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What is it that's so resolutely unfunny about Mission to Moscow? Is it the lifeless direction? The disinterested performances? The lack of atmosphere? The joke-free script? It's all of these things, of course, but there's also something inexplicably poor about it that you just can't quite put your finger on.

The regulars are the major weak point. While the guest cast have the misjudged enthusiasm to irksomely overact, all the usual culprits seem embarrassed by the whole thing. None of them sell their underwritten, reheated lines, and the fact that Bubba Smith and Marion Ramsey failed to sign up is a damning indictment. What comes through the screen, from George Gaynes to David Graf, is the sense of souls bleeding. "Please get me a proper job, there must be a better way to pay my mortgage" these actors scream with every fibre of their being. Leslie Easterbrook gets her usual single "my character's got big breasts" joke - why does she even bother to sign up for this crap? Michael Winslow looks old, tired, and frankly bored with the whole thing. Was his involvement only confirmed at the last minute? Because while he gives a curiously muted performance throughout, the script also fails to accommodate his talents in almost any way. Note that this is the ONLY Police Academy sequel in which he doesn't do his (admittedly run into the ground) "Bruce Lee" schtick.

Police Academy managed to keep up the same level of quality between films three to six - they were all rubbish. But even by their low standards Mission to Moscow plumbs the depths, making Citizens on Patrol look like Annie Hall. New recruit Charlie Schlatter, there for the completely incongruous love interest theme, is never funny and the Russian characters are the crass stereotypes you'd expect. Any film that promises "we're going to kick buttski" is clearly dumber than is tolerable, and a tasteless reference to Chernobyl doesn't help matters.

The only Police Academy film made outside the 80s, it was produced five years after the last one - why?!!?? Was there a big demand in the market for sh*te? Some cartoon sound effects (whistles, birdcall, etc.) are added to the action to try and pep things up, but this really is a DOA of a movie. True to form (or should that be formula?) it ends with an extended chase sequence that is neither suspenseful nor convincing.

Just look at scenes like the one where G.W. Bailey gets hit in the face with stew. The stew is clearly missing his face and just lands on his chin, so Bailey (the only regular who tries) moves his face so that the full brunt of the stew will land on it. This dedication to duty is admirable, but also perfectly highlights the sloppy desperation of the whole thing.

The series' move from the teen fodder of the first two, 15 certificate, movies had been subverted into the last five, PG cert entries. This is at its lowest ebb here; a comedy that seems wholly aimed at the under-5s and doesn't know what to do with its characters. Russian acrobats entertain the kiddies while its ... er... "stars"... are left to stand around like second bananas, giving unfunny reaction shots.

Maybe it's the "fish out of water" feel of it all, with the somewhat flat Russian espionage themes failing to ignite. But whatever it is, Mission to Moscow feels like a TV sitcom with the canned laughter track removed. In any other franchise this would be described as an "unfortunate, sad end" to the series. With Police Academy however, finishing with one of the unfunniest comedies of all time seems strangely apt. 2/10.

Not much to say with the idiocy within the film. I feel absolutely embarrassed for Ron Pearlman to be in this film. It lacked wit, creativity, humor and was just dull. I laughed maybe, maybe once. BOMB

Run-of-the-mill sequel with usual ingredients , mayhem, entertainment and amusement. In Police Academy : Mission to Moscow , the bumbling team to accomplish the most dangerous assignments , this time to confront nasty Russian mobsters . It is a run-of-the-mill follow-up with ordinary trappings , antics , confusion and mayhem . The misfit Police Academy is now assigned an abroad mission in this sequel to the popular Police Academy movie, as they go to cold Moscow, a few years after their success in Police Academy 6: City under siege (1989). Here Commandant Rakov (Christopher Lee) calls in friend Commandant Eric Lassard (George Gaynes) to lend a hand in stopping a megalomaniac Russian mobster , and before long, the experienced team to carry out their mission . The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the academy . They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantine Konali (Ron Perlman) , who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing . As our friends Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf) , Captain Callahan : Leslie Easterbrook proceed to a risked journey to contend the most dangerous criminals in the world . Kicking buttski !. Making you laughski !. The Academy is backski! Just when we thought the Cold War was over, leave it to these guys to heat it up again !. The Police Academy regulars, from meathead Tackleberry to the impeccably inept Cmdt. Lassard, are back again to answer law enforcement's most uproarious role call !. Take off with the original cast... and some new recruits as they take to the streets and the skies to fight crime . On land, on sea, or in the air, no place is safe from them! But relax, Russia . Think of the academy. Now that's the kind of school people can trust, the kind of school whose grads fight crime with slapstick instead of nightsticks. Those goofy oddballs in blue are going to tangle ! . Objective: Laughs. Hold everything! The cadets are training for an all new adventure!

