Police Academy 5 - Mission Miami Beach

Movie
German title	Police Academy 5 - Mission Miami Beach
Original title	Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	about 90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Alan Myerson
script	Pat Proft
production	Paul Maslansky
music	Robert Folk
camera	James pergola
cut	Hubert C. de la Bouillerie
occupation
see Police Academy characters Also: René Auberjonois : Tony Ed Kovens : Dempsey James Hampton : Mayor of Miami Dan Fitzgerald : Commissioner Dave Murdock Janet Jones : Kate
chronology
←  Predecessor Police Academy 4 - And now it's all about Successor  → Police Academy 6 - Resistance futile

Police Academy 5 - Commissioned Miami Beach is a 1988 American film . It is the fifth part of the series . The remaining main characters are adept at a police convention in Miami, where Commandant Lassard to be honored as "policeman of the decade" before due to age in pension must go.

action

René Auberjonois (here in 2004) played the chief of the diamond robbers

In the 5th part for the second time together in front of the camera: GW Bailey, David Graf and Lance Kinsey (from left to right)

Harris, a district manager, would like to inherit Eric Lassard as head of the Police Academy. He and his assistant, Proctor, break into Commissioner Hurst's office one night to inspect the personnel file. When it turns out that Lassard is already beyond the mandatory retirement age, they pass the information on.

The Commissioner informed Lassard of his retirement at the end of the 1988 Academy class. Among the graduates is Tommy “House” Conklin , who was a participant in the “Citizens on Patrol” program in the previous film. Hurst also announces that Lassard will be named Police Officer of the Decade at the country’s police chiefs gathering in Miami Beach .

Lassard is still completely apathetic . But his people can convince him to see the honor as a grand finale. He wants his best employees to accompany him there and to meet his nephew Nick, who is a police officer there.

Harris, meanwhile, tries to convince Hurst that he is the perfect man to succeed Lassard. He points out that he may very well be professionally qualified, but does not have the appearance of a commander. He has no respect for anyone in the academy. Harris also realizes that and decides that he can show his true greatness if he follows Lassard to Miami Beach and takes part in his honor there.

Meanwhile, the Museum of Fine Arts , which currently houses an exhibition of Mal Ankh Ee diamonds, is being robbed by a group of gangsters.

In Miami, by chance, Lassard's bag is exchanged for the bag that contains the diamonds hidden in a video camera at the airport. Lassard is warmly welcomed by the welcoming committee, which includes the Mayor of Miami and his wife and the city's chief of police, Commissioner Murdock. Lassard's nephew Nick also greets the group.

Tony wants to hand over the diamonds to the gang boss Dempsey, whereby the exchange is noticeable. Dempsey gives the three of them 24 hours to retrieve the diamonds. Meanwhile, the police are enjoying the day on the beach. Nick gets to know Kate, who later turns out to be a policewoman.

Tony and his accomplices accidentally see Lassard and assume that he is the reason for the bag swap. They find out that Lassard is a police officer. First attempts to get the bag back fail.

A gala dinner follows , at which the gangsters want to make Lassard unconscious with a syringe. It fails and Tony tries to grab the camera. The diamonds fall out. In a panic, he takes Lassard hostage. Lassard himself believes that it is the announced live demonstration of police methods. In this belief he supports the kidnappers with his advice. Commissioner Hurst, Commissioner Murdock, and the Academy and Miami cops get together to save Lassard. The academy's police officers volunteer. Harris sees his chance and joins it. The policemen enter the floor where Lassard is being held prisoner via elevator and air shafts. They provide some of the gangsters, but Harris intervenes and decides to provide a helicopter to try to gain access on his own at the launch site. This fails, and Harris himself is kidnapped.

Tony and his two remaining helpers, Lassard and Harris, got on a yacht that he and the two of them want to sink as soon as the deal is over. Lassard is still unaware that this is a real kidnapping. The police arrive at the boat at the last minute. Tony tries to escape with Lassard hostage. All other gangsters are overwhelmed and Harris rescued. Nick, Kate, Jones and Tackleberry follow Tony's boat. Harris is attacked by a crocodile and rescued by Hightower . Nick and the others reach Lassard, who enthusiastically praises the demonstration. When Nick explains that they are real criminals, Lassard knocks Tony down.

In a solemn event, all police officers involved in the rescue (with the exception of Proctor and Harris) are awarded a medal from the city of Miami. In addition, Sergeant Moses Hightower is promoted to lieutenant for his selfless work in rescuing Harris. Commissioner Hurst is pleased to announce that he and the governor have decided that Commandant Lassard will not have to retire until he wishes to do so. Harris' plan thus failed across the board.

properties

In terms of content, the film can hardly be put in a row with its predecessors. It represents a break within the series. Only the stereotypical characters are still a link.

The previously central figure of Carey Mahoney , played by Steve Guttenberg , does not appear here for the first time. Guttenberg had made it clear in advance that he would not appear again in any of the following films in the Police Academy series. However, he is now one of those who are campaigning for an eighth part of the series. Other characters from previous films such as Zed , Sweetchuck and the Kirkland family no longer appear.

