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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 2 [DVD] | ![The Wire: Complete HBO Season 2 [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-2M2XOuPL._SL160_.jpg) | Directors: Daniel Attias, Ed Bianchi, Elodie Keene, Ernest R. Dickerson, Rob Bailey Actors: Dominic West, John Doman, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Deirdre Lovejoy Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD
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Rating: 91 reviews
Format: PAL Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 5 Running Time: 780 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.7
UPC: 732190072559 EAN: 0732190072559
Release Date: October 10, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review Picking up after the dramatic events of its maiden season, the second series of The Wire achieves something really rather special: it even manages to outclass the first.For those fresh to the show, surely the best, most intelligent piece of scripted drama to emerge from America in the last decade, the actual premise is fairly simple. Across the thirteen episodes of its season, it charts one case, and the numerous influences upon it. So it devotes roughly equal time to those committing the crimes as it does to those chasing them. This time, the Baltimore Police Department have twin worries. There's the continuing, festering narrative of events from the season before, along with a new problem when a container of dead bodies turns up at the nearby docks. After initial battles over whose statistics the bodies will be attributed to, a fresh case begins for the embattled officers of the Major Crimes Unit. Yet season two is about much more than the case itself. Bubbling under the surface are characters with real problems, that take their toll on the day-to-day, while at the docks themselves there are union struggles underway, which also have a part to play. Thanks to, frankly, superb scripting, these various narrative threads are woven together quite brilliantly, and the result is perhaps the finest series of The Wire to date. And that's no small feat. If you're one of the many who have let The Wire fly under their radar thus far, then you're urged to rectify that. Clearly season one is the logical starting point, but begin your adventure in the knowledge that this second series is simple exceptional. For the rest of the US television industry, this is the standard to aim for. --Simon Brew
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Better than Season 1! July 21, 2010 T. Doyle (Carlow, Ireland) Loved The Wire Season 1 but Season 2 is even better! Great storyline and great new characters while still a few old faces from Season 1 hanging around! Highly recommend watching.
How did I live before discovering The Wire July 8, 2010 Mr. Frank Bandura I think The Wire is absolutely amazing. You get tension, humour, relationships, plot, intrigue. Absolutely fantastic!
unbelievable: season 2 is as compelling as season 1 April 3, 2010 Mrs. J. Newbold This dvd boxset was of perfect quality and a great price from Amazon. That out of the way, we bought this in trepidation as we enjoyed the first season so much we thought the second would not be as mesmerizing. We needn't have worried because this story is even more electrifying than the first, favorite well known characters are developed more keenly and there are a whole host of new characters to get our teeth into. We are up to episode 6 and savouring each one, it's a very complicated story but well worth the effort in concentration, this series is the best cop/life drama we have ever seen. The added feature of the actors playing Omar and McNulty commenting on one episode is very interesting and revealing for Wire fans, what a fantastic series, a must!!
Interesting and entertaining December 20, 2009 christine duffelen (sheffield, uk) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As expected, series 2 is pretty much as gripping as series 1. I like the way it takes the story onto another level by taking a different perspective on the same issue; I presume this will continue through the subsequent series. Also the broader take on internal politics.
I like the 1hour episode format of HBO shows as it fits neatly into my lifestyle!
Impressive 2nd season October 30, 2009 G. Smith Season One of the Wire was a revelation in terms of tv for me. It was so different from what I'd seen before; the way you saw both sides of the storyline, the cop side and the 'villian' side in equal measure, with all characters well rounded and often in some way likeable despite their situation/role.
Season two follows this pattern but the location moves to Baltimore's docks and a union local whose leader is using money funded by sumggling to pay lobbyists to try and improve the docks prospects. Most of the police characters return for this season and some of the major players in the drug ring of season one.
Once again the characters are beautifully written, expertly played and always believable. It's difficult not devour these box sets in one/two sittings because they're that good, that addictive. But its best to try for two at a time so you can savour them properly.
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