The Wire: The Complete Series | 
| Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Alex Zakrzewski, Anthony Hemingway, Brad Anderson, Christine Moore
Actors: Dominic West, John Doman, Frankie Faison, Aidan Gillen, Deirdre Lovejoy
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $129.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 77
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 23
Running Time: 3600
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.2 x 3.4
MPN: HBOD39347D
UPC: 883929023196
EAN: 0883929023196
ASIN: B001FA1P1W
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 9, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 12/09/2008 Rating: Nr
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Lives up to the hype January 3, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I do not suscribe to HBO. I have not watched an entire television series in over a decade. I find current and recent television to be incredibly cliche and boring. It is with that attitude that I finally caved in and bought all five seasons of The Wire. Several of my friends have been encouraging me for the past four or five years to find a way to watch this show. After seeing all the positive reviews, and getting a good price from Amazon I decided to give things a go.
Other people have done a nice job of detailing what the show is about, so I will refrain from doing that in this review. What I will say is that this is the rare show/movie that actually lives up to the hype and expectations for me. In fact, it surpasses them.
I got so hooked on this series that I knocked out an entire season every couple of days until I was finished with all seasons. This is addictive viewing to say the least! The acting is simply superb. The characters are generally well cast. There is humor, drama, action, suspense, etc. in each season. I honestly feel sorry for people that watched each season as they came out, episode by episode. I couldn't have stood the wait from week to week to see what happened next.
What I like best about this series is that the writing is so superb. It is smart, and while it may get a bit sensationalistic at times, it is grounded in reality and makes the viewer think that they are getting an actual window into observing the characters' lives. Additionally, there is none of the clear-cut good versus evil crap that saturates most shows and movies these days. In the Wire, the good guys are sometimes very bad, and the bad guys are sometimes very good. The characters are portrayed as being very human, with nobody being perfect. It is this intricacy in character development that helps make an already interesting story even better.
In closing, I highly recommend The Wire. This is coming from someone who is generally pretty cynical about television shows. There are very few shows, or movies for that matter, that have hooked me as much as The Wire.
Stunningly Masterful Series January 1, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is hands down the best series ever produced for the small screen. Amazingly, lots of people didn't know this as it was being made, partly because it was shown on HBO, partly because people may have been afraid to really examine it. But when you finally get around to watching it, you WILL get locked in.
Absolutely SUPERB!! January 1, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I did not buy this off Amazon; however, I feel like I must comment on the show. Simply put, this is perhaps the greatest television series that never won an Emmy. It's a shame too. This show is so masterfully produced that it is nearly impossible to watch an episode(s) and leave the room. This show is that addictive. It's great to watch a show that is as real as it can get.
I loved this show from the very first episode. The only concern I had with this show was that even though the writing was superb, it let me down all the way to the series finale. The first season started it all and was so suspenseful. After that, the show never reached that peak again. But, that's just my opinion. I still enjoyed every moment of this series no matter what flaws it had. It's hard to come across a show of this caliber where you can be watching a disappointing episode and still be intrigued.
I highly, HIGHLY, encourage you to purchase the entire season. This is very much the show that could have and should have promoted HBO. But again, that's just my opinion.
Flawless Show, Efficient Packaging December 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'll blow through the review of the show, because enough people have gone into detail with their own reviews. The Wire is, quite simply, a masterpiece of television. Of any medium, really. It gets better with each season, and stands up to repeated viewings. It's also funny, a quality that is sorely under-reported in most reviews. There are legitimate, real laughs to be had throughout the program. You'll love it.
Amazon has two review categories for video games. The quality of the game, and how fun the game is. For DVDs, particularly with box sets like this becoming so popular, they should have ratings for the show and for the packaging. The packaging is good, it's attractive, it's not unnecessarily large like the Complete The Sopranos. But it's not great, either. The DVDs come in attractive cardboard sleeves, which is fine with me, but they aren't assembled very well. At least, mine wasn't. Fortunately, I don't keep the DVDs in the sleeves anyway, but, if I did, they would undoubtedly break after repeated use.
Buy it. It's worth it.
Simply the best December 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is simply the smartest, most socially observant show I've ever seen. Ignore the detractors; The Wire assumes a high level of intelligence of its viewers (unlike almost every other television show available). It is worth buying the entire series. There won't be anything like this on our screens for a while and we should support the purveyors of such quality. It's a rare thing these days...
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