Review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) by Michael B — 25 Aug 2007

It's a decent sequel to a silly to lame comedy.

This review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) was written by Michael B on 25 Aug 2007.

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

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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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By Oj H (142) on 26 Jun 2014

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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This is basically more of the same only this time the vast majority of the gags fall flat…

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There are some parts here and there that are funny and ends on a high note, but it only makes an attempt to make the plot more interesting…

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By Emma H (361) on 16 Mar 2011

I liked this one more than the first film. There are some great new character additions and more laugh out loud moments…

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By Adam D (1,043) on 19 May 2012

It's not as good as the first one. Didn't like that they took G.W. Bailey out of the series. The humor started to get weaker…

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