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Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol | 
| Director: Jim Drake
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.97
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 38778
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Genre: 0
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: D31845D
ISBN: 0790789795
UPC: 085393184520
EAN: 9780790789798
ASIN: B000190762
Theatrical Release Date: April 3, 1987
Release Date: April 6, 2004
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Product Description
A new batch of civilian volunteers joins the new Citizens on Patrol program but Captain Harris is determined to see it fail. The "boys in blue" are back for the fourth installment in the immensely popular "Police Academy" series which has collectively earned over $238000000. This time our favorite crimebusters face yet another major challenge when they attempt to train a group of oddball civilians to help control community crime which leads to both disastrous and hilarious results.Running Time: 87 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085393184520
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Old school skateboarders rejoice! May 22, 2009
K. Burress
Ok....so most low budget - low brow comedies are not that great by the 4th installment. Police Academy is no different. You do get some funny stuff here though. Bobcat Goldthwait reading poetry "Gene, Gene made a machine...", Sgt. Jones's kooky sound effects, the shenanigans of Lt. Proctor and Capt. Harris and the awful hilarity of Sharon Stone trying to act. But the jewel of this film (for this reviewer) is really the guest appearance by the Powell Peralta Bones Brigade. David Spade and Brian Backer play Kyle and Ernie, two 'skateboard punks' who spend their nights shredding up the streets. There's a great scene at the beginning of the film featuring the Bones Brigade in action for a glorious 4 minutes. Tony Hawk is doing the skating for Spade and Lance Mountain for Backer. Tommy Guerrero, Steve Caballero and Mike McGill are also featured. Great footage from a time where skate footy was a new thing and hard to come by.
Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patol November 28, 2008
Marilyn J. Root (Lewiston, ID USA)
Police Academy 4 was an okay movie with some humorous episodes. Like most sequals, it isn't nearly as entertaining as the first two. I have seen them all and each one is slightly less entertaining than the previous one.
 The last in a great tradition. June 7, 2008
Sweden Is God
I am sad to see so many of the reviewers here are not even giving this movie or the other's in the series a fair chance. I'm not saying only fans should be allowed to review this series or anythign to that degree, but if you didn't watch the films in chronological order, then its sort of rough comparing them against one another. I grew up with these movie's when I was very young and I have nothing but fond memories of PA 1-4. PA 1 is and always will be the best in the series for its freshness. It is only natural that the same jokes over and over will wear you down as a series drags on *big nod towards the Austen Powers series* but does that make it a HORRIBLE movie? Cmon...
...Citizens on Patrol marked the last in the series for Guttenberg and, rightfully so, the last that really was a good attempt at trying to match the level of humor in the original. Bobcat actually added a lot to this one in particular, "LOOK OUT FOR THE PLANE!!! Oh the humanity..." <---always has me rolling on the floor during the port-o-potty scene. I can honestly say I dislike 5-7 in the series very much, possibly 7 being the only legitimate contender of the three, which isn't saying much.
Bottom line: If you enjoyed PA 1, 2, or 3, you will enjoy 4, but do NOT, I repeat DO NOT go anywhere near 5, and view 6 and 7 only if you really desire to do so.
Working And Training, Training And Working April 22, 2008
Stanley Runk (Camp North Pines)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was pretty obvious at Police Academy 3 that the series really had nowhere to go. Part 4 slams that point home rather well. There is absolutely nothing original here. Lassard has a new Citizens On Patrol program which allows normal citizens to do police work. Basically it's like being trained as a police officer but without a gun. It seems like a silly idea to me, and really isn't much different from the open door policy of the first film. However, the writers needed some excuse to get folks back at the academy for more of the same training sequences, pranks and gags. Harris returns, and is determined to see the program fail in fear that it will put policemen out of a job. He also now has Proctor as his right hand man. The usual assortment of gags are played on Harris at every turn-armpit deodorant swapped with Mace, super glue on megaphone mouthpiece, etc. The highlight though is Harris and Proctor being tricked into going to the Blue Oyster Bar under the impression it's a restaurant with the best salad bar in town. Sadly this is the last we ever see of the Blue Oyster Bar in the series.
The original crew is still here, and returning are Sweetchuck and Zed who get quite a bit more screen time. Fackler's absent, but that's okay coz I never liked Fackler-he never seemed like a team player to me, plus he wasn't funny. Nagato shows up in the final minutes of the film, and Kirkland and her family have a cameo appearance. Copeland also has a few scenes early on. I'd have to say that this movie crams the most Police Academy characters into it. Newbies include an old lady who has the same passion for firearms as Tackleberry, a love interest for Zed, two skateboarding kids, one of them played by David Spade(and yes, he was still the same irritating weasely jerk back then), and a huge(in width, not height) friend of Hightower's named House. Sharon Stone has a small and pointless role as Mahoney's new love interest. Speaking of which, this is Mahoney's last film.
Yup, it's all the same ol, same ol. Like the other films, in the final 20 minutes our gang has to deal with a real crime resulting in a chase sequence(in planes and hot air balloons ). This time it's a jailbreak caused mostly by Proctor's stupidity(how did this ever ever become a cop?). Strangely, Hightower and Hooks seem to just disappear from the film about half way through.
Though it's very by-the-numbers and seems to be trying too hard for laughs(Really, how many times does Michael Winslow feel he has to do that Kung Fu gag of his?), I actually like this one the most next to the first film. I do actually find a lot of stuff here funny. Maybe it's because this one was shown on HBO a lot, and I more or less grew up with it, so it holds a kind of sentimental value with me, hence the four star rating. In reality it's probably a two and a half or three star movie. Either way, if you choose to watch it, I'm quite sure you know what you're getting into. Catchy theme song too!!
Best In The Series... February 19, 2008
Pamela Walters (Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada)
This really was the best movie of the series, next to Police Academy 2:Citizens On Patrol. I think the transfer to dvd was pretty good on all of these movies, the only complaint I have is that 4 and 5 are Full Screen. Why couldn't they release it in Widescreen along with the rest of em?
Oh well. I give it a 4 out of 5. If it was in Widescreen I would give it a 5. I definitely recommend this if you love the comedies of the 80s.
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