Customer Reviews
The Wire - best of the lot - By: Sue Rana, 10 Mar 2010 
For me this is the best of the set. So well done, Initiallly i bought series one, watched almost over a weekend, sold it on amazon, bought the boxed set, worked my way through that, fell in love with the charactors & watched them get shot, one by one.........a darling of a series, why isn't there more.
I just have to watch my language now, being chameleon like, i have adopted some of that street language, & my clients & co-workers are non too impressed.
Would recommend highly, have finished the box set, & yes...........have started on series one agan, just because i hurried it, & there may have been something i missed, & omar has just come into play, & exactly which one did snoop first show her face. The wire to me is a wonder to behold, highly, so highly recommended.
Downtown Baltimore! - By: K. Bennett, 15 Jan 2010 
This series did not draw me in initiallly. Because of the downtown American slang I also found it difficult understanding what was beng said & commented during the first few episodes that this dvd should have come with subtitles. If there is one recommendation I would give when watchng this series it would be "give it time & hang on in there". It will grab you when you become comfortable with the characters & then you will be hooked just as we were. We saw the last 6 episodes over two nights & have immediately ordered series 2 when we disappointingly realised that we were watchng the penultimate episode. I would add this is not for the faint hearted (lots of swearing) & requires 100% concentration, but roll on series 2 - 5!
Awful even if you do understand what they are saying - By: KS, 15 Jan 2010 
Again this is not in widescreen it's 4:3 & even with the subtitles on I couldn't understand the language on this. It's very slang afro carribean english & if you don't understand what they are saying you will find it hard to watch (You feel me !) If you watch it you will know what I mean. I wanted to buy the rest of the set but as I did not get through the whole of the first season I am very happy that I decide just to buy 1 season. Not my cup of tea & a lot of people I have spoken to also say they find the language hard to understand in this.
Made of Gold and written by Bob Dylan. - By: Ben J. Johnson, 14 Jan 2010 Yeah, pretty much what everyone else said... I just wanted to use that tag line.
The Wire - By: Amy Caldwell, 08 Jan 2010 Due to looking after a smalll child I can't say alll I want to say about this programme. Plus it is the first time I have ever taken the trouble to write a review. Quite simply this is the best cop programme I have ever seen. As somebody who used to work in the Police it is very close to the bone in how it portrays the politics within the Police service.This is just one positive aspect of it. The way it develops characters & isn't frightened to get rid of any of the them is another compelling reason to watch the whole series in a short space of time. Enjoy!
