttenberg, and so is the low level of comedy. This time, at least, director Jerry Paris from the old Dick Van Dyke show is on hand to improve the timing and pace. [05 Apr 1985, p.C] - 50
Time Out London
Toning down the smut for a PG-rating, and bringing in veteran comedy director Paris, who made his feature debut with 1968's Jerry Lewis vehicle Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, ensured slightly more in the way of comic consistency for this modest sequel. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Not since The Heretic tried to follow up The Exorcist has there been so dismal a sequel as Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
Only Michael Winslow, repeating his uncanny ability as a sort of human sound-effects machine, is able to give any life to this, but his efforts are like reviving a beached carp. They don't come any worse than this. - 25
Miami Herald
In most respects Police Academy 2 is witless, which complaint is admittedly akin to inspecting a Hefty bag and being dismayed to find trash. [03 Apr 1985, p.D7]