Nick Lassard is introduced as the nephew of Commandant Lassard . The figure has features similar to Mahoney. She is the last character in the series to reappear in a subsequent film.

The previously large family of continuous Police Academy characters is therefore shrinking noticeably. This hard core of the characters will form the center of the cast in the 6th film (with small changes) and, however, again significantly reduced, in the 7th film.

For the first time, the Blue Oyster Club no longer appears. With that, a kind of running gag has disappeared from the series. The nameless city in which the previous Police Academy films took place is also being left for the first time, and a specific location is named with Miami .

The slapstick elements are increasing massively. In particular, Commander Lassard unintentionally triggers numerous such deposits, which always make life difficult for the gangsters. Overall, the role of the commander is also changing. He moves more into the center and is honored as an extremely capable and deserving policeman, which, however, is in stark contrast to the portrayal of the figure, which excels neither through intelligence nor other skills.

For the first time, the battle between a good and a bad party, which is common in many Hollywood films, plays the central role. In all previous films the villains were either only troublemakers (e.g. Zed) or were only introduced towards the end of the film and remained nameless.

Harris and Proctor as "bad" police officers do not even achieve intermediate successes in contrast to earlier films. Instead, everything they try ends up in failure, which serves as an element of comedy.

From this film on, the training of police officers no longer plays a significant role. The name Police Academy is more a brand than a description of the content.

Trivia

The film alludes to a famous scene in the cult film The Jaws (Original: Jaws , 1975) in great detail . However, the shark is driven away by Tackleberry, so nothing happens to the boy on the air mattress.

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor
Eric Lassard	George Gaynes	Paul Bürks
Moses Hightower	Bubba Smith	Michael Chevalier
Eugene Tackleberry	David Graf	Michael Nowka
Larvell Jones	Michael Winslow	Ronald Nitschke
Debbie Callahan	Leslie Easterbrook	Monica Bielenstein
Laverne hooks	Marion Ramsey	Philine Peters-Arnolds
Kate	Janet Jones	Simone Brahmann
Lt. Proctor	Lance Kinsey	Christian Tramitz
Nick Lassard	Matt McCoy	Arne Elsholtz
Thaddeus Harris	GW Bailey	Jürgen Kluckert
Commissioner Hurst	George R. Robertson	Eric Vaessen
Commissioner Murdock	Dan Fitzgerald	Gerd Holtenau
Thomas Conklin "Pile"	Tab Thacker	Tom Deininger
Mouse	Archie Hahn	Thomas Petruo
Tony	René Auberjonois	Jürgen Thormann
Mayor of Miami	James Hampton	Friedrich G. Beckhaus

criticism

The series was received negatively by the critics right from the start, but fans of the series mostly dislike the strong change in the way the film was made and the lack of popular Mahoney. All of this is reflected in the general rating of the film. It even occupied a place on the list of the worst 100 films in the IMDb for a long time , where it has now been rated with 4.6 out of 10 possible points (as of December 30, 2019). On Rotten Tomatoes all the reviews were negative (as of: December 30, 2019).

"Undemanding clothes according to the usual scheme of the series: exaggerated type comics and simple-minded gags, which usually only seem annoying."

- Lexicon of international film

people

For the first time in the Police Academy there are bad guys who have a name and also act in classic Hollywood fashion as opponents of the "good guys". These are:

• Tony ( René Auberjonois ): The chief of the diamond robbers leads his team of three.
• Dempsey ( Ed Kovens ): Gangster boss in Miami with his own yacht who had commissioned the theft of the diamonds.
• Tony's henchmen, especially Mouse ( Archie Hahn ) and Sugar ( Jerry Lazarus ). Later he gets even more support in finding the diamonds.

The following also occur:

• The Mayor of Miami is played by James Hampton . The role was originally intended for JT Walsh . However, this was not interested and recommended Hampton to director Myerson.
• Commissioner Dave Murdock ( Dan Fitzgerald ): The Miami Police Chief
• Kate ( Janet Jones ): The attractive blonde is on the beach when Lassard's troop are having fun there. She also becomes the target of Nick's attempts to flirt and is present at beach parties. At the police meeting it turns out that she is also a police officer. Kate and Nick grow closer as the film progresses.

There are also two interesting guest appearances:

• Kathryn Graf, the wife of the late actor Eugene Tackleberry, David Graf, plays a stewardess on the flight to Miami. This was her first role ever and also her only film role, as she has only had guest appearances in series since then.
• The film's director, Alan Myerson, plays the man who refuses to quit smoking on the plane.

Web links

• Police Academy 5 - Assignment: Miami Beach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police Academy 5 - Assignment: Miami Beach at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Police Academy 5 - Assignment: Miami Beach at Metacritic (English)
• Police Academy 5 - Order Miami Beach in the online film database
• Police Academy 5 - Order Miami Beach in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ^ Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach in the German dubbing index
2. ↑ Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach to Rotten Tomatoes (English)
4. ^ Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach in the Lexicon of International Films