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The Shield - The Complete First Season

The Shield - The Complete First Season

List Price: $59.98
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Superb
Review: The scary thing is at least half the time I totally sympathise with Vic Mackay.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Shield DVD
Review: What a show!The best Crime Show ever.Before there was Homicide
or NYPD ,but now the Shield sets the Score higher.
There is so much Junk on television today that this makes you believe in wonders.Great actors and high octane action.
Buy it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best TV since the Sopranos
Review: I am not a big TV watcher and was told about this show by a friend who knows that the only other TV show I watch is the Sopranos. I thought I would give it a try and watched one episode in season 2 and now I am hooked beyond belief. The story writing is superb, the action is riveting, and the camera work is the best I have seen. I now own this DVD set which is cheap in price compared to the many HBO DVD sets. I could watch this DVD set over and over again. Bottom line..buy it now! You will not regret it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Shield
Review: So powerfull and real. I watched the whole series within one week. Hope the second season will be available on DVD soon. From hating this corrupt police guys to loving and wishing they won't get cut. I couldn't help it, but as long as they got the criminals, I didn't mind their corruption.
Get going Guys.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the Only Shows on T.V. Worth Watching!
Review: I love this show! I first got into after reading some of the reviews posted here on these season one dvds, so I thought I would give it a try and I purchased this complete season. I am truly glad that I did. I was hooked from the first episode to the last and I am now watching season 2 on FX. What makes this show far better than all the other cop shows is that the production value is more in line with HBO or a movie than a cable television show. The acting is extremely good as are the scripts and dialogue. Even though Vic and his team are labeled "dirty" cops you can't help but root for him in the end. Michael Chiklis deserved his Golden Globe award for best actor, he takes on this role as if Vic Mackey was himself in a former life. I was also glad this show won the award for best drama series on t.v. If you haven't seen the show yet and are unsure if you would like it, give it a try. It's a bit brutal and graphic, but by the time you finish the final episode, "Circles," you will be speechless, praying to catch repeats of Season 2.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I don't usually write reviews even for things I like....
Review: But this show deserves a moment of my time.

The storyline (kudos to Shawn Ryan on that) is AMAZING. You watch the show and just get [drawn] in.

I remember sitting back and watching it the first time... I don't recall which episode but it really doesn't matter...

You see the NYPD Blue type show, you see the cops at the precinct (which they call the Barn), and then you see something amazing. Something the opposite of what a 'good' cop would do. Something bad.. but good.

And you like it. In fact with every move made by Vic and his team, you realize that things aren't done as nicely even by Andy Sippowitz, or the other TV cops. They are brutal. But generally, they get the bad guys off the streets, and get money on the side.

You just have to watch it. It's the best show on TV. And considering how many shows I've watched for a while and abandoned... that says a lot :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Television
Review: This might not be for the faint-of-heart - this is the "Hard R" to NYPD Blue's "PG-13". It aims for a greater degree of realism (or hyper-realism) in the detectives' interactions with pedophiles, murderers, drug traffickers than ABC's show can.

For everyone who can take it - say, everyone who can appreciate the movie "Reservoir Dogs" (which might have helped to pioneer the level of machismo in entertainment that you'll see here) this is a hell of a show.

The influences are obvious - this is about 50% NYPD Blue (the style of the show, and some of the substance), 20% The Sopranos (central figure is amoral by traditional standards, and brutal), 20% Training Day (which was also based in Los Angeles, and also concerned with the difference between being a wolf or a sheep), and maybe 10% Bad Lieutenant (the raw exploits of a corrupted soul).

The show does a lot with those influences. From the pilot episode on, it sets itself up with logic and precision. We watch a group of characters interact in a series of games and conflicts, coming to understand all of their points of view, and not understanding how or if the conflicts between them will resolve. Like "The Sopranos", this is a brilliant character-based show. It's highly compelling viewing, and adds up to an interesting portrait of modern urban police work (and not a pretty one).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best ever!
Review: What can I say that the other reviewers haven't already said. This is the best show on TV right now. I wasn't a big fan of NYPD blue or other cop drama's, but this one is remarkably different. If you watch one episode I guarantee you will fall in love and want to see more. Simply put, if you have a T.V. and DVD player, BUY THIS NOW! Enjoy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Sheild DVD
Review: WOW !!!!! What can I say? !!! This series will hook you hard. I cant stop watching, It gets better and better. The Drama is huge and the Plot always blows your mind!!!! A must see
You wont regret.... My only regret is I only have 2 episodes left...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wait! Something is missing
Review: oh yeah, f-bombs! Really, bunch of corrupted cops and bad guys without f-bombs? In LA? I know, extended cable, can't do that.Very good series with a great cast: sort of like the Sopranos with a flip.


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