Silly and cartoonish, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment takes the comedy to the streets. In order to combat a rising crime wave, the 16th Precinct gets 6 new graduates from the Police Academy. Bobcat Goldthwait joins the cast and proves to be a perfect fit with the film’s brand of comedy. However, the jokes are too in your face and don’t really serve the plot all that well. A truly unnecessary sequel, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment is a rote comedy that delivers a few laughs here and there.

'Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment' does improve upon the original, which is a plus as I did find the first film underwhelming. With that said, it's still not anything good. I didn't properly get into/get laughs from the story, while the cast are kinda meh. As for those on the screen, it's a reverse of last time out for me. Steve Guttenberg is actually better, though Michael Winslow - my standout from the prior release - is very underutilised; his (still cool) sound effects aren't as amusing and/or as fitting. The support cast are better, though. To be honest, it is close to being something I'd consider as passable. I just don't quite have that needed positive feeling about it. Given I have five more of these movies to see, it is at least a good sign that this is an improvement. An upward curve, perhaps? Fingers crossed.

The quality goes a bit down, namely also because the novelty is gone, but it is still a good comedy, 1980s style.

It retains some great features of the original film.

A lot more fun. This rivals the original, and for me has always been the best of the series. The gang, led by Bobcat is great.