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This film is one which I must have seen over 20 times but this was the first time I actually sat down and watched the whole thing.
The year is now and the police force have changed their rules so anyone regardless of age, height, weight, sex and colour can sign up for police training so you can imagine the people who turn up at the police academy! Mahoney is a young man who is working in a car park when he gets annoyed and parks a car on 2 wheels and ends up getting arrested again. When he is waiting in the police station he meets Jones who is also there and can make excellent sound effects with his voice.
Mahoney is told by the police boss that he is going to either go to jail or sign up for the police training. Mahoney says he will do the training only if he can take a friend, he takes Jones with him; the catch with Mahoney signing up is that he is not allowed to quit, but he can be thrown out.
Mahoney and Jones set off for the police academy where Mahoney instantly tries to get himself thrown out. Here they meet a whole load of different people which they starts forming good friendships with. Will Mahoney get himself thrown out after all his attempts to do so or will he have a change of heart and quite enjoy himself?
This really is a good film which is easy viewing and suitable for all. I do like the character of Mahoney and thought Steve Guttenberg did a great job making him the person he did. There are a lot of extra characters in this film which include, Thompson, a female recruit played by Kim Catrall, Bank and Copeland who become the dogsbodies for Lft. Harris, Callerhad who is the female fitness instructor, Tackelberry who is mad on guns and weapons, Lessard who is the crazy and not all there Commandant and I really did enjoy each and every characters and they all bought something different to the film. The way the characters all work together and the chemistry between them all really is very good.
The storyline is quite good if not a little daft but the way it is played out with the humour involved makes for really fun and good viewing. As I mentioned before there is a lot of humour involved and not all of it is in you face, a lot is going on behind the main shot and if you look closely enough you will notice a lot which you may not have seen before. It was hubby who actually told me to look for this.
The setting for the film is present day according to the opening title sequence but the film was made back in 1984 so it does look quite dated now. The clothes which the recruits turn up to the academy in do really show the films age and some of them really are very funny indeed. The music for the film is good but not all too memorable but it was all appropriate for the places which it was used.
We have the 20th Anniversary special edition DVD which does have some bonus material which includes:-
Commentary by Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, G W Bailey, Director Hugh Wilson and Producer Paul Maslansky
All New reunion Documentary Behind Academy Doors - Secret Files Revealed
Trailer
I am not one for bonus features so have not watched these so I am unable to give comments on them.
The running time of this film is 92 minutes which I felt was a good length and the certificate is a 15 as it does contain moderate language and sex references. I really do feel that this is very high indeed and may even go as far as giving it a PG certificate. I have seen this film advertised for Saturday and Sunday evening on the television so I think the film rating may have been lowered since it was made in 1984.
We managed to get hold of this DVD for just £2 in the closing down sale at Woolworths which I feel was a bargain.
I do recommend this film as it has just the right amount of story and humour to make for an easy to watch film.
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