Having seen #5 I had profound doubts that this series, that has exhibited a relentless decline in quality per sequel, could collapse to a less refined sedimentary layer of contemptible trash. Now these eyes have been exposed to the unabated cinematic horror of #6 I must stand corrected. Improbably, the descent to the very yawning maws of the comedic Underworld have abundantly gathered pace through this bloodied abortion.I refuse to believe there was a script. My theory centres on a colonic explosion, smeared upon a roll of toilet paper, that the piffling "stars" were encouraged to interpret through their acting "skills". How else can such loathsome mental detritus be explained?

The makers of this supposedly popular franchise just didn't know when to stop, so the first film is still best, and it is pretty much a laughter free film. Basically a string of robberies are being carried out on the same street by the same three crooks, and obviously it is the Police Academy bunch led by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) to find them and the connection of these robberies. Lt. Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), Sgt. Larvelle Jones (Michael Winslow), Capt. Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook), Sgt. Laverne Hooks (Marion Ramsey) and Sgt. Nick Lassard (Matt McCoy) all back again to save the day, with Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) along with Lt. Proctor (Lance Kinsey), still trying to show them up, or save the day himself, but failing. I have to say the chase sequence, involving a monster truck, actually wasn't too bad, the heroes all get their small moments, oh, and The Mastermind turns out to be The Mayor (Kenneth Mars), and he was robbing all the buildings to make them more valuable to buy. Also Bruce Mahler as Sgt. Douglas Fackler, Gerrit Graham as Ace, George R. Robertson as Police Commissioner Hurst, Brian Seeman as Flash, Darwyn Swalve as Ox, Home Alone's Billie Bird as Mrs. Stanwyck, Arthur Batanides as Mr. Kirkland, Beans Morocco as Bank President and Daniel Ben Wilson as Tackleberry Jr. As with the other previous films, Winslow seems to be the only funny thing with his self-made sound effects, including a quick Donald Duck impression, beat boxing and of course the robot imitation, although Smith and Graf also get their moments, and Bailey gets more pranks played on him than the previous films. As for the rest of the film, pointless and pretty boring, and unfortunately, the last to feature all continuing actors (besides Steve Guttenburg) together, the next (and hopefully last) sequel, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first film, only featured five of them. Poor!

Police Academy 6 is a fine piece of social comment. It is analytical in it's approach to two sections of modern society on opposing sides and the eternal struggle between them. Director Peter Bonerz goes straight for the jugular in his approach to individuals battling authority,( eg: Hightower breaking the leg on Harris' chair.)However, this battle must also be fought with the demoralised underclass, who have taken to grand theft. These villains are not stereotypical. Peter Bonerz infuses their character with dynamic and spectacular character abilities. Somersaulting bank raids are the order of the day here. Most interesting, however, is the neo- classical manner in which the films villain is unmasked,echoes of nineteenth century pantomime abound. On the whole, a rewarding experience for those of us who have had their fill of unfunny comedy productions.

With a crime wave hitting the city, Captain Harris is embarrassed that the Mayor turns to Commandant Lassard for help. Things get worse for Harris when Lassard brings his own men into the department to create a special unit to try and cut out any leaks within the department. With Lassard's team making good progress in the investigation into the gang behind the crimes, Harris seems more concerned with saving face with the Mayor by trying to show up the rest of the unit.Hard to imagine that anyone would come to the Police Academy series in the sixth film and expect it to be anything but the same old stuff that it has been doing for years. As such the plot is the usual collection of simple pratfalls and antics with the slightest plot about catching criminals that few will care about (and more fool those that do). The material drearily goes over old territory but the few fans the film series have will enjoy it and indeed it did draw the very occasional chuckle from me. However I was in a forgiving mood and even I didn't get more than that from it.e of the cast have anything approaching ambition or drive. They seem happy to be sitting in their cartoon characters for all these movies! Gaynes is as dopey as ever but I like that. Graf is dead now and it's sad to think this is his legacy. I have seen him in other films and he's OK when he's not just shouting and firing comedy guns. Winslow needs to get a new act – does anyone find 'the human sound effect' funny anymore? Easterbrook is blonde with large breasts – and that's all the film needs her to do. Schlatter makes a weak lead man and is real poor.Overall then a pretty poor comedy that just does what all the other films do without any real effort or imagination. Fans may forgive it and at least find comfort in the familiarity of the whole thing but the vast majority of viewers will find nothing of value here and probably have had enough within the first twenty minutes.