Cinematic Rating
Budget
$14,000,000
Revenue
$19,510,371
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed By
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Review
MovieWise Analysis
The Story: Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) offers a fresh dive into the Comedy, Crime genre. The plot follows a sequence where The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
Cinematic Style: Technically, the project takes a bold approach. Rather than relying on clichés, it uses its identity as "Hold everything! The cadets are dropping in on Miami Beach for an all new adventure." to craft a world that feels both expansive and Logic-driven.
The Experience: The thematic depth here is surprising for a Comedy, Crime title. It explores the human condition through a lens that feels grounded despite the cinematic scale of the production.
The Verdict: Ultimately, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach succeeds because it respects the audience's intelligence. It is a mandatory watch for anyone following the latest in Comedy, Crime cinema.
What Audiences Are Saying
"**Those Academy imbeciles are back!** ...and this time there are plenty of _golf balls to slip on._ Never before have I laughed so long and so hard at a man slipping on a golf ball. Captain Harris lost his trouser because the silly man who makes the sounds made an _amusing beeping noise._ T..."
"**A shot in the feet: this film marks, for me, the decline of the franchise.** In the fifth film in the “Police Academy” franchise, we follow the characters that everyone already knows on a trip to Miami for a national police convention where veteran Commander Lassard, about to retire and leav..."
"I don't know. As an adult, yeah, this is a HORRIBLE installment. But as a kid, I actually thought it was still pretty good, still pretty funny, still slap stick and stupid, and everything I wanted from a Police Academy film. But... as an adult, it's not as funny as I thought it was as a kid..."
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