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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783130262
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783130260
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 720 minutes
Sales Rank: 2327
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 02, 2003
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Product Description:
(HBO Dramatic Series) The most unvarnished uncompromising and realistic police drama ever returns for another hard hitting season. McNolty has been demoted to harbor patrol Daniels is in the police archive dungeon Prez is chafing in the suburbs and Gregs is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile on the docks of the Baltimore harbor the rank and file scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice a new case begins...Running Time: 720 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359235825 Manufacturer No: 92358
Amazon.com:
It hardly seems possible, but The Wire's second season is even better than the first. The 'visual novel' concept of this masterful HBO series is taken even further in a rich, labyrinthine plot revolving around the longshoremen of Baltimore's struggling cargo docks, where corruption, smuggling, and murder draw the attention of detective McNulty (Dominic West). What follows is a series of events which at first seem unrelated (including 13 bodies found in a cargo container), and then the ongoing effort to topple the drug empire of 'Stringer' Bell (Idris Elba) and the imprisoned Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), whose business is suffering from short supply, high demand, and disruption of distribution. The dutiful diligence of a Marine Police Patrol Officer and the moral outrage of the longshoremen's union leader are also factored into the suspicious goings-on at the loading docks, and what unfolds in these 12 episodes is an American crime epic easily on par with the Godfather saga. Yes, it's that good.
Detailed synopsis is pointless; The Wire must be seen, heard, and absorbed to fully appreciate the way in which over 40 characters are flawlessly incorporated into a sprawling but tightly disciplined plot that deals, in the larger sense, with the deindustrialization of America and the struggle of longshoremen in a changing economical climate. Offering a privileged and occasionally frightening glimpse of the inner workings of shipping ports and cargo transports, The Wire is also a detailed exposé of organized crime and blue-collar corruption, and an authentic, well-informed study of political maneuvering among police and city officials. There's not a single false note to be found in the cast, direction, or writing of this phenomenal series, hailed by many critics as 'the best show on television.' With all due respect to HBO's other excellent series, The Wire tops them all. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Expanding the story
I've heard people harsh on the second season, but I actually like it better than the first (if only because we aren't force-fed the excruciating D'Angelo loss-of-innocence story). This is The Wire, so social issues are relevant, but by expanding the story and showing how the problems aren't just black people in the ghetto helps give it a much wider feel. It's not just that we get white people and their connection to the drug trade, but that it expands into what used to be the middle class, and the negative effects that the entire problem have. We still have Stringer and Omar and McNulty and all our favorites doing what they do, but the way that the drug-war damage is shown to not be contained, to not just be easily-identifiable "those people" is what makes this season so successful.
Like my old chemistry professor would say "Everything is connected to everything else." This season puts that in the spotlight.
Rating: - I love DVD...one season DONE in 3 days.
I couldn't imagine waiting weeks from beginning to end-no way. S%$t like this gives me faith in humanity-no small task. Genius. So good it's scary. Perfection. My wife wants sex, but I tell her to go to bed alone-I have a show to watch and beers to drink...the Alpha-Male of television IS THE WIRE...
...and how is Omar NOT one of the best characters ever??!!
Rating:  - Best Show on TV Ever - Good Season, But Behind S4, S3, S1
The Wire Season 2 is a good season with a really good story line. It follows the drug trade and how it impacts the working class - and crosses racial lines to the white working class. David Simon has proclaimed that the intent was to show the degradation of the working class, the impact of gentrification and capitalism, and that the drug trade impacts all classes and all races. While I personally disagree with Simon's interpretation and social-political views, the story line he crafts to tell this tale is amazing and entertaining. You do end up sensing the desperation of the working class.
Absolutely a must watch from beginning to end. It is still full of all of the subtleties that The Wire is known for, the character development, and all that. This season is also full of the details and characters that, after watching the whole season, you'll want to watch again and again - and debate over and over.
If you loved any season of The Wire, this one cannot be missed - SHOULD NOT be missed.
Rating: - Better Than the First Season (Which Was Already Very Good)
I think that the second season of The Wire is even better than the first one. Whereas the first season focuses on drug dealing the Baltimore projects, this one focuses mostly on corruption in the Baltimore ports. Everyone always talks about how realistic and multifaceted The Wire is, and this season adds a very interesting dimension in looking at the dying stevedore union. The guys in the stevedore union are all great characters: they get drunk before and after work and consistently steal cargo, yet you can't help but feel some sympathy for them, as the economic decline of Baltimore and its port casts a very dark shadow over their way of life.
The guys from Avon Barksdale's crew are back as well, but the real highlight repeat appearance from season one is Omar, the drug-dealer robber. He makes a priceless appearance in court.
Overall highly recommended!
Rating:  - The Wire Season 2
After seeing season one of The Wire, you may be thinking: "Wow. that
show is cold."
Right you are.
Season one had the area "The Pit",which was a project in Baltimore, MA, where some crazy deals go down(drug selling, beatings, and murders) and great characters like Bodie, Wallace, and my favorite, Omar.
You also meet Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale and D'angelo and Stinkum and the rest of Avons crew and you think: "this next season is going to be soooo cool!"
Well, its not the same, but its still pretty nice.
If you remember the ending of the last show,
McNulty was put on a boat, the team was split up,
and the wire was taken down.
In this season, you get to see what happens with McNulty,
see How Kima Gregges has to deal with her girlfriend, and
how Roland has to deal with his father in law being Stanislaus Valchek, the Major and South Eastern District Commander.
Notice I didn't mention Stringer Bell or Avon yet.
Thats because this particular season deals with a different location.
Its about the docks of Baltimore, where trafficing happens of all sorts of illegal products (drugs, money, etc.).
You meet a family of people known as the Sobotkas: Frank, the Longshoreman's Union leader, Who works with a man known only as
"The Greek", the man who pays Frank for trafficing, and Frank's two
Sons, Nick and Ziggy sobotka, who get involved with "the Greek" themselves
(although Frank ... Read More
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