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| Directors: Daniel Attias, Edward 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
List Price: £50.99
Buy New: £14.98
You Save: £36.01 (71%)
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
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
EAN: 7321900725590
ASIN: B000A529ZE
Release Date: October 10, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
I didnt think it could better series 1 - I was wrong!!!! February 7, 2007
Tangerine (North Yorkshire)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
At least as good as Series 1 I found this season of the superb Wire mesmerising. An immersive story with twists and turns brilliantly acted by a superb cast. The story changes focus this time around moving more towards the local port and the difficulties the local Union rep and his workers have. Desperate to keep the port alive the head of the union forges ties with a local criminal organisation. A chance find of a container that holds trouble for not just him but most of those involved in the plot one way or the other. Barksdale may well be in prison but he still holds power and dictates how things go down. But will Stringer Bell do as he is told? Or will he make the decisions now? Will McNulty get away from harbour patrol? His punishment for making enemies of several high powered individuals in series one. All these questions will be answered and more in this superb series. Please do yourselves a favour and watch this but only after you've watched series one. Its brilliant!
Full-blooded drama at its best October 24, 2007
fatpaddykillah (Tokyo)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If The Wire reminds me of anything it's not a cop show but Alan Bleasdale's G.B.H. This is drama at its best, epic, politically engaged, unsentimental and populated with characters who feel as near to real people as fiction gets. It's also one of the funniest, warmest shows I've ever seen.
Still magnificent September 21, 2007
Rolo (London, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you're reading this I assume you already know season 1. Season 2 is very different, but still magnificent. We move away from the housing projects to a story of corruption, smuggling and the crumbling union power in the ailing Baltimore docks. As gripping and complex as ever.
Magnificent November 24, 2007
Tonkfan
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After declaring series 1 the best television series I have ever seen, I was almost reluctant to watch series, 2 as I couldn't imagine how the makers of this incredible programme could possibly match it.
How wrong I was. Bravely shifting the focus from the streets where the drugs are sold to the docks where they arrive in Baltimore, the plot is even more complex and satisfying than that of series 1, with more characters to take on board and understand and even broader in scope, inter-twining the lives of the dock workers, police, drug dealers and the politics of prison life.
Without saying any more and without giving anything away, this is just as good as series 1, possibly even better.
This is genuinely the best TV I have ever seen, and having already watched series 1 twice after buying it 2 months ago, I know that I will be re-visiting this programme for many years to come.
Worth every penny - buy it.
David Simon's work just gets better May 6, 2006
Pterodroma (North Yorkshire)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers I am eagerly anticipating season 3. The cop show is dead, long live the cop show. Great writing, thoughtfully directed, edited and produced there is much to admire here. The quality of the writing gets you involved with all the characters (and there are a lot). This is not easy watching but it is believable, involving and rewards persistence. Start at season 1 and enjoy. The best tv since the West Wing (and so far, more consistent and better written). Also worth investigating David Simon's books - especially homicide. Sadly the tv series homicide life on the streets is only available in Region 1 format - more of a typical US cop show but the writing, humour and quality still shine. Buy - rent - enjoy.
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