Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Hold everything! The cadets are dropping in on Miami Beach for an all new adventure.
1988 • 90 min • Comedy · Crime
Synopsis
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 0 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 52 Audience · 1030 · 40%
The misfit Police Academy cadets head to Miami for an awards ceremony, only for their commandant to accidentally get caught up in a jewel heist. Expect silly slapstick and lighthearted chaos as they try to recover stolen diamonds.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Some slapstick violence and pratfalls
- Mild suggestive humor
- Characters drink alcohol in social settings
What it models well
- Teamwork
- Perseverance
- Loyalty
Talk about it after
- Different kinds of humor
- How mistakes can lead to unexpected adventures
- The importance of honesty
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Top billed cast
Director: Alan Myerson • Crew: Stephen Curwick
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Reviewer notes
Not recommended<em>'Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach'</em> is much like its predecessor - uninspiring. Again, like in <em>'Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol'</em>, it does conclude with a visual that's worthy of watching (even if it falls flat otherwise). In fairness, this fifth entry does feel a bit different in terms of the plot; which I can respect, although it is still underwhelming stuff.…
Not recommendedI don't know. As an adult, yeah, this is a HORRIBLE installment. But as a kid, I actually thought it was still pretty good, still pretty funny, still slap stick and stupid, and everything I wanted from a Police Academy film. But... as an adult, it's not as funny as I thought it was as a kid.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers**A shot in the feet: this film marks, for me, the decline of the franchise.** In the fifth film in the “Police Academy” franchise, we follow the characters that everyone already knows on a trip to Miami for a national police convention where veteran Commander Lassard, about to retire and leave the command of the academy, will be rewarded.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers**Those Academy imbeciles are back!** ...and this time there are plenty of _golf balls to slip on._ Never before have I laughed so long and so hard at a man slipping on a golf ball. Captain Harris lost his trouser because the silly man who makes the sounds made an _amusing beeping noise.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 5.2/10 (1,030)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Box office
- $19,510,371
- Franchise
- Police Academy Collection
- IMDb
- tt0095882
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com