Inferior entry but amusing , funny and cheerful film , filled with action-packed , thrills , hilarious set-pieces, tongue-in-cheek and lots of humor. As the more bumbling team formed by the police officer friends Michael Winslow : Jones , David Graf : Tackleberry and a nerdish recently graduated Cadet Connors : Charlie Schlatter and Commandant Lassard : George Gaynes are assigned an overseas trek to fight crime once again plaguing the Moscow streets. The premise is simple and plain , as our misfit , botcher team from the known police force is assigned a Russian mission and subsequently to undertake a confrontation to an evil gang . Director delivers a professional work but with no much interest , his knack of getting the most out of characters and situations without ever going over the top making for some very big laughs . This production pays tribute to previous film , taking parts here and there , and repeating former sketches . The jokes and frolics come as thick and fast , hit and miss as usual and it is done in good spirit if not always in good taste . So-so picture with accent on sight gags , and humour that stems from the diverting roles established in other movies . The sympathetic cast formed by the motley band of misfits giving fun interpretation creating confusion , laughs ,mayhem and chaos . Showing up habitual actors in the popular series, such as Michael Winslow , David Graf , and of course G. W. Bailey who in previous entries had hoped to return as Lieutenant Harris, but was passed over in favor of Art Metrano , but he appeared in this Police Academy 4 and other sequels . In fact , Michael Winslow, David Graf, and George Gaynes are the only actors to appear in all seven Police Academy movies. However, original cast members had allegedly complained about losing screentime to the new cast members. It contains an attractive and lively score by Robert Folk , series' regular , including the classic leitmotif . As well as atmospheric and appropriate cinematography . The motion picture was regular but professionally directed by Alan Metter and with no originality, because it copies other previous films of the famous saga . As trivia to mention the risked conditions to shoot when government troops began their assault on the Russian parliament building , in fact President Boris Yeltsin was literally at war with the Communist-controlled Duma as the entire cast and crew had to retreat quickly on October 4, 1993 . Producer/writer Paul Maslansky and Director Alan Metter were lunching at the United States Embassy when the confrontation began. They decided to re-group with their company at the Hotel Gorbachev Finance Academy, about five miles from the chaos. Filming resumed a few days later, confident that President Boris Yeltsin had regained control.

The series based on the chracters written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft is as follows : ¨Police Academy¨ 1984 by Hugh Wilson . ¨Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment¨ 1985 by Jerry Paris , James Signorelli . ¨Police Academy 3: Back in Training¨ 1987 by Jerry Paris . ¨Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol¨ 1987 by Jim Drake . ¨Police Academy : Assignment Miami Beach¨ 1988 by Alan Myerson.¨Police Academy 6: City Under Siege¨ 1989 by Peter Bornerz . ¨Police Academy: Mission to Moscow¨ 1994 by Alan Metter . And ¨Police Academy the series¨ 1997/1998 , 26 episodes by Neal Israel, Paul Maslansky, Pat Proft .

Imagine having your testicles ripped off by a Grizzly and you're half way to appreciating how painful an experience this movie is. Whatever you thought about the previous Police Academy movies (and I'm not particularly fond of any of them) they at least fitted in to the genre of comedy. This one creates it's own sub-genre: the anti-comedy. There's not a single joke in the entire film that makes any sense, and this is partly due to the fact that the script reads as though it was translated from English into Russian and then back again. And I'm not trying to insult the Russians. They get a hard enough time in the movie. If the makers of this film are to be believed, the Russian people are a humourless bunch, and so you imagine that the producers thought that a film with absolutely no humour in it would go down a storm with Moscow audiences. Now, I've never seen a Russian comedy, but I think it's safe to bet that they're better than this.

In one scene, a character batters a hole in a hotel room door using an ice bucket stuck to his head. I don't know why, and it's typical of this film that you're never quite sure what it is you're supposed to be laughing at. The jokes just rattle on and on like this making no sense whatsoever.

If you were to convince yourself that what you were actually watching was a serious drama about the mental illness of a high-ranking police officer lost in Moscow, you might get some perverse pleasure out of this. On the video packet, though, the distributors assure us that it's a comedy, so you can't even give the film the benefit of the doubt.

It's interesting to note that after the Police Academy team's adventure in Moscow, the authorities saw fit to let them back into their own country, where they went on to make Police Academy : The Series which is, believe it or not, even worse than this.

