Vice Academy

Director - Rick Sloane (Blood Theatre, Hobgoblins)

Starring - Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons, Return of the Living Dead), Ginger Lynn (Slashlorette Party, Killer Waves 2), and Karen Russell (Dick Tracy, Murder Weapon)

Release Date - 1989

Genre - Comedy/Crime

Tagline - "Where nice girls become vice girls"

Format - Bluray (Personal Collection)

Rating (out of 5):

     I grew up watching movies with Linnea Quigley.  Her most infamous films were my favorites.  Movies like Night of the Demons, Return of the Living Dead, and Silent Night Deadly Night.  She is the face of scream queens in my opinion and her career is full of amazing films and performances.  Adult film star Ginger Lynn exploded in the 80s.  She starred in several adult films before moving over to other genres, specifically horror.  Now a days most genre fans know her from Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects.  In the late 80's Quigley and Lynn teamed up with director Rick Sloane for a sleazy buddy cop comedy called Vice Academy.  I had never seen this film, or any in the series as a matter a fact, but I jumped on Vinegar Syndrome VSA release.  I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed these films.

    The film follows a group of students at a vice academy who are working on hitting their quota of arrests before graduating.  They get a tip on an illegal porn operation and infiltrate it.  However, because of them posed nude prior to the arrest it doesn't count toward their quotas.  Looking for a quick bust before their time runs out they soon find themselves face to face with Queen B, the leader of an organized crime ring, that has been evading police capture for some time.  Their quick thinking and some help from some friends they are able to capture her and her gang so they can graduate.  

     I had never heard of Vice Academy prior to Vin Syn's announcement but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that it was inspired by Police Academy.  Police Academy is one of the most iconic comedy series to come out of the 80s so I was pretty excited to see the director of The Visitors was tacking on a comedy inspired by it.  Honestly, it's nowhere near as the film series that inspired it but I had fun with it.  The acting in this one is extremely cheesy and the entire cast hams it up.  Quigley is her normal bubbly self.  She has a lot of energy and does a solid enough job.  Sadly, her character does not really stand out among some of the other characters and her performance does blend in at times.  Lynn as a brown nosing suck up wasn't as entertaining as I was expecting.  Lynn, adult films aside, has delivered some seriously impressive performances over the years but she is extremely underwhelming here.  The supporting cast is solid as well but no one is really standing out.  The story for this one rather repetitive and unoriginal.  It does have some funny moments and a little sleazy to carry you through.  It's not original but it is fun at times at least for a first time watch.  Finally, if you want blood and gore you will be very disappointed.  However, if beautiful women, handcuffs, and puns are your thing then you will be in heaven.  Overall, Vice Academy is a funny and sexy comedy that lacks originality but it's fun.  This is definitely worth a watch and the blu from Vin Syn looks amazing.  Check it out.