Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Movie · PG · 84 min · ★ 5.8 · 37% critics
Budget cuts put two police academies in a head-to-head competition, with one facing closure. As instructors and recruits scramble to prove their worth, underhanded tactics and nonstop training mishaps turn the rivalry into a chaotic, joke-filled battle to stay open.
Also known as Police Academy 3 · Police Academy III: Back in Training
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-03-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (1,368 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a breezy, familiar comedy packed with recurring characters, pranks, and training chaos; Not for you if you need fresh storytelling or dislike broad, lowbrow humor like Loaded Weapon 1.
Pros: easy, light viewing; returning cast camaraderie; plenty of broad gags | Cons: thin, recycled plot; hit-or-miss humor; some crude stereotypes
Themes
- governor
- competition
- sequel
- police academy
Cast & crew
Steve Guttenberg
as Carey Mahoney
Bubba Smith
as Moses Hightower
David Graf
as Tackleberry
Michael Winslow
as Larvell Jones
Marion Ramsey
as Laverne Hooks
Leslie Easterbrook
as Lieutenant Callahan
Art Metrano
as Commandant Mauser
Tim Kazurinsky
as Cadet Sweetchuck
Bobcat Goldthwait
as Cadet Zed
George Gaynes
as Commandant Lassard
Directed by Jerry Paris