Best to watch this drunk. And with the television switched off.

This film is the worst film that I have ever seen in my entire life. Where is Guttenberg and all the funny charachters? Why is the tall, blonde women being betin up? What in every courses names is going on in this movie? The first movie in this serie was good. The second one good, third one good, fourth was funny at it's places and so was also the case of the fifth...number six was very bad and number seven is so f***ing bad that im crying when i see the piece of crap.

This time the remaining recruits (Gaynes,Winslow,Bailey,Easterbrook and Graf) are back this time to help Russia fight off a computer programmer/mobster who plans on ruling the world with a strange video game in what is unquestionably one of cinema's worst movies ever. Yes it's that awful. I don't give many movie Zero stars, because I like giving at least a full star rating, but this sequel is just so awful one cannot even believe their eyes when watching this worthless tripe. Is there one laugh to be found in the entire movie? Well, yes there was one scene that had me laughing, it's how the news reporter is supposed to be hooked on "The Game" but there is actually no video game inside the unit. Aside from that this is so awful that it doesn't even deserved to be mentioned in the same sentence as comedy, indeed it doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence of Police Academy 5! The only positive spin I can perhaps put on Mission To Moscow is that it most likely killed the series, and even if it didn't, there's no possible way a sequel could be worse than this.

0/5 Matt Bronson

This movie is one of the worst films I´ve ever seen. I didn´t laugh at all during this total flop. I can´t believe the Police Academy went this far! They should´ve stopped years ago!!!!!!!!

This movie is bad bad bad, perhaps worse than the worst movies I´ve seen. There´s nothing positive to say about this. Expect that if we are lucky, there won´t be any other parts in this series!

-10 out of 10 (SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!!!)

I saw this film when I was on a 9 hour ferry crossing, I didn't even have to pay to go and see it, and it was still the most painfully stupid and unfunny film I have ever sat through. I actually quite liked the first film, being young and impressionable it made me laugh. But this was just embarrassing.

I'm very happy to help this film out with its progress up the IMDB list of worst films of all time. 1/10.

Don't be fooled by my funny summaries ... well try not to. I will not be angry if you do - it would validate them. London calling riff aside, this really isn't a good movie and my rating is another example of what friends have called me being too nice. But how can I not be with a cast that includes Claire Forlani, Ron Perlman and the great Christopher Lee? It is quite impossible.

If you don't count them in, this is more miss than hit. Still there are some fun little nuggets to be found here. But it is really a good thing they stopped making those. Because I wouldn't have been able to say after this: I'm through. Although there still is the TV show to watch I reckon ... well maybe I'll endure that too one day ... never say never.

Elvis references aside (someone over there in Russia apparently was a big fan), revolutions not being taken in, this tries to bond the US with the Russians I reckon ... I don't think it really succeeds, but what do I know.

God, I don't even know where to start here. This movie is not just awful, the only thing to describe it is surreal or hypnotic. This is a comedy without any jokes, no story, no anything. It's not hard to get why this is the last credit for both screenwriters. We see something with a bellboy in a hotel, then something with Lassard getting in the wrong car, some bike tricks with Jones, just try to make a plot out of this. The actors all look incredibly bored, even the new guy seems like he's already sick of these movies. The attempts to humour are just really bizarre. Of course you have the usual reused jokes from the original, but now they've added weird cartoon sound effects to them like you're on a really bad trip. In reality you're just watching a really bad movie. Really it's no surprise this movie tanked, just check out the tagline. Oh God the tagline. Kicking buttski(cringe). Make you laughski(roll up in a ball). The academy is YAAARGH back...ski. Excuse me I'm going to hang myself now.

This movie is not for everyone. It's good for fans of the genre. It makes you laugh and makes your day more beautiful and that's it! RIP! for most of the actors who are no longer with us and who make us laugh even now.

Passable fun. After reading some of the negative reviews on here, I just have to say that some people really don't get it. It is very light-hearted and it isn't complex at all. This is probably the worst of the sequels, with nothing to laugh at, yet still somehow heartfelt and riveting from the first frame to the last. I refuse to totally dismiss this, because I find it quite engaging, in a guilty pleasure sense. The plot is not as well thought out as the original, but it still does the cast well. This film is worthy of whatever hopes you have. It gets 7 out of 10 even though the main plot of the film was constantly being interrupted!

Call me weird, but I have always enjoyed the Police Academy movies, and I found this one a pleasant diversion thanks to guest stars Christopher Lee and Ron Perlman. It's as silly as ever, but quite inoffensive, and Ian Jones captures some wonderful Moscow locations. Just think, without the fall of the Berlin wall, this film would not have been possible! Rife with continuity errors (look at the car windows during the chase sequence, and note that Perlman's character's last name is spelled differently on a manifest than it appears elsewhere), this was obviously filmed on the cheap. I like it anyway.

The original Police Academy movie was the best comedy film ever in my opinion. Ten years after it's release we got to see the quite awful Police Academy 7.

It ruins the spirit of a film series when later installments fail to match up to the original. The Police Academy films were brilliant with the exception of Part 4 but even Part 4 was better than this.

For starters, it was too serious. The first six Police Academy films had our heroes battling bumbling foes such as street punks and bumbling diamond thieves. But in this movie the heroes battled the Russian mafia. It didn't seem right.

There were very few laughs in this movie, in fact there were none really. Maybe it would have been better if there had been more laughs and a less serious storyline. Being serious didn't do this film any justice.

I felt real disappointed when I first watched this in 1994 because it got me thinking about how I had sat in a cinema ten years earlier enjoying a really funny movie.

This is by far the worst PA movie out there. It's not horrible because (like me) you are probably a fan of the other PA movies. This movie is one level above terrible just because it's a PA movie and has most of your favorite characters in it like Captain Harris, "Motor Mouth" Jones, Callahan, Tackleberry, and Commandat Lassard. The plot is really bad. There are some genuinely funny moments in the movie. But there are only a few. It seems low budget, poorly written, and basically everything else that can be wrong, is wrong. But I suggest you watch it so you will have the ability to say you've seen all SEVEN police academy movies, and can trick your friends into watching this debacle, just like what I'm trying to do to you right now.

I don't know in first thing, why this movie was made. It has nothing nice to offer you as its before 6 sequels. All comedy scenes seems as if they were created purposely for the sake of comedy as this is a comedy movie. All actors from the original one who were there in this movie looks like did this movie only to earn extra bucks nothing. Thank god Steve Guttenberg Aka Mahoney didn't did this movie. Its better to watch first 6 movies as a re run or repeat again, movie rather than watching this movie first time. Please don't waste your time watching this movie.

...said no one ever. So, the last Police Academy sequel was in 1989. It was terrible. This one came out in 1994 and it proudly picks up where the last one left off. Christopher Lee plays a Russian police commandant who can't catch criminal kingpin Ron Perlman. So he sends to America for the Police Academy losers. This is surreal. The plot is so deeply stupid that I lose IQ points just typing it. Series regulars George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, and G.W. Bailey return. No laughs are to be had. The cast, whose likability kept the series afloat early on even when the jokes missed the mark, can do nothing to save this sinking ship. Actually, it had already sunk by this point. Now it's just a few survivors desperately trying to stay afloat before the sharks eat them. Avoid unless you are a glutton for punishment.

After 6 movies, couldn't they buy better writing? Or at least better acting? The slapstick is the dumbest I ever seen. Harris is just dumb, not funny anymore, in fact that goes for the whole group. If you want to see a good PA movie, just watch the first one. BTW, I love it when they show the Russians speaking English to each other, even when there are no Americans around.

I grew with the movies Police Academy 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5... I can't even keep on track of how many times I have seen them. I can't believe how all the time they kept on getting worse and worse. 1 and 2 were great. 3 and 4 were good. 5 was enjoyable. But 6 and afterwards were just awful. I'm glad I watched this movie. Once. I have never even given it another thought afterwards. Until I saw it here in the top 100 of the worst movies ever. Which is where it belongs.

I don't know about you but I hope they never stop making police academy movies

It's really no worse than any of the previous installments. I just finished a PA marathon on Neflix and I can say that they're all very consistent, I wouldn't rate one higher than other.

Russia is portrayed rather inaccurately but who cares, the movie is fun to watch.

Putting it as simply as I can so as to truly convey my contempt for this film: many of us have heard people use the line "two hours of my life I'll never get back" to describe a movie they disliked, and there really isn't anyone alive who doesn't find that phrase old and tired. This is the only movie I've ever bothered to use a version of that line on (thankfully, it's only 83 minutes, not two hours) out loud, because no other obscenity-free phrase describes it.

I've seen some terrible movies in my day, but up until sitting through this one I never found myself actually ANGRY at a movie for being terrible. This movie is supposed to be a comedy, and I'm not exaggerating at all when I say I found it to be ONE HUNDRED PERCENT laugh-free. There's not even a single accidental funny moment anywhere in all 83 minutes. Awful. Horrible.

I implore anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet to avoid it like the plague. Your 83 minutes could be spent better doing almost anything else.