Review of Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) by Russ B — 12 May 2017

5/13/2017 (2): No laughs and just a lame movie in general.

This review of Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) was written by Russ B on 12 May 2017.

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach has generally received mixed reviews.

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This film has precisely two gags in it. Painful to watch even when I was 10 years old…

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