Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

"The Grads are going undercover in the city to unmask the mastermind of crime."

1989 1h 24m EN

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Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women in blue.

“The Grads are going undercover in the city to unmask the mastermind of crime.”

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Cast

Bubba Smith
Hightower
David Graf
Tackleberry
Michael Winslow
Jones
Leslie Easterbrook
Callahan
Marion Ramsey
Hooks
Lance Kinsey
Proctor
Matt McCoy
Nick
Bruce Mahler
Fackler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writers: Stephen Curwick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Police Academy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Bonerz, shot by Charles Rosher Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Robert Folk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hubert de La Bouillerie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Bubba Smith and David Graf and Michael Winslow carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Grads are going undercover in the city to unmask the mastermind of crime.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Bonerz directs. Charles Rosher Jr. behind the camera. Robert Folk scores. Hubert de La Bouillerie cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Police Academy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Peter Bonerz, shot by Charles Rosher Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Robert Folk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Hubert de La Bouillerie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Bubba Smith and David Graf and Michael Winslow carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Grads are going undercover in the city to unmask the mastermind of crime.".
9IMDB entry: tt0098105 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "competition", "gangster", "mayor", "investigation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Rosher Jr.
Original score: Robert Folk
Editing: Hubert de La Bouillerie
Production design: Tho. E. Azzari
Makeup / hair: Bernadine M. Anderson
Sound: Michael Jiron
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $33,200,000
Return: 221% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)

Part of

Police Academy Collection

A series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers. The main character, Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), was a repeat offender who was forced to join the police academy as punishment.

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Filipe Manuel Neto2022-10-18
★ 3/10
Despite being a family friendly comedy, the quality level has dropped a lot, when compared to the first films of the same franchise. The “Police Academy” franchise is increasingly showing signs of wear and tear. After a film far weaker than any of its predecessors, I had hoped that attempts had been made to improve things a little. However, this film is at least as weak as its immediate predecessor. However, that doesn't mean it's a bad movie, quite the opposite. There are much worse and much better rated films out there, and the comedy of this film is quite friendly and familiar, unlike what happens in many other comic films, where the humor is pure and simply dirty. This is an enjoyable movie and sometimes even has some fun… it's just not as good as its predecessors. The script is based on a series of attempts to stop a group of bandits from carrying out a series of crimes and robberies in a certain area of the city. Obviously, Lassard and Harris will be together to do it, and Harris is only concerned with his own career progression and continues to be the preferred target of the cop trolls we already know. The script is not brilliant, but it manages to support the film in the way it was conceived and executed. It turns out that the quality level is now very low, and this can also be seen in the poverty of the dialogues, in the amount of clichés and situations that, instead of making us laugh, make us wonder to what extent the screenwriter was a competent person. The cast does what they can with what they've been given, but they don't have the space or material to stand out anyway. Bubba Smith assumes an unquestionable protagonism, but he doesn't have a character or even material that makes him stand out more. Michael Winslow does what he can, but he doesn't stand out much either. Easterbrook and Ramsey are a shadow of what they were in other films. Matt McCoy is no joke and shouldn't be here. Villains can be more idiotic and childish than the Looney Tunes and George Gaynes, as respectable as he is, turned his character into an old man with no memory or sense of the ridiculous. Who is still standing out in some way is G.W. Bailey, but this happens mainly because of the ridiculous situations in which he ends up involved. Technically, there isn't much to say about this film. It seeks to maintain the characteristics and visual aspect of its predecessors, with standard cinematography, conventional editing and few notable effects, in addition to the shots and some interesting situations, such as the one in which Tackleberry writes with his machine gun. Everything else is simply more of the same and doesn't deserve a specific mention.
r96sk2025-03-26
★ 5/10
<em>'Police Academy 6: City Under Siege'</em> - the penultimate flick of this franchise (for now?) - is as forgettable as those that precede it, it probably is objectively the weakest entry of the lot though. There isn't much to mention about it, it's mostly all been seen already in the series. Any sparkle that I saw in the cast continues to dwindle, though that's admittedly due to newer members getting more air than the originals; at least that's how it felt. I wanted more of Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey and Leslie Easterbrook rather than Matt McCoy & Co. The plotline with the local mayor is alright but largely dull, especially with how obvious the supposed mystery is. That would be OK if the humour was witty, alas it is not. Winslow might not get enough screen time, but I would say his voices are more fun here than in any of the other sequels. Time to see if they ended on a high with <em>'Police Academy: Mission to Moscow'</em>...