Movie Reviews for The Wire - The Complete Third Season

The Wire - The Complete Third Season

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Movie Reviews of The Wire - The Complete Third Season

Movie Review: Honesty, one of HBO's highlights
Summary: 5 Stars

I appreciate the honesty of this show. It really demonstrates that many parts of our country are broken, however, even within the hardest and darkest parts, there is humanity. It's a show with so much to offer and so much to teach us, if we are willing. Definately one of HBO's highlights. An incredible show, if you like police/political/inner city shows with a great balance or drama, action and realism, you will love this show.

Movie Review: A must see!!
Summary: 5 Stars

The Wire is hands down the best cable TV drama ever created. If you haven't watched season three it is a must have for any fan of The Wire.

Movie Review: The Wire- season 3
Summary: 5 Stars

I received this item on the exact day promised. It perfect condition. Couldn't be more satisfied, especially since it is a Christmas gift. Will shop again.

Movie Review: The best police-crime drama ever keeps getting better
Summary: 5 Stars

After a stellar second season that saw Baltimore's top investigations unit spending time down on Baltimore's byzantine, corrupt docks, the third season returns to the drug scene in the city's slums. This show continues to set new standards for writing and capturing the infuriating insanity that defines the American war on drugs.

While the major players of "The Wire" are back for a third season, and they all get their fair share of screen time, Season Three is dominated by a new character, Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin (Robert Wisdom). Word has come down from the Mayor's office that Baltimore's crime stats need to drop - fast. Major Colvin is close to retirement at his full Major's pension after 30 years on the force, and he is sick of the hypocrisy and the wasted effort that causes the war on drugs to go nowhere.

And so he proposes something drastic to restore sanity to Baltimore's streets. He creates three "free zones," called Amsterdam, where drugs can be bought, sold, and used without police enforcement. These zones are located in virtually empty blocks - Colvin's thought is that if all the drug trade is there and there is no worry of police, then the dealers and the users will leave the rest of the city alone, and the violent turf wars will stop.

It's no secret that Colvin's efforts will ultimately fail - "The Wire" is too smart a show to allow for a simple effort to solve all problems. But what makes this season so compelling is that we get to see the good and the bad of Colvin's idea . . . as well as the train wreck it becomes when the story goes public.

This season of "The Wire" focuses as much on Baltimore's corrupt politics as it does on the streets. Look for plenty of riveting scenes and lots of "inside baseball" as politicos jockey for headlines while protecting their behinds.

But also look for lots of development of the long-time cast of "The Wire" as relationships grow and deepen. Also look for shocking developments with the Barksdale crew, including what happens when McNulty investigates D'Angelo Barksdale's "suicide." Audience favorites Omar, Bubbles, and Brother Mouzone also feature prominently, as does a newcomer, Dennis "Cutty" Wise, a former "soldier" who gets released from prison.

There has never been a better-acted or better-written show on TV. Given what HBO has done recently, with "The Sopranos," "Rome," and "Deadwood," that's saying a lot.