5.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Mahoney and friends have graduated from the Police Academy and are issued with their first assignments. As before, their cheerfulness and devotion to duty outweighs any shortcomings, but are even they ready to do battle with a band graffiti daubing terrorists?
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce MahlerComedy | 100% |
Crime | 68% |
Action | 64% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
German: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Portuguese: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono (Spain)
English SDH, French, German SDH, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Jerry Paris' "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" (1985) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment UK. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film as well as an archival featurette with cast and crew interviews. In English, with optional English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German SDH, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
"I've got a problem here. I need to get my hands on some healthy young men."
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Jerry Paris' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
The master that was used to produce this release was probably prepared at the same time when the master for the first Police Academy film was finalized. There are very similar limitations on display. Generally speaking, delineation and clarity gravitate between decent and good, and pretty much the same amount of light black crush can be seen popping up in various places. On this release, however, some of the daylight footage occasionally makes it easier to realize that depth is not optimal (see screencaptures #8 and 9). On the other hand, once again you should not be concerned about any dramatic fluctuations and inconsistencies. The entire release could have been encoded better to help with density and fluidity, but on the positive side there are no traces of troubling digital tinkering. Color balance is good, but a new master will offer and expanded range of nuances. Image stability is very good. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release: Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location. For the record, there is no problematic PAL or 1080/50i content preceding the disc's main menu).
There are five standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 (48kHz, 24-bit), German: Dolby Digital 1.0, French: Dolby Digital 1.0, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 1.0, and Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0 (Spain). Optional English SDH, French, German SDH, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The audio is clean, well-rounded, and nicely balanced. I am fairly certain that it was fully remastered and even if in the future a new 4K master is prepared more than likely there won't be any meaningful improvements. There are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in our review.
NOTE: All of the supplemental features on this Blu-ray release are perfectly playable on North American Blu-ray players, including the PS3.
If you enjoyed Hugh Wilson's original Police Academy film, I'd say that there is a pretty good chance that you will find something to like in Jerry Parris' sequel. I think that it is mostly fine, but even when I feel nostalgic I find the overreactions of the guys that play the gangsters pretty annoying. This release is currently available only in this Region-Free seven-disc box set with the rest of the Police Academy films. RECOMMENDED.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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