TheRetroCritic

The Police Academy trilogy being the resounding success that it was, there really was no reason for studios to stop making them. And stop they didn't so Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol was released in 1987 and pretty much all the main cast returned. Critics may not have been huge fans of Police Academy 3: Back In Training but this sequel was when they started truly getting tired of the franchise as it didn't perform as well at the box-office and it even scored a Razzie nomination. The plot is pretty much exactly the same as in the third movie so right there it's obvious the writers got lazy and a lot of the predictable jokes reflect that. Bobcat Goldthwait is back as the unintelligible Zed and good old G. W. Bailey shows up again for the first time since the original movie as Captain Harris. David Spade and Sharon Stone both get small roles that, frankly, could have easily been cut out of the film entirely. Apart from the fact it's almost completely a retre

Here's the video version of my The Do-Over review.

Following The Ridiculous Six , Adam Sandler delivers his latest Netflix-produced creation The Do-Over , a buddy comedy in which Sandler gives David Spade's loser the chance to build a whole new life for himself. It's a much smaller film in scale than the aforementioned Western and it's all the better for it as it allows more focus on the characters and the story rather than endless silly jokes and too many side characters. Which is not to say The Do-Over doesn't have silly jokes but it doesn't feel the need to hit you over the head with them too often. The core premise is pretty clever as Max, Sandler's character, reconnects with Charlie (Spade), an old friend from high school, before the former takes it upon himself to fake their deaths in the hope of freeing each other from the burdens of their current lives. It turns out that Charlie isn't too keen on reinventing himself just yet plus it turns out that Max isn't the FBI agent he was claiming to b

After co-starring in Tommy Boy , Chris Farley and David Spade reunited for Black Sheep , which sees the former play the bumbling brother of a politician running for Governor in the state of Washington. Very much in the same vein as Tommy Boy, the film is essentially just another vehicle for Chris Farley to crash into things and, as a fan of the late comedian's rambunctious slapstick style, that's always suited me just fine. Following a blunder involving crashing a van into a cinema marquee during one of his politician brother's speeches, Mike (Farley) is put under the watch of Steve (Spade) during the campaign. When the opposition decides to frame Mike into destroying his brother's reputation, he and Steve flee to the countryside to lay low. Of course, even out of the way they manage to not only destroy an entire cabin but battle with a bat, roll down cliffs, get sprayed with fire extinguishers and fight against Gary Busey's ex-military kook. The film then mo