Wire Season 2

Year: 2003

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Simon

Review

not as good as the first, but good enough to keep watching this time around. again, a decidedly non-partisan show (though i suspect it appeals to liberals more than conservatives) that doesn’t spare anyone any blame. really, there’s plenty of blame to go around when we’re tackling issues like drugs, union and political collusion and corruption, murder, prostitution, etc. has the feel of a noir with the ending of both season one and two. i think it was the end of the killers wherein the insurance investigator, having just spend the entire film investigating a serpentine murder case, summarizes his efforts by