Review: Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Cmdt. Lassard (George Gaynes) is set to receive a prestigious award in Miami, with the usual gang accompanying him. Also in Miami is Lassard’s local police sergeant nephew, Nick (Matt McCoy), as well as the perennially jealous Capt. Harris (G.W. Bailey) who wants Lassard to retire so he can assume command. Trouble comes in the form of diamond thieves led by Rene Auberjonois, who accidentally switched bags with Cmdt. Lassard at the airport and spends much of the film trying to switch back. I’m not one of these cultural snobs who looks down on the “Police Academy” series, the ones who will begrudgingly claim that ‘the first one isn’t too bad but the sequels get progressively worse’. First of all, “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol” is quite clearly the best in the series, not the first film. Also, aside from “City Under Siege” and especially the dire “Mission to Moscow” I think each of the other films has its moments, too. The people who scoff at the sequels will tell y...