Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Thanks for the memories!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

As has been said before in my reviews for the previous six 'Police Academy' films, the best of the 'Police Academy' films will always be the original by quite some way. It isn't great and will never be a favourite comedy or overall film of mine, but it clearly knew what it wanted to be so it was easy to take it for what it was and what it set out to do.It was followed by six sequels, and none of them were as good or even on the same level as the first, though admittedly some are worse than others. Most of them are actually being pretty bad or worse and lose what was enjoyable about the original in the first place. While it was with the fourth film where things properly got particularly stale, it was from the fifth film where finding redeeming qualities proved to be difficult, with the sixth film and especially this one being particularly bad.Just in case you're wondering why all the seven films were watched, mainly it was curiosity to see as to whether the sequels were as bad as their reputations, to see if they were that bad or if it was a case of going against the general consensus (which honestly has happened with me before).'Police Academy: Mission to Moscow' is the worst of the series and is the first time in a while where watching a film (which always helps me forget any troubles and is a favourite pastime) feels like the viewer is serving a life sentence of their own. Not even some nice locations can save it because a gorgeous city is not used in its full majesty. The previous sequels ranged from tolerable to terrible but still had a couple of casting bright spots or gags that just about worked. 'Police Academy: Mission to Moscow' has neither of those, it's completely devoid of laughs and has no redeeming qualities, as the locations are pretty wasted here they are not enough to count as one.Only a few of the original cast members return, but are reduced to acting even stupider than before and looking bored while all their material is one-joke and no longer funny, instead being dull and annoying and saying it's gone beyond breaking point doesn't feel enough. Charlie Schlatter, if can be humanly possible, manages to be even blander and more ill at ease than Matt McCoy.And what possessed great actors like Christopher Lee and Ron Perlman to take part? Lee tries but has very little to do, an unforgivable waste of a screen icon who could turn lesser material into gold when able and a crime that none of the other films committed. Perlman constantly looked like he regretted doing the whole thing, the embarrassment and lack of enthusiasm is all over his face the whole time he's on screen.'Police Academy: Mission to Moscow' is so amateurish-looking it makes the previous sequels, all of which looked cheap, look like Best Cinematography/Editing Oscar winners. There is nothing memorable about the soundtrack, while the direction gave the sense that the director didn't know what he was doing.Like the sixth film, the premise was stale by the fourth film but now it is a case of an increasingly thin and repetitive premise stretched to breaking point and now with this film beyond that. The film is completely laughter-free, with recycled material that passed its sell by date long ago, and at worst the writing and gags are worse than infantile, swaps genuine hilarity, wit and cleverness for a distasteful mean-spiritedness, low-brow smut (that would make the crudest 'Carry On' films seen sophisticated in comparison) and juvenile vulgarity.In summary, absolutely awful and the worst of the 'Police Academy' films. Mercifully, no more was made after this. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Needing help to deal with a powerful member of the Russian mafia, "Commandant Rakov" (Christopher Lee) of the city of Moscow requests the assistance of "Commandant Lassard" (George Gaynes) along with some of his best police officers to advise and assist them. However, when his team gets there they discover that there are those within the Moscow police department who aren't so keen on obtaining their help. Likewise, "Captain Harris" (G. W. Bailey) has his own agenda which isn't necessarily the same as everyone else as well. At any rate, although the movie started off well enough it soon reverted to the same old gags featured in all of the other films in this series and everything—and everyone—seemed to be simply going through the motions. Additionally, nobody really stood out one way or the other either. In short, although there were a couple of fairly entertaining films in this series, the sad fact is that everything has pretty much run its course and the thrill is clearly gone. I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.

Michael Winslow, David Graff, Leslie Easterbrook, Charlie Schlatter, Claire Forlani, Ron Perlman, G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes and Christopher Lee star in this 1994 comedy sequel. In this final entry, Commandant Lassard (Gaynes) and his team of misfits, Jones (Winslow), Tackleberry (Graf), Callahan (Easterbrook) and Harris (Bailey) visit Moscow to stop a Soviet mobster, Constantine Konali (Perlman) In the process, Lassard unwittingly becomes a member of a Russian family. Schlatter plays rookie cop, Kyle Connors who has vertigo, Forlani plays Katrina, a woman who Connors gets romantic with and Lee plays Soviet Commander, Ratkov. I think this could've been better and upset that Bubba Smith and Marion Ramsay were not in it.

I am a HUGE glutton for punishment and deliberately try to see the very worst films. I think much of it is a reaction to all the foreign and art films I have also watched, as I am trying to see every film at the extremes of the bell curve! Well, this one was a chore, as I am NOT a fan of the "Police Academy" films--particularly as the series progressed. And you KNOW that this is a terrible film, as many of the folks from the original films are notably absent! And, if even Steve Guttenberg isn't willing to be in the film, you know it's going to be horrible!! So imagine how shocked I was to see that Christopher Lee appeared in this one! Now I know that Mr. Lee has appeared in about 1382083 films (many of which were a bit cheesy), but to appear in this is very sad--even more sad than his Fu Manchu films! So was the movie as bad as I'd assumed? YES. 'Nuff said.