10 Belated Film Sequels Hollywood Should Never Make
6. Police Academy 8
The Original:
Police Academy (1984). Steve Guttenberg stars as Carey Mahoney, a guy who enrols for police training to avoid jail time and finds himself surrounded with an unlikely collection of fellow trainees.
Carey wants to get himself kicked out but the Chief of Police has other ideas, wanting the training to be so hard that the new recruits will quit. The hilarity of the ensuing consequences is debatable. Six sequels were made though Guttenberg only returned for three.
The Sequel:
Steve Guttenberg returns only this time he’s the grizzled trainer putting a new crop of police recruits through their paces.
Original director Hugh Wilson is also back and insists in every interview that he only returned on the understanding that the studio cast the very finest of today’s young comedy talent. However, it’s clear from the cast list that they basically put in anyone who was available...