Rome - The Complete Second Season

Rome - The Complete Second Season
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Actor: James Purefoy, Kevin McKidd, Lindsay Duncan, Polly Walker, Ray Stevenson
Director: Various
Brand: ROME
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 600 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: HBO Home Video

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Movie Review: One of the best ever...
Summary: 5 Stars

HBO's series Rome is one of the finest i've ever watched. However, it contains graphic scenes of violence and sexuality, so it's not recommended for younger or sensitive viewers. Any realistic depiction of Roman life would have to include scenes of such a nature. As far as being realistic to the true conditions of the time period, I would say I know enough to think they got SOME of it right.

The scripting and acting is incredible. The costumes and sets were so costly and accurate that HBO decided not to do a third season. That was before they realized after the second season came out that they had a serious hit on their hands. But alas, the sets had already been demolished by then and it was too late. This is entertainment and not history, so be prepared to be entertained. I couldn't figure out where they got these actors from and why I had not heard of them before. A few of them have been popping up recently on TV and in movies. I cannot recall a series that left me so excited about seeing the next episode. They know how to end one, that is for sure. Put the kids to bed and enjoy.

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Summary of Rome - The Complete Second Season

The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. Meanwhile Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.

Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rome's end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle and invested in the human dramas of the historical figures and fictional characters. Season 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus "Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Season 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping subplot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them.

Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, "Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now." In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson

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