Review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) by Jason J — 24 May 2008

Funny sequel which sees the introduction of Bobcat Goldthwait as Zed.

This review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) was written by Jason J on 24 May 2008.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Scott C (2,765) on 09 Mar 2013

Perhaps one of the better Police Academy sequels, but that doesn't mean anything. This was a terrible series…

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By Corey B (870) on 31 Dec 2011

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Mauser is kind of a lame character, but Bob Goldthwait almost carries this film with his stellar performance as the gang boss.The main cast…

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By Brian N (300) on 04 Mar 2013

Well, its the first of many Police Academy sequels and its pretty much what one would expect in such an epic saga…

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By Tim W (1,375) on 14 Feb 2014

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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment was a bit of a letdown for fans of the first film…

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A typical good sequel. It has all the strengths of the first movie but is a bit weaker…

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By Muffin M (1,164) on 14 Jan 2013

I own this in a seven movie pack along with: * Police Academy (1984) * Police Academy 3: Back In Training (1986) * Police Academy 4: Citizens…

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Bobcat Goldthwait shows up for the mayhem. I'll let you decide if that's a good thing or not in this subpar sequel to a subpar genre movie…

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Why not... the sequel was a watered down version of the first film... but the first film was watered down. It was fun…

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