Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2010] [2015] [Region Free]

Superb series ! On par with the Soprano'sTrue factual series though in comparison with the wonderful Soprano's.Every character very strong true storylines brilliantly acted out at the highest level by the fantastic cast.The likes of Al Capone & Lucky Luciano seen at the beginning as teenagers growing up through the series until becoming top mob family bosses.10/10

Excellent

I'm not going to review the show as there's already plenty of people who have seen it in its entirety and can better describe it. Suffice to say it's HBO so there's blood, F-bombs, and a fair amount of nudity to be had. There's also gorgeous sets and costumes and a wonderful sense of time and place as well as a great central performance by Steve Buscemi (Is it 'boo-see-me' or 'bu-chem-ee'? I'm never sure.) as city-treasurer-come-gangster "Nucky" Thompson (a fictionalized version of real-life figure, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson).This complete collection of Boardwalk Empire features all five seasons over 23 discs along with a bonus disc containing a 6 documentary features on the creation of the show and its settings.There seem to be at least two versions of the packaging, one featuring standard blue plastic cases for the seasons, and one just using cardboard booklets, which save a bit of space (and presumably manufacturing cost) at the expense of keeping your discs a little less safe. I received the cardboard version, which does still feature some nice artwork of the various characters (see included photo) as well as the season numbers on the back. Since the discs are only secured in by gravity, you should be careful opening the booklets for the first time if you receive this version as they can easily fall out during transit (thankfully a Blu Ray disc's hard coat makes it harder to scratch than DVDs are, so your only worry is having to reorganise them).The picture quality of the show is top notch thanks to HBO's production values, with minimal noise and plenty of fine detail on faces and costumes (though the show is 8 years old and was shot on 35mm film, so don't expect the ultra sharp cleanness of some modern digitally shot productions). Audio also sounds great, though I cannot comment on the 5.1 Dolby DTS mix. Some of the broadcast versions here in the UK (looking at you NowTV) do seem to have something odd going on that can make character's voices sound somewhat off as though they'd been pitched up very slightly, this might have to do with the conversion from America's 60hz to Europe's 50hz, but whatever the case that thankfully isn't present on the Blu Ray release.In addition to the bonus disc, each season features a number of episodes with audio commentaries with the cast and few, and every episode features an 'enhanced viewing' mode which introduces a timeline of events including factoids about the music, real-life setting, as well as picture-in-picture interviews with cast and crew - with the option to press a button to view more information for some of them as well as the ability to easily skip between events on the timeline. This Enhanced Viewing is a great feature that was in no way necessary with select episodes already featuring audio commentary and there already being a disc of making-of footage, but I was really glad to see it included and is definitely worth checking out if you enjoy behind the scene's content or want to know more about the real-life inspirations and references in the show.Overall I'm very happy with this collection, some of HBO's other releases got the short end of the stick in the UK (Deadwood's UK release omitted all the special features, and had some audio issues, particularly with earlier runs) but here you get a huge amount of additional content on top of five seasons of wonderful television presented in stellar quality. This easily stands alongside The Wire and The Sopranos's excellent Blu Ray box sets.

Love this series when so on TV, so decided to buy on dvd so I can watch anytime

The video quality is amazing the disk inside looks cool the only problem is that the box has a little damage otherwise amazing show having a subtitles it's a must have for a Blu ray collection

Rarely does a series come along that is flawless in every respect but with Boardwalk Empire you get as close as is humanly possible to televisual perfection but not surprising when you have the Writer / Director of The Sopranos Tim Van Patten involved along with HBOEverything about this series just screams!! QUALITY!! from the storyline to the script,costumes,acting,etc and they have captured the feel and look of America in the 1920s/30s so well in every respect that this series can only be described as an absolute MASTERPIECE!! with production values so high that they put some Hollywood blockbuster movies to shameAs for the quality of the Blu ray in terms of sound and picture once again the quality is EXCEPTIONAL!!!! and the Menu Layout is superbly crafted and a treat to navigateEven if you are not a big fan of the whole Gangster era this series is so good that it is nothing short of criminal if it does not have a place on everyones Blu ray or DVD shelfIf you truly appreciate great quality television viewing it does not come any better than Boardwalk Empire and on my shelf it takes pride of place alongside the other best TV Series' shows ever made such as Breaking Bad - 24 - The Sopranos - Game Of Thrones - The X FilesMasterpiece of a series

Good series well acted

Unfortunately I had to return the first box set I bought because of a faulty disc, but it was replaced quickly. Despite that hitch I'm so glad I got the this box set. In my view Broadwalk Empire is a masterpiece and something I shall watch again, and probably again.

HBO original show- loosely based on history

J'adore ce dvd très bon film style mafia.

It‘s just wonderful!

Idéal pour perfectionner son anglais : il n'y a pas de sous-titre en français. Sinon excellente série de gangsters avec des acteurs fantastiques, des décors, des costumes et une ambiance superbes !

変なショップで買ったことだけが悔やまれますが、作品そのものは非常に良いです。英語の字幕が消えるのが早いという不満はありますが＾＾