213 out of 233 people found the following review helpful:

Zzzzzzzzzz

A Customer from Lancashire, 1st January, 2008

I ordered this series on DVD when the Sopranos finished and I was feeling quite bereft. Someone said if you like Sopranos, you'll love this so I had high hopes but never got past the first disc. A bit of humour would have livened it up but I just found it tedious.

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38 out of 38 people found the following review helpful:

quite possibly the best cop show you probably never seen

Craig from durham, 14th April, 2005

A gritty and highly realistic cop show that covers one story over thirteen episodes. Detective Jimmy McNulty - our own Dominic West sprouting a US accent - is forced into tracking down drug dealers in baltimore with various other cops from narcotics and homicide. The episodes are full of survelleince and wire taps (including a cloned pager) and is a complex drama. The show doesnt even give u any flash backs to whats happened in previous episodes. If, like me, you love cop shows, you will love this. This is as brilliant and realistic as you will get. Just remember to LISTEN CAREFULLY.

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31 out of 34 people found the following review helpful:

yawn

A Customer from Bradford-on-Avon, 29th June, 2008

boring drab slow tedious lol

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30 out of 32 people found the following review helpful:

Absolutely stunning

Lunar from , 21st April, 2005

I came to The Wire knowing nothing other than a writer I respect and admire called it 'The best tv show ever made'. Only a few episodes in and i'm already revelling in a stunning cast, superb acting, fantastic dialogue and brilliant storyline. There's a feeling that comes along all too rarely, wherin you find yourself revelling in something so wonderful, so perfect that you just plain *glow*. That feeling is exemplified so utterly in The Wire. *ESSENTIAL VIEWING*

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The Wire

A Customer from West Midlands, England, 7th March, 2010

Very confusing - not explained what decade it was meant to be. Very slow going and hard to keep track of who was who. Had to make a real effort to get to the end of the first episode. Thought it would be better by watching more episodes and trying to get into the story. Got a bit better but on the whole dull.

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amazing series

A Customer from bristol, 25th February, 2010

fantastic - gave it 4.5 only because I need to save 5 stars for the following series. Is a bit slow to start and the language initially is hard to follow but persevere as it is well worth it. The series just get better and better and you will soon be addicted

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Disappointing, and incomprehensible

A Customer from London, UK, 10th February, 2010

I waited a long time for this, and was very disappointed when it finally arrived. If you are not American then in the absence of subtitles there is no way you can understand anything anybody says, which is perhaps just as well as every other word seems to be an obscenity. Sorry, but I did not even make it to the end of the first episode. Not in the same class as Murder One or The Sopranos.

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One of the best

Dungbeetle from , 9th January, 2010

If you like cop shows then this is a must see. It takes a bit of getting used to at first as there are so many characters to get to know. And the street language is sometimes baffling for those not used to the way of life portrayed here. It is well written, acted and directed. It shows both the 'working lives' of the villains and the cops, and you end up caring what happens to them. Highly recommended. Interesting that Ray Winstone was originally asked to play Jimmy McNulty but work commitments prevented that. Cant imagine anyone but Dominic West playing it now.

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