Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | |
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Directed by | Alan Metter |
Written by | Randolph Davis Michele S. Chodos |
Based on | Characters by |
Produced by | Paul Maslansky |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ian Jones |
Edited by | Dennis Hill Suzanne Hines |
Music by | Robert Folk |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Russian |
Budget | $10 million[1] |
Box office | $126,247 (domestic)[2] |
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow is a 1994 American
Plot
Russian mafia boss Konstantine Konali (Ron Perlman) is laundering money under the guise of a legitimate business: a highly addictive video game that allows him to bring down almost any security system controlled by a computer on which the game has been played, with a string of major robberies as the result.
Desperate to apprehend Konali, Russian Commandant Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov (Christopher Lee) sends for help from America. Rakov decides to bring in someone he met at a police convention, Commandant Eric Lassard (George Gaynes).
Lassard briefs his team about the mission in Russia, then they head to Moscow. Along with Lassard in Moscow are Sergeant Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), Sergeant Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), Captain Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook), Cadet Kyle Connors (Charlie Schlatter), and Captain Thaddeus Harris (G. W. Bailey).
As they plan to capture Konali, he has devised a new scheme: to create an even more addictive version of the game, which can bring down any computer security system in the world, including the systems that protect the databases which belong to world powers.
Cast
Officers on the Mission to Moscow
- Michael Winslow as Sergeant Larvell Jones
- David Graf as Sergeant Eugene Tackleberry
- Leslie Easterbrook as Captain Debbie Callahan
- George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard
- G. W. Bailey as Captain Thaddeus Harris
- Charlie Schlatter as Cadet Kyle Connors
The Russians
- Christopher Lee as Commandant Aleksandr Nikolaevich Rakov
- Ron Perlman as Konstantin Konali
- Claire Forlani as Katrina Sergeeva
- Gregg Berger as Lieutenant Yuri Talinsky
- Alexander Skorokhod as President of Russia Boris Yeltsin
- Vladimir Dolinsky as Bellboy
- Maria Vinogradova as Old Woman With A Bag In Gorky Park
- Nikolai Pastukhov as Head of The Family
- Allyn Ann McLerie as Irina Petrovskaya
- Lonnie Burr as Gay Moscovite
Others
- Richard Israel as Adam Sharp
- Pamela Guest as Lindsay
- Stuart Nisbet as Ed
- David St. James as News Director
Production
The shooting of the film took place in Russia in the fall of 1993.
Reception
Box office
Mission to Moscow did not see a wide release. Unlike all the other Police Academy films, Warner Bros. only released the picture in a token, limited run, grossing a scant $126,247 in the U.S., making it the least successful movie in the series.[5][2]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 0% based on reviews from 7 critics.[6] On Metacritic the film has a score of 11% based on reviews from 4 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[7] According to film historian Leonard Maltin, "If the United States and Soviet Union were still at odds, this film would make a great weapon...it could bore people to death."[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
- ^ a b "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)". Box Office Mojo.
- The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the originalon 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ "Underneath the Mission" (2004), a featurette included on the 2004 DVD release of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, Warner Bros. Home Video
- ^ Variety Staff (1993-12-31). "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow". Variety. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ^ "Police Academy 7". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Police Academy 7". Metacritic.