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The Shield: Season Seven - The Final Act
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| Part No: | B0020TS5EM |
| Manufacturer: | Sony Pictures |
| MFG Part: | 043396280465 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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SHIELD 7TH SEASON (DVD/4 DISC/WS 1.78 A/DOLBY STER
For six seasons, viewers have watched self-proclaimed "different kind of cop" Victor Samuel Mackey get away with murder, corruption, and other sick and twisted crimes too numerous to mention. In the series' penultimate episode, "Possible Kill Screen," Mackey summons from the depths of his tortured soul all of his crimes and abuses as part of an immunity deal he has cut for himself with the Feds at the expense of his unwitting partner, Ronnie (David Rees Snell). Referring to his interrogator's recorder, he asks, "How much memory does that thing got?" How do you solve a problem like Vic? Do you kill him off? Send him to prison? What would be just comeuppance for a character, who, through it all, has somehow compelled our rooting interest? "You have to pay some kind of price," his ex-wife Corrine (Cathy Cahlin Ryan) wails. Suffice to say, without spoilers, that in this Emmy-worthy final season, Vic will be held accountable in a way that does his character (and the audience's investment in him) justice and leaves this groundbreaking series' proud legacy untarnished. It is an understatement when one character notes, "There is a lot of [stuff] going down at the Barn right now." To cover their tracks from the Armenian money train robbery, Vic and his guys orchestrate a gang war that quickly spins out of control. Shane (Walton Goggins), estranged from the Team, is forced to go on the run with his pregnant wife and young son. Corrine agrees to help Dutch (Jay Karnes) and Claudette (CCH Pounder) bring Vic down. As the Strike Team sinks further in the hole they've dug for themselves, viewers can take some comic relief in Det. Steve Billings' (David Marciano) pathetic attempts to defraud the city in the wake of his "injury," and solace in the solid police work of Dutch, Claudette, Danni (Catherine Dent), and Tina (Paula Garces), who is approaching the anniversary of her first year on the force. Stand-alone cases (a missing student whose mother won't cooperate with the investigation) and personal dramas (Claudette's failing health) further enrich each gripping episode, leading to an immensely satisfying series finale that fires on all cylinders. This four-disc set includes a wealth of extras, including convivial episode commentaries, deleted scenes, a genuinely moving featurette that goes behind-the-scenes of the series finale, in which Chiklis pays heartfelt tributes to the ensemble, and a season retrospective that fittingly, gives Chiklis the last word: "We know what we have. We have one of the great television series of all time on our hands."
The Shield, we salute you.
--Donald Liebenson
| Sad it's over, but it was time. | 2010-03-09 | 3 / 5 |
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| I, like most folks writing reviews for this, spent seven years at the Barn, watching the show pretty religiously. It's sad to think the series is over, but it was time. As far as Season 7, it was good -- a little better than OK. Unfortunately, for me anyway, too much of the storylines revolved around two of my least favorite characters -- Corrine and Mara. Vic's daughter (real and fictional) got a lot of screen time in the first half of Season 7, and she could be the worst actress since Season 2 or 3. As far as the ending (SPOILER ALERT), I realize Vic is supposed to be in his own personal hell by the time the credits rolled, but it just didn't seem like enough punishment. Overall, I guess the end did what is was supposed to do as it evoked a lot of different emotions for me. Glad things worked out for some, sympathy for a guy who'd been an a$$hole for 7 seasons, feeling terrible for one guy who truly got the shaft, and wanting more retribution dealt to a guy who had wrecked so many lives for so long. This was a great series, but the webs became too tangled and a bit too implausible, and the lead character went from being a guilty pleasure to just plain guilty. Hats off to The Shield. It was a great -- and wild-- ride! |
| One of the best TV shows ever! | 2010-02-19 | 5 / 5 |
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The 7th and final season of The Shield wrapped up the series in a very unpredictable way, and kept viewers on the edges of their seats waiting for the next event The Shield: Season Seven - The Final Actin the ongoing saga of The Barn's denizens-the good, bad and ugly! The way that Vic Mackey both shows his true stripes and betrays the Strike Team in the end was both unexpected and genius, and his punishment(after much contemplation on my part) both deserved and fitting! The suprising thing is how much I ended up caring for Dutch and Wyms, and enjoyed Mackey getting his due! Kudos to a great cast and writing team!
The DVD includes commentary and deleted scenes that greatly add to the production-one which I will watch over and over again! If for no other reason, get this set for the Emmy award acting of Michael Chiklis-he made Vic Mackey the best amoral character since William Petersen's portrayal of Chance in "To Live and Die in L.A."
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| Do Not Buy Season VII | 2010-02-12 | 1 / 5 |
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If you were a loyal follower of the show, this last season is an insult to your intelligence.
The writers couldn't figure out how to end the successful series, so they cynically trashed it.
There is absolutely no creativity to their writing -- they took the money and ran.
Don't put more money into their pockets by buying, like I did, "The Final Act".
I was a fool.
I give it one Star because forces reviewers to do so, or they will not print you review. |
| they need to make one called the badge now!!!! | 2010-02-07 | 5 / 5 |
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| damn this show was the best watched every episode since the 3rd season till the end and went back and bought all the seasons worth ur money and just awsome and suspensful, i hope they come out with another show just like this dirty cops and drugs gangs money sex and killing well the only show i sat down and enjoyed ever for every episode!!! well sons of anarchy is pretty good and i think made by most the same people so thats what i got lol thats good to but it would be cool to see how vic became the way he did make a series about that with a different cast that would be freakin awesome!!!!! |
| Extremely poor quality DVD. | 2010-01-24 | 2 / 5 |
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| I wouldn't buy anything else from this company. This DVD was of very poor quality. I threw it out after watching the first episode and decided to watch the rest of the season on Netflix. Better quality and much cheaper. |
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