Police Academy 1-7: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

As a child growing up in the 80's, it was impossible to not have seen at least one of the Police Academy films. The first released in 1984 was a surprise comedy hit and along with other films such as "Porky's", "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Bachelor Party" helped symbolize R rated comedy in the early to mid 80's. "Police Academy" was a huge success so sequels were released each subsequent year with the first sequel instead being rated PG-13 and the rest PG as they were made with less raunchy humor which was featured in the first film and instead were targeting families. The quality and box office also dropped off with each sequel before bottoming out with part 6 in 1989. A cartoon series also ran from 1988 to 1989 for 65 episodes. The film series would lie dormant for a few years before returning with the beyond awful seventh entry in 1994 which is rightfully regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. (There was also an equally bad live action television series which ran for a single 26 episode season in 1997-1998 but only the films are included with this blu-ray set.) Warner Brothers saw fit back in 2013 to compile all 7 Police Academy films in a region free blu-ray box set which delivers exceptional value for fans. Each film gets its own disc and all extras from the previous DVD releases were carried over as well. Each film is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen even though the packaging states 1.85:1 so you gain just a tiny bit of picture information on the top and bottom of the frame. The discs utilize the AVC codec and are a significant improvement over the previous DVD releases. Detail is much improved and it appears that no digital scrubbing was done so each film retains a nice natural grain structure. The bit rates for the first two films hover around the upper teens and low to mid 20's for the most part but the 3rd through 7th entries feature more robust bit rates getting into the mid to upper 30's during busy sections which leads me to believe that parts 3 through 7 feature more recent scans. Audio for the first 6 films is presented in lossless 1 channel mono for the default English track and 2 channel lossless stereo for part 7. There are also lossy audio options for French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese dubbed tracks for importers. Subtitles are also included for each audio option too and then some. While the Police Academy film series is by no means high art, the first film is definitely an 80's comedy classic while the 2nd and 3rd entries have their moments. After that watch at your own discretion. But considering you can get this box set for only 20 dollars from most sellers, it is nice that all 7 films were included. While the inclusion of the animated and live action television series would have made this set truly definitive, it still contains tremendous value for fans of 80's comedy and the series in general.

Great movies, they weren't available anywhere in the stores where I live. All the Blu-rays look great, no defects, and the languages ​​and subtitles are excellent. A collection I've been wanting. Movies that will make you laugh for a good while.

If you're a fan of the police academy franchise this set is everything you could ever want. The positives: * This set is region free ( what that means is it will work on any Blu-ray player including North American ones even though it's not an American Blu-ray set) * Every movie has its own disc. * The picture and sound quality is nice, these movies have never looked better. * Every film has several special features included The negatives: Police Academy 7 is still terrible. ( no amount of special features or high definition will ever fix that) In conclusion: If you're a fan of the police academy franchise there's nothing not to love about this set, it's baffling that we never got this set in the states but thankfully it will work on any Blu-ray player. Highly recommended to all Police Academy fans.

I purchased this as a gift for my father [now a retired policeman]. I was a bit skeptical with this version of the collection considering the region where it's from and I've never till this purchased attempted to use a different region disc on our blu ray player. Fortunately as with most [if not all] blu ray players are region free so these discs worked fine on the player, no problems at all. In regards to the quality of the films, it retains the original vintage look of the films but with the better clarity and that I do like to see on these old films [staying as close to the original as possible]. This collection brought back good memories from which I would watch this as a kid and I'm glad I made the purchase.

Ultra funny comedy.

I'm not going to comment on the movies themselves. Obviously, I'm a fan of the Police Academy franchise, if I bought this collection. Instead, I'll focus on this collection in general. I found the picture and sound quality of the movies to be good. I don't know if they've been digitally remastered, but they didn't feel like 40+ year old films. I have only two complaints, which kept me from rating this five stars. The first is that I would have preferred a little more in the way of special features. There were exactly one per movie, and, except for the first one, they were all quite short. There were no audio commentary tracks for any of the movies. I realize that movies this old, it's probably not as easy to put together special features, so I'm grateful that we got any at all. My only other complaint is that on the special features the volume is turned down WAY low. I had to turn my soundbar up to max volume to hear them, and even then they weren't very loud. They movies themselves, fortunately, had very good sound quality, but the special features not so much. That being said, I would still recommend this collection to Police Academy fans. Given the surprisingly low price I paid, the purchase was well worth it, even with that problem with the special features. If you like the Police Academy movies, do yourself a favor and get this collection. You'll be happy you did.

Its a classic comedy I grew up watching. Never get tired of watching it.

Hard find.. great deal

Kon het lang niet aanzien, maar na jaren toch de behoefte om weer eens uitgebreid te lachen om grappen die tegenwoordig Cheesy zijn.

Work in Australia. Good picture, sound and resolution. Some cool additional features as well.

Edição muito completa.

Qualità video e audio abbastanza buona tenendo in considerazione età e tipologia dei films. Confermo la presenza della lingua italiana per audio e menù. Giusto rapporto qualità prezzo per ciò che si ha in mano. Unico neo, le copertine, risultano molto minimal, ma alla fine sono dettagli di poco conto. Rivedendo alcune gag, mi viene in mente quando per televisione li mandavano in onda con tonnellate di pubblicità e io a registrare sulle VHS..... Altri tempi... Senza internet e piattaforme TV a pagamento..... Acquisto consigliato.

el precio de este pack es un autentico chollazo con letras mayusculas . ahora mismo esta a 18,89 € por la saga completa que son ni mas ni menos que 7 peliculas mui divertidas y con nostalgia . la imagen y sonido esta mui bien y como bien han comentado otros usuarios a los que agredezco la informacion es que incluye audios español castellano y subtitulos tambien en castellano en TODAS las peliculas de la saga loca academia de policia en blu-ray y encima region libre en los 7 blu rays , precio de regalo , extras ( aunque pocos pero si en todos los discos ) y muchas opciones de audio y subtitulos en la malloria de las peliculas . castellano ( CASTELLANO ES EN TODA LA SAGA ) ingles , portuges , español latino , aleman , etc .... etc ...... ademas aunque en las portadas no tenga las fotos de los carteles de cada pelicula si que estan en tamaño pequeño en las contraportadas de los 3 estuches de este pack donde esta la saga completa ( 7 peliculas ) ¡ que mas se puede pedir ! .......