Review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) by Ken T — 13 Jun 2009

Just as silly as the first and definitely worth watching.

This review of Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) was written by Ken T on 13 Jun 2009.

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

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This sequel isn't as good as the first, but it's still very funny and enjoyable, and I especially liked Goldthwait, he really makes this movie…

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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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By Ryan E (478) on 29 Jul 2017

I like the first one alot, but I LOVE part 2. Fantastic 80's comedy…

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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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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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