The heroine of this film is Elizabeth De Witt (played by Rebecca de Mornay), former Marine that decides to become an FBI Agent. Before being enrolled in FBI Academy she is told that only a fraction of the class would actually finish the course, graduate and become an agent. Her own prospects seem discouraging, since she lacks school credentials and skills necessary to wrestle with high academic demands. Janis Zuckerman (played by Mary Gross), her nerdish roommate, has quite another problem - she could eat toughest academic courses for breakfast, but her physical skills and fitness seem way bellow high FBI standards. After a while both women decide to compensate each other's flaws with tutoring.

Probably some time during production Goldberg and his screenplay co- writer Len Bloom realised that their gags simply aren't funny and that this rather weak copy of POLICE ACADEMY couldn't work. So, they added some usual story ingredients - action in the form of bank robbery subplot, and some romance for our heroine, although failed one in the form of hunkish would-be agent Brent Shepard, played by Ken Marshall. Even with that, this film remain unattractive and its short length shows the lack of creative juices among its makers. Luckily, charm and tragically underused comedic talent of Rebecca de Mornay save this film from turning into total disaster. Unlike Mary Gross, who has the same facial expression for the most of the film, she gives some realism and humanity for her character.

Another thing that gives some purpose to this film is its educational value. Those who are able to swallow Bloom's and Goldberg's weak attempts on humour could get some interesting insight into the inner workings of world's most famous law enforcement organisation (after LAPD, of course). The training course is presented seriously and realistically with future Senator Fred Dalton Thompson playing quite believable chief instructor and giving lessons usually not applied by most of the on-screen lawmen. FBI, just as any other police organisation in the world, relies on its brains more than its guns, and this film reflects that - good psychological skills, intelligence and mastery of complicated legal procedures are actually more valuable than simple gunplay. This message of FEDS is more important than cliched and unsuccessful attempts to preach feminism.