World Famous Comics: The Shield - The Complete First Season
The Shield - The Complete First Season
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 07, 2003 Running Time: 617 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 2002
Description: The Road to Justice will blow you away! Detective Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime but also operating under Vic's own set of rules. But his rules sometimes cross the fine line between legal and illegal. Now the precinct has a new captain who doesn't like Vic's tactics and wants to bust him off the force-even as he finds himself going to Vic for help whenever the going gets rough. There's a reason this show is on cable. It "takes the grit and reality of a 'Homicide' or 'Sopranos' to a whole nother level" (Newsday). "The Shield" also made Emmy history by earning the most nominations ever for a basic cable drama series, with Michael Chiklis winning the coveted Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Now's your chance to experience all the action and excitement of television's most controversial show . . . from the beginning
Amazon.com: On March 12, 2002, The Shield burst onto the FX network like an incendiary grenade, and basic cable TV would never be the same. Creator Shawn Ryan's uncompromising police drama pushed the limits of basic-cable permissiveness, bridging the relative discretion of NYPD Blue and the HBO liberties of The Wire. Without exception, these 13 episodes justify their hype, focusing 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 Capt. Aceveda (Benito Martinez), a Latino with flexible scruples and a political agenda.
The series invites viewers to form their own judgments regarding Mackey's volatile behavior, which includes killing an undercover cop in the electrifying pilot episode. While each episode stands alone as groundbreaking drama, 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.
Teeming with gang-bangers, perverts, rapists, and killers, The Shield is unabashedly adult; even liberal viewers may flinch at plots involving child pornography and serial murder. Chiklis deservedly won an Emmy for maintaining the series' delicate morality; Mackey's a hero squirming in his own ethical quicksand. This daring edginess makes The Shield unique, and generous DVD supplements explore Ryan's creative impulse. Two featurettes offer behind-the-scenes overviews, while the all-episode commentaries allow extensive insight from every member of the series' principal cast and crew. Audition tapes prove that the cast was primed for ensemble excellence, and deleted scenes further demonstrate the series' challenging ambiguity. The Shield is excellent TV for those who can grasp its complexities; all others beware. --Jeff Shannon
Redefining the Genre This series has gone and blown away the mold of the police drama. Soars FAR above everything else that is currently out there. By the time Vic and the strike team are through, police shows will never be the same. This series is a must for anyone who is starving for unpredictable, unprecedented action/drama/excitement. It is never what it seems. The Shield comes at the viewer from so many different directions that it keeps the viewer guessing to the end of each and every episode. I can only give this series the HIGHEST possible recommendation!
This is a must! I bought all the seasons. This show moves quickly and is a great rewatch. You will NOT regret buying this awesome show.
Do you love him or hate him? The Shield is one of my favorite series, purely for the fact that the main character is neither the protagonist or the antagonist. He constantly battles himself and the world. And he usually wins.
A great series about crooked cops, and the amount of good, and bad they do on the streets. For anyone who likes cop dramas, great series.
Yikes, my morals. Ok, this show is good. None of us want to believe that law enforcment is this morally bankrupt, but something in me says these guys are out there somewhere. This show is gritty and the characters are those guys you love to hate. You never want to be them, but by the end of the season you are rooting for them. They are just good enough to keep you on their side. You will either love this show or hate it. I doubt there is any middle ground. I loved it!
One of the greatest TV dramas ever made! The Shield is without a doubt one of the best TV drama shows ever made. The ensemble cast is extraordinary. In addition, several superstars, such as Glenn Close and Forest Whittaker, were on for an entire season. The writing is excellent, with many plot twists and turns that makes for an engrossing storyline. The character development gives each member of the cast a very complex persona. There are very few television shows I am addicted to and The Shield is one of them.
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