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  • Actors: Dominic West, John Doman, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Deirdre Lovejoy
  • Directors: Daniel Attias, Ed Bianchi, Elodie Keene, Ernest R. Dickerson, Rob Bailey
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 780 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A529ZE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 210 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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Unlike most television crime dramas, which neatly introduce and then solve a case all in the space of one hour, HBO's THE WIRE follows one single drug and homicide investigation throughout the length of an entire season. Centred around the drug culture of inner-city Baltimore, the series' storyline unfolds from the points of view of both the criminals lording the streets and the police officers determined to bring them down. Created by writer David Simon (THE CORNER, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET), THE WIRE's multifaceted approach offers a nuanced overview of every aspect of the drug trade and the complex morality of its participants. The second season is included here in its entirety.

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78 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars simply astonishing!, 26 July 2005
By S. Hiel "jimbobaggins1" (London) - See all my reviews
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The second series of the wire does what no other programme can do, and that is somehow manage to be better than the first series of the wire.
I had to get it off amazon.com months ago and have to say it is the most powerfull engaging television that I have watched. It carries on with the same characters as last time, the opposing forces of Mcnulty and Barksdale, cops and dealers, and adds a whole new layer of characters as we have a look at the baltimore docks and the stevedores, working class americans making horrible decisions to fight for the survival of their trade. It rises above cliches of cops and bad guys effortlessly and looks at human bengs struggling with what America and its intstitutions can offer them and how to survive the grim situation of poverty and desperation. It can be heartbreaking and at times blackly comic and left me in awe at such a fantastic achievment.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Full-blooded drama at its best, 24 Oct 2007
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.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Still magnificent, 21 Sep 2007
By Rolo "rolo211" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and entertaining
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... Read more
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I've given this 5 stars as it's the maximum that can be awarded on here. That's an understatement really, as I think this series is just so unbelievably good that it goes... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant

I have come late to this series and find it all quite mesmerising. Interestingly I find that a lot of other people of a certain age are also watching it in retrospect... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Wire......has got even better!
Hard to believe but Season 2 is even better than Season 1.
Gripping stuff from start to finish. The extra (3rd)dimension really helps the series zip along. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive
Once you finish Season 1 you must have Season 2, its still a must, not quite as good, but well worth watching and just as addictive!
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. S. Sweeney

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wire Seasons 1 and 2.
I found both these series most enjoyable which was enchanced by the fact that the prices were very attractive and the delivery time was excellent. 10 out of 10 on all counts!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Watch with subtitles
This show is what DVD boxsets were invented for. Each episode leaves you wanting more, and thanks to the magic of DVD, you jump right back into another, and another... Read more
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