Vice Academy
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Vice Academy was a series of six feature films, which aired on the USA Network throughout the 1990s. It was created by director Rick Sloane
of Hobgoblins fame and starred a sexy cast of females, including former porn star Ginger Lynn
, scream queen Linnea Quigley
, Elizabeth Kaitan
and Julia Parton
.
The first Vice Academy film has the distinction of winning USA Networks' B-Movie Awards for Best Picture and being their highest rated late night film when it first aired on cable television.
The films were intended as a sexy spoof-on-a-spoof of Charlie's Angels
and the popular Police Academy
movie series. The first film follows the three main girls as they train at the academy, the latter films would follow them on each of their assigned missions.
Vice Academy (1988) has the girls infiltrating a porn operation and a prostitution ring. The villain was Queen Bee, who sported a massive beehive hairdo.
Vice Academy 2 (1990) has the girls battling Spanish Fly, who planned on spiking the city's water supply with a powerful aphrodisiac. Linnea Quigley's character Didi gets a promotion and leaves the film series.
Vice Academy 3 (1991) has an environmental theme as the girls try and capture Malathion, who is intent on crashing an Earth Day Celebration and robbing everyone. Ginger Lynn's character Holly is in prison in this film, shortly after the production ended, she went to jail in real life for tax evasion. It would also be her last film in the series. Elizabeth Kaitan joins the cast as Didi's younger sister, Candy.
Vice Academy 4 (1994) features Malathion escaping prison with a mission to destroy the wedding of the Police Commissioner and Miss Devonshire, who had sent her to prison in the previous film.
Vice Academy 5 (1996) has a computer game character, the Virtual Reality Hooker, escape from the computer and wreak havoc in real life. Raelyn Saalman joins the cast as Holly's younger sister, Traci.
Vice Academy 6 (1997) concludes the series with a group of bikini bank robbers who steal all of the academy's money as it is being deposited in the local bank.
Critic Nathan Shumate commented, "Knowingly insipid to the point of being grotesque... It's a bad, bad, stupid movie, but somehow it fails to grossly offend, mainly because it doesn't try that hard."
The DVD releases have bonus material such as The Making of Vice Academy, trailers, interviews with the director and stars, plus a director's commentary.
Rick Sloane
Rick Sloane is an American cult film maker. He is credited as writer, director, producer , editor and cinematographer of much of his own work...
of Hobgoblins fame and starred a sexy cast of females, including former porn star Ginger Lynn
Ginger Lynn
Ginger Lynn is an American pornographic actress, prominent in 1980s videos. She also had occasional roles in low-budget B-movies. AVN has ranked her at #7 in a list of the 50 greatest porn stars of all time...
, scream queen Linnea Quigley
Linnea Quigley
Linnea Barbara Quigley is an American scream queen, B movie actress, and film producer.-Early life:Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy and W. Heath Quigley, a chiropractor and psychologist. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue her dreams of acting...
, Elizabeth Kaitan
Elizabeth Kaitan
-Career:Elizabeth Kaitan was a model for the Bonnie Kay Agency in New York City in the early 1980s. Kaitan is perhaps best known for her roles in movies such as Savage Dawn , Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 as Jennifer, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Robin, and in Vice Academy Parts...
and Julia Parton
Julia Parton
Julia Parton is an American bondage model, B-movie actress, television sitcom bit player, and pornographic actress, who promoted herself as Dolly Parton's cousin.-Career:...
.
The first Vice Academy film has the distinction of winning USA Networks' B-Movie Awards for Best Picture and being their highest rated late night film when it first aired on cable television.
The films were intended as a sexy spoof-on-a-spoof of Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
and the popular Police Academy
Police Academy
Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy...
movie series. The first film follows the three main girls as they train at the academy, the latter films would follow them on each of their assigned missions.
Vice Academy (1988) has the girls infiltrating a porn operation and a prostitution ring. The villain was Queen Bee, who sported a massive beehive hairdo.
Vice Academy 2 (1990) has the girls battling Spanish Fly, who planned on spiking the city's water supply with a powerful aphrodisiac. Linnea Quigley's character Didi gets a promotion and leaves the film series.
Vice Academy 3 (1991) has an environmental theme as the girls try and capture Malathion, who is intent on crashing an Earth Day Celebration and robbing everyone. Ginger Lynn's character Holly is in prison in this film, shortly after the production ended, she went to jail in real life for tax evasion. It would also be her last film in the series. Elizabeth Kaitan joins the cast as Didi's younger sister, Candy.
Vice Academy 4 (1994) features Malathion escaping prison with a mission to destroy the wedding of the Police Commissioner and Miss Devonshire, who had sent her to prison in the previous film.
Vice Academy 5 (1996) has a computer game character, the Virtual Reality Hooker, escape from the computer and wreak havoc in real life. Raelyn Saalman joins the cast as Holly's younger sister, Traci.
Vice Academy 6 (1997) concludes the series with a group of bikini bank robbers who steal all of the academy's money as it is being deposited in the local bank.
Critical reception
Critics were harsh on the films: Sandra Brennan of Allmovie said, "This tale wavers on the fine line between erotic comedy and soft-core porn with a definite leaning toward the latter."Critic Nathan Shumate commented, "Knowingly insipid to the point of being grotesque... It's a bad, bad, stupid movie, but somehow it fails to grossly offend, mainly because it doesn't try that hard."
Releases
The films were originally released on video by Prism Entertainment, then on individual DVD's by Madacy Entertainment and later in two box sets by Brentwood Communications.The DVD releases have bonus material such as The Making of Vice Academy, trailers, interviews with the director and stars, plus a director's commentary.