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The Shield - Season 1 [DVD] [2002]
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The series invites viewers to form their own judgments regarding Mackey's volatile behaviour, which includes killing an undercover cop in the electrifying pilot episode. While each episode stands alone, the arc of the series incorporates Aceveda's campaign to end Mackey's career, the self-loathing of a homosexual rookie (Michael Jace) whose partner (Catherine Dent) is Mackey's occasional mistress, a straight-laced detective (Jay Karnes) yearning for respect, Mackey's compassionate attempt to rehabilitate a crack whore (Jamie Brown, giving the season's finest guest performance), the autism of Mackey's young son and the recklessness of his closest partner (Walton Goggins) and the vigilant stoicism of Det. Wyms (CCH Pounder), who's as sensibly upright as Mackey is corrupted. The Shield is excellent TV for those who can grasp its complexities; all others beware. --Jeff Shannon
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Teeming with gang-bangers, perverts, rapists and killers, The Shield is unabashedly adult TV drama; and even liberal viewers may flinch at plots involving child pornography and serial murder. The first series of this uncompromising police drama focuses on pugnacious detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), whose amoral Strike Team employs dubious tactics in the crime-ridden (and fictional) Farmington district of Los Angeles. Mackey and his maverick partners are at odds with seasoned detectives and beat cops, escalating tensions with precinct Captain Aceveda (Benito Martinez), a Latino with flexible scruples and a political agenda.
Ive seen every U.S series
Review date: 2010-07-19 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is the best of all of them. Fast paced, funny and shocking it has everything and more. Micheal Chilkis as Vic Mackie puts in a brilliant performance from start to finish.
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Reviews
Its addictive viewing!
Review date: 2010-06-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
I do not generally like U.S. Police series, but The Shield is the exception. Every series sucks you in. The plots are well written, the filming is edgy and believable. You have this love-hate relationship with the 'Strike Team' characters. They are fundamentally corrupt cops, but somehow you are on their side (well I was). I like The Wire, but this is just so much better. I would totally recommend this series.
Brilliant
Review date: 2010-05-29 Rating: 8 out of 10
Having never watched the series when it was broadcast on tv I none the less purchased this along with series 2 & 3.
The acting is quite superb, the characters likewise & despite the fact that all characters have much to dislike about them, you can't help but liking some of them. Vic Mackay the true anti - hero !
Can't wait for the other series, which I have ordered to arrive.
Sheild
Review date: 2010-04-25 Rating: 8 out of 10
My son recomended this series to us and never having seen it before, provided us with good entertainment, revealing a gritty realistic series.
Initially took a little getting used to, but it soon grows on you !!
I will be ordering more.
average american cop drama
Review date: 2010-01-10 Rating: 4 out of 10
I had high hopes for this after rave reviews when it was on TV. It's disappointing - same old characters and story lines from all the other "so-so" cop shows.
The lead character is so wooden you can see his brain remembering his lines before he delivers them. He's too short and fat to be the hard man he's meant to portray - a bit like Phil Mitchell in Eastenders. What's he gonna do - sit on you and steal your sandwiches?
Check out The Wire instead.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Catherine Dent
Michael Jace
Walton Goggins
Michael Chiklis
Kenny Johnson
Creators:
Michael Chiklis (Primary Contributor)
Catherine Dent (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video
Manufacturer: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video
EAN: 5035822119819
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2003-07-21
Number of discs: 4
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 575 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2002-03-12
Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)