Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Short description
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment follows Carey Mahoney and his fellow graduates as they leave the academy behind and begin patrolling the streets. Their first real assignment sends them into a run-down district, where a gang of vandals is causing trouble and robbing passers-by. The new officers are sent in to restore order, though their enthusiasm tends to outrun their competence.
The film is a comedy directed by Jerry Paris, made after a run of comedies stretching back to How Sweet It Is! in 1968 and followed the next year by Police Academy 3: Back in Training. Steve Guttenberg returns as Mahoney, joined by Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler and Marion Ramsey among a credited cast of 47. David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein wrote the screenplay, and Paul Maslansky produced for Warner Bros. Pictures and The Ladd Company.
Released in March 1985, the sequel cost about 8 million dollars and took in roughly 56 million worldwide, a strong return on its budget. On IMDb it holds 5.8 from around 63,000 votes, while on TMDB it averages 6.1 from about 1,800 votes. A critics' rating of 4.3 from 19 reviews places it below the audience scores. The film runs 87 minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Around the 66th minute of the film, a phone booth with a three-letter obscenity written on it briefly appears in the frame.
- Director Jerry Paris cast his two children in the film. Both appeared in small cameos.
- Despite the character of Tim Kazurinsky being called Sweetchuck, the sign on his store reveals that his character's actual surname is Schweechuk.
- The official poster features a sexy blonde woman who does not appear in the film. This was a deliberate trick by the producers who wanted to use it on the poster for the first installment as well.
- In the scene where Officer Jones jumps over the iron fence, his cap falls off his head twice.
- Bill Paxton was offered one of the central roles in the sequel. However, he was forced to decline, as the contract stipulated the character's appearance in subsequent films. Instead, he starred in James Cameron’s “Aliens.”
- Actor J.W. Bailey hoped to return in the “Police Academy” sequel as Lieutenant Harris, but director Jerry Paris cut the character from the script, replacing him with Art Metrano, the antagonist of the second and third films.
- During the fight in the “Blue Oyster” bar, when Hooks asked for the address, Proctor replied: 655 Cowan Avenue. However, in the first film, Mahoney said that the “Blue Oyster” was located on Howell Avenue.
- In the scene where Shtulman throws socks into the closet, miniature magnets were sewn into the socks. This was done specifically so that the socks would stick firmly to the door.
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