3.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
Overview
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
3.9
Overview
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is a lighthearted slapstick comedy centered on bumbling police officers catching jewel thieves. Its primary focus on apolitical humor and a generic 'good triumphs over evil' narrative, without engaging in deeper societal critiques or endorsements, places it firmly in the neutral category.
The movie features a visibly diverse ensemble cast, a characteristic of the Police Academy series, but does not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative is a lighthearted comedy that avoids critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative and humor focus on other elements, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within the film.
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative is centered on comedic police antics and a crime plot, with no content related to transsexual identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is a direct sequel in an established series. All returning characters maintain their original gender, and new characters introduced are not gender-swapped versions of previously established figures. Therefore, no gender swaps occur.
All returning legacy characters in "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach" are portrayed by the same actors or actors of the same race as established in previous installments. No established character's race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.6
5.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
1.8
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