It's his toughest assignment so far! Kindergarten Cop is directed by Ivan Reitman and it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble, a tough police detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealing baddie Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) before Crisp can get to his ex-wife and son. However, having no teaching experience previouslly, Kimble finds the children a right handful. Not only that but he finds himself attracted to another teacher, Joyce (Penelope Ann Miller) to further complicate things. Sandwiched in between "Total Recall" and "Terminator 2:Judgement Day", is this light action comedy on Arnold Schwarzenegger's Curriculum Vitae. With a salary of $12 million in his pocket the big Austrian revels in playing comedy. Much as he did with "Twins" from 1988, Schwarzenegger is comfortable in making himself the butt of the jokes. With a crazy premise such as this one it was imperative that he got the feel of the comedy right, something that he achieves in spades. Schwarzenegger's play off with all the children is good fun cinema, even tender at times. For in amongst the froth the writers still slot in serious issues, issues that Schwarzenegger, in spite of his obvious lack of acting gravitas, grasps with two gigantic hands. There's no surprises in store within the plot, and I'm pretty sure for a film of this type nobody is seriously expecting any. Yet the good honest fun makes this one for all the family to enjoy. With good support from Miller & Reed, and of course the army of sprightly children, Schwarzenegger once again doesn't take himself seriously. Hollywood, like it or not, is all the better for it. 6.5/10

"Kindergarten Cop" comes close to confusing itself - and the audience along with it - about what sort of film it is actually striving to be. It is no different from watching a regular Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie in the beginning with the expected flourishes of appropriately dramatic music and even someone getting murdered during the opening couple of minutes and then Schwarzenegger's stereotypical character John Kimble is introduced as a Dirty Harry-type of clone repleat with an endless succession of pithy quips, a big gun, and more importantly an amazingly unorthodox approach to his job. However - and don't choke on your popcorn here - the film abruptly transforms itself completely with the notion of plunging Schwarzenegger into a John Hughes movie set in a chaotic classroom of screaming and generally unruly six year olds. This creates an unusual oasis - albeit an extraordinarily noisy one - to be found at the center of the usual fare a Schwarzenegger film has to offer and the resulting clash in thematics is nevertheless great fun and it isn't in the least bit damaging to this hugely entertaining film.