The Shield - DVD

The Shield - The Complete Third Season

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 60 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Lull Between Seasons Two and Four 3 out of 5 stars.
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Season two was superb, and season four picks the pace back up, but season three by comparison just wasn't that great.

Don't get me wrong, it's still the Shield, and it's still great by any other standards, but by its own high benchmark it couldn't score any higher than a 3.

The non-stop adrenaline rush that the Shield should be is hindered by the unwanted politics of certain subplots that take too long to work out. C'mon, this is the shield, it should have happened five minutes ago, with an explosion, cut to the chase already. Too many tails here but not enough stings.

Twas a bad idea to have Mackey's hands tied by red-tape and commitments for half the season, and things in general suffer because of it.

Maybe they were just setting us up for season 4? Season 4 gets back to where the Shield should be, but really you know season 4 means little without watching season 5.

I'd argue that season 2 is the best stand-alone season.

Season 3 - still entertaining and a necessary watch for Shield fans, but a definite drag in the proceedings.

Editorial Review:

Story of a Los Angeles police precinct where the actions of the elite strike team's leader, Detective Vic Mackey and his officers, teeter on the brink of legal and illegal.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD

Shield-5th Season [dvd/4 Disc/1.33/eng-sp Sub]-nla

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Total reviews: 81 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

If I could quit my life and watch the Shield I would. Another unbelievable season 5 out of 5 stars.
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If I could quit my life and watch The Shield I would, and for a week I kind of did watching every season available consecutively having my own marathon.

I own every single season of The Shield on DVD that is available for purchase and I have been following the show since the beginning and every season is great. Granted some are weaker than others in comparison, but they are still all great. This show is fantastic, get all the seasons immediately - you will not be sorry.

Season 5 is particularly crucial and full of surprises. Forest Whittaker is always amazing and his performance in this season is no different. He plays an Internal Affairs officer trying to shut down the strike team and put Vick behind bars. This season has tons of action, violence, suspense, drama, and some sex all when combined equal awesome and fun.

This season will leave you in absolute shock, in some cases, tears, and will leave you wanting more and more.

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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 03/27/2007

The Shield - Seasons 1-4

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Heart-pounding. Intense. Gripping. Keeping the streets safe has never been more brutal. Live the suspense with all 4 seasons of The Shield on DVD!

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, this series justifies its 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 1st 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 and Golden Globe 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. 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

The Shield - Seasons 1-4

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

An Amazing and Powerful Journey 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The Shield is possibly one of the greatest shows to ever be on TV.

The show follows several different detectives and police officers within the L.A. area, living out their lives trying to fight crime. The majority of the story follows Vick Mackey and his team: Lem, Shane, and Ronnie. It focuses on their trials and hardships as they try to continue their grip on the city's crime. They'll do anything and everything to keep the streets safe, and I mean anything. When you think you've gotten to the point when you can't be any more surprised, your wrong.

The Shield has an excellent cast. Instead of focussing only on one of the show's characters, it decides to expand and develope all of them. This causes to you have an emotional attachment to even the smallest character in the show, something I've never seen before. The writing and direction are perfect in every way dragging you into the story of each episode. This makes every episode worth watching at least once. You will not want to miss a minute.

Season 1: 5 Stars
Season 2: 4 1/2 Stars
Season 3: 5 Stars
Season 4: 4 Stars

Every season is worth owning on Dvd. I highly reccomend it.

The Shield - Seasons 1-4

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

An Amazing and Powerful Journey 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The Shield is possibly one of the greatest shows to ever be on TV.

The show follows several different detectives and police officers within the L.A. area, living out their lives trying to fight crime. The majority of the story follows Vick Mackey and his team: Lem, Shane, and Ronnie. It focuses on their trials and hardships as they try to continue their grip on the city's crime. They'll do anything and everything to keep the streets safe, and I mean anything. When you think you've gotten to the point when you can't be any more surprised, your wrong.

The Shield has an excellent cast. Instead of focussing only on one of the show's characters, it decides to expand and develope all of them. This causes to you have an emotional attachment to even the smallest character in the show, something I've never seen before. The writing and direction are perfect in every way dragging you into the story of each episode. This makes every episode worth watching at least once. You will not want to miss a minute.

Season 1: 5 Stars
Season 2: 4 1/2 Stars
Season 3: 5 Stars
Season 4: 4 Stars

Every season is worth owning on Dvd. I highly reccomend it.