Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

  • Comedy
  • Crime
4/2/1987
88
PG

On land, on sea, or in the air, no place is safe from them!

A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.

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Revenue:
$76,800,000
Budget:
$17,000,000

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  • FilipeManuelNeto

    An honorable sequence where the script sounds better, although some comic material seems a little worn out.

    This is the fourth film in the prolific Police Academy franchise, which visibly marked the 80s and 90s, and which still brings good memories to many people today. I can say that it was one of the comic franchises that I enjoyed during my childhood and adolescence, and that I still see it from time to time.

    In this fourth film, I felt that the production learned from the flaws of the previous films, especially when it comes to script writing. If the older films had in their weak scripts the biggest problem to overcome, this film responds with a more careful writing and the creation of a more logical story, capable of sustaini...

    October 10, 2022
  • r96sk

    'Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol' is a lousy fourth entry to this franchise. I've not truly liked any of these flicks admittedly, but the last two did do some things well enough that I could see the potential. This one is more akin to the original, it feels aimless.

    I guess that is to be expected this deep into the series, hopefully it's not a sign of things to come for me across the next three releases. Any 'pluses' that I do have for this is anything I've 'praised' across the prior flicks, which is pretty much just the pleasantly returning cast. Sharon Stone and (a debuting) David Spade make for interesting newcomers.

    The plot isn't anything close to being fresh, it's basically the last three movies rolled into one; those ones ...

    March 26, 2025

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