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Bookmark this pagePolice Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Director: Peter Bonerz
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Surely the nadir of the rehash genre, a string of unconnected party pieces by a cast whose world weariness would imply that they know exactly how cynical this whole venture has become. With Guttenberg long gone and his space duly filled by a lookalike cutie, the gang are hot on the trail of a mastermind villain knee-deep in burglary and real estate fraud. One by one, the scriptwriters manoeuvre each wacky funster into position to perform his or her zany turn. The finest moment features a rap performed by three 'dudes' who have clearly recorded the vocals a cappella, over which the Neanderthals in post-production have dubbed some backing music. The fact that said music is in a different time signature to the rapping hasn't occurred to anyone, so we are treated to a surrealist fusion of rap and morse code: the only arresting moment in a mind-numbingly tedious film.Author: MK
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Bonerz
Producer: Paul Maslansky
Cast: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, Bruce Mahler, GW Bailey, George Gayns, Kenneth Mars, Gerrit Graham full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 84 mins
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