A budget crisis has decreed that only one of the state’s two cop schools can survive, so the race is on to see which academy can avoid the axe by turning out the superior force.
Mahoney, Hightower, Tackleberry, Jones, Hooks and Callahan – led by eternally befuddled Commandant Lassard – mobilise in their alma mater’s defence.
The title sums up the plot, really, although predictably the lovable losers eventually save the day as rival police academies battle for survival. It’s an improvement of sorts on the first sequel, but by this stage, you were either a fan or holding the series up as a prime example of Hollywood puerility.
Director Jerry Paris, a former character actor who first stepped behind the camera on television’s The Dick Van Dyke Show, died shortly after the film’s release.
Sergeant Mahoney
Steve Guttenberg Sergeant Hightower
Bubba Smith Sergeant Tackleberry
David Graf Sergeant Jones
Michael Winslow Sergeant Hooks
Marion Ramsey Lieutenant Callahan
Leslie Easterbrook Commandant Mauser
Art Metrano Cadet Sweetchuck
Tim Kazurinsky Cadet Zed
Bobcat Goldthwait Commandant Lassard
George Gaynes
