Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Short description
The state can only keep one of its two police academies running, so Commander Lassard's troubled institution must compete against the better-drilled school run by his rival, Mauser, for the right to stay open. To improve his chances, Mauser plants a pair of officers inside Lassard's academy, but their interference does not go as planned. Meanwhile, Lassard's former graduates return as instructors and take charge of a fresh group of hopeless recruits, whose training quickly descends into disorder as the two academies vie for survival.
Jerry Paris directed the film, the fourth of the five features he made and his second consecutive entry in the series, after Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment a year earlier. Gene Quintano wrote the screenplay, and Paul Maslansky produced. Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey and Leslie Easterbrook lead the returning cast, supported by a large ensemble of credited performers.
Released in March 1986, the film cost about 12 million dollars and took roughly 44 million worldwide, a solid return relative to its budget. Audiences have been lukewarm on it since: it holds a 5.4 rating on IMDb from about 52,000 votes and a 5.8 on TMDB from around 1,400 votes. A film critics' score of 4.4 from 11 reviews sits below both audience ratings.
What's left behind the scenes
- This film was the last for actor Art Metrano, who played the role of Mauser. In 1989, as a result of an accident, the actor lost the ability to walk.
- Actress Leslie Easterbrook needed four hours to learn how to ride a jet ski for filming the final scene of the film.
- Bubba Smith was terribly afraid of sharks, and therefore during the filming of the scene where the actor stopped the boat in the water, he was scared to death.
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