Movie Reviews for The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season

The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season

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Movie Reviews of The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season

Movie Review: Better understadings of the ailing, dysfunctional and complicated American urban systems
Summary: 5 Stars

I stayed a little more than a year in Baltimore as a [foreign] postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital between the period of 1993-1994. Back then I just used to commute from the suburb to the campus without knowing what's happening in the inner city area as depicted in this TV show. Of course I heard about drug problems and prevalent drug-related violences as in every American urban region. When I first watched episodes of the 1st season of the Wire, I immediately realized how narrow-sided and superficial my view of the city has been. As the series went on, I became to feel that America still has hope and promises, judging based on the fact that this kind of masterpiece TV seires could be produced to illuminate people in the real world. This drama also seemed to have succeeded in revealing the broadest spectrum of African-American characters. I wonder why not-so-many American viewers watched [initially] this epic, and I think hopefully as many people in the world as possible should watch this series to appreciate the reality of human society in general.

Movie Review: Sopranos fan? Buy the Wire NOW
Summary: 5 Stars

This season of the Wire is writing, acting and execution at its best. The cast is absolutely incredible. The inner city is revealed, every crevice, ever shadow is wide open to the viewer. This really demonstrates the lives on inner city children, their day-to-day, how inner city kids are used by the school systems and then discarded, it also brings to light that these kids aren't any different. They are still kids, but what they are having to deal with on a daily basis would change any one of us. This series of episodes is riveting television. What was most interesting to me was also the politics of the police department and the school system. It is absolutely corrupt, at a level that I would never have suspected. This series stands with the Sopranos on every level. If you haven't seen the Wire, buy this volume and begin your journey. Each season is a complete story line, so you can begin anywhere. Believe me when I tell you after seeing this season, you will want to own them all.

Movie Review: Great season of a great show.
Summary: 5 Stars

If you're reading this, the chances are that you have already seen seasons 1-3 of The Wire.
This, after all of the seasons, is still my favorite.
After the subplots of the docks in season 2, the politics in season 3, this switches focus to the inner city schools. It's an incredible season.

Movie Review: Great show. DVD extras?
Summary: 5 Stars

I have become a big fan of The Wire, but the extras on the DVD are lacking. Ths disc 3 commentary for Episode 10 is terrible. It's the kids (Jermaine Crawford [Dukie], Maestro Harrell [Randy], Tristan Wilds [Michael] Juito McCullum [Namond]) with Robert Chew [Prop Joe]. Now, first, they're just kids so they deserve some slack, but holy cow, couldn't the people putting this thing together do a better job of orchestrating how the commentary is presented? Clearly, these kids are given no direction as to how to comment. Poor Robert Chew seems there for na reason at all as he has little to no opportunity to insert any useful commentary amid the adolescent banter of the other 4, although he does make the big mistake of providing a spoiler, which really pissed me off. This is Episode 10 dammit. It's the third disc of the season; don't give away plot developments from later episodes. Comment on the episode at hand. For the most part, the 4 kids act as though they are at their high school lunch table. The conversation is meaningless and self-interested. Not their fault, but shouldn't be on the disc nevertheless. Poor job here. The show is tremendous and deserves better extras for the DVD edition.