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Shield Seasons
On DVD
Shield Season 1
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Shawn Ryan, a
regular writer for "Angel" and other programs,
created this crime drama to challenge the mores of televised
entertainment and to provide a heightened reality with
increasingly complicated moral questions. Michael Chiklis
stars as Vic Mackey, perhaps television's most no-nonsense
detective. His violent, brutal methods bring results, but
are often despised by his colleague Detective Wyms (CCH
Pounder). Also included are a cast of layered characters
including a homosexual cop (Michael Jace) and an officer who
is also running for office (Benito Martinez). The show's
popularity on the F/X network comes from its hard boiled
delivery emphasized by unflinching portrayals of police
brutality and unclean street language. Episodes have been
helmed by first-rate directors including Nick Gomez (LAWS OF
GRAVITY, THE SOPRANOS) and D.J. Caruso (THE SALTON SEA). |
Shield Season 2
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Shawn Ryan, a
regular writer for "Angel" and other programs,
created this crime drama to challenge the mores of televised
entertainment and to provide a heightened reality with
increasingly complicated moral questions. Michael Chiklis
stars as Vic Mackey, perhaps television's most no-nonsense
detective. The entire second season (13 episodes) of the
acclaimed show is presented here. |
Shield Season 3
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Transgressing the
seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television
programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black and
white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favor of an
ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers.
Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, THE COMMISH) leads
the elite Strike Team in the fictional LA district of
Farmington. He employs dubious but effective crime fighting
methods as a tough, effective, but corrupt cop. The other
detectives and cops on the force disapprove of the Team's
methods, to say the least, while the precinct head, Captain
David Aceveda (Benito Martinez, ) is just as corrupt as
Mackey, but his political aspirations lead him into a
campaign to end the detective's career. The stoic, upright
Detective Claudette Wyms (CCH Pounder ER, BOYCOTT), who
understands both sides of the game, provides a much needed
balance and rationality to the mix. The charismatic Mackey
strikes just the right pitch so as to be the least
sympathetic antihero television has yet seen, while
retaining his audience, who refuses to write him off quite
yet. Meanwhile, the controversial themes and violent nature
of the content manages the effect--inconsistent at best in
TV programming--of making audiences really think about what
they're watching. |
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