Search - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 04/06/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Police Comedy

America's most inept law enforcement team mixes business with pleasure as they head to sunny Florida in this comedy. The aging and often-confused head of the Police Academy, Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes), has reached mandatory retirement age, much to the pleasure of the devious Capt. Harris (G.W. Bailey), who is still scheming to take over his job. Lassard, Harris, and a handful of the Academy's "distinguished" graduates (including Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, and Marion Ramsey) travel to Miami Beach for a special ceremony to commemorate Lassard's years of service as he leaves the force; however, a luggage mix-up puts the clumsy cops in the middle of a massive illegal arms deal. Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach was the first film in the long-running series that did not star Steve Guttenberg (Bob Goldthwait also left the franchise at this point), but most of the other regulars bravely soldiered on without him. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Matt McCoy - Nick
Janet Jones - Kate Stratton
George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard
G.W. Bailey - Capt. Harris
René Auberjonois - Tony Stark

Alan Myerson occupied the director's chair for Police Academy 5, which comes to DVD with a full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original aspect ratio of the film. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials are limited to a brief making-of featurette, featuring new interviews with some of the cast and crew, and the original theatrical trailer. This is a fair release that will probably satisfy fans of the Police Academy franchise. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide