The Wire - The Complete Second Season
by Ernest Dickerson
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Actor: Amy Ryan, Chris Bauer, Dominic West, Idris Elba, Paul Ben-VictorDirector: Ernest Dickerson
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Greek (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 720 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: HBO Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Wire - The Complete Second Season
Movie Review: Not to be missed!
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who loves excellent Television, exquisite Writing, amazing Acting, and profound Social Commentary
owes it to themselves to watch each and every episode of " The Wire "... This is far and away the best TV show I've ever seen, and it's absolutely worth owning on DVD... the commentaries are brilliant, and you will want to watch every episode over and over again...
Summary of The Wire - The Complete Second Season
(HBO Dramatic Series) The most unvarnished uncompromising and realistic police drama ever returns for another hard hitting season. McNolty has been demoted to harbor patrol Daniels is in the police archive dungeon Prez is chafing in the suburbs and Gregs is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile on the docks of the Baltimore harbor the rank and file scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice a new case begins...Running Time: 720 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359235825 Manufacturer No: 92358It hardly seems possible, but The Wire's second season is even better than the first. The "visual novel" concept of this masterful HBO series is taken even further in a rich, labyrinthine plot revolving around the longshoremen of Baltimore's struggling cargo docks, where corruption, smuggling, and murder draw the attention of detective McNulty (Dominic West). What follows is a series of events which at first seem unrelated (including 13 bodies found in a cargo container), and then the ongoing effort to topple the drug empire of "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba) and the imprisoned Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), whose business is suffering from short supply, high demand, and disruption of distribution. The dutiful diligence of a Marine Police Patrol Officer and the moral outrage of the longshoremen's union leader are also factored into the suspicious goings-on at the loading docks, and what unfolds in these 12 episodes is an American crime epic easily on par with the Godfather saga. Yes, it's that good.
Detailed synopsis is pointless; The Wire must be seen, heard, and absorbed to fully appreciate the way in which over 40 characters are flawlessly incorporated into a sprawling but tightly disciplined plot that deals, in the larger sense, with the deindustrialization of America and the struggle of longshoremen in a changing economical climate. Offering a privileged and occasionally frightening glimpse of the inner workings of shipping ports and cargo transports, The Wire is also a detailed expos? of organized crime and blue-collar corruption, and an authentic, well-informed study of political maneuvering among police and city officials. There's not a single false note to be found in the cast, direction, or writing of this phenomenal series, hailed by many critics as "the best show on television." With all due respect to HBO's other excellent series, The Wire tops them all. --Jeff Shannon
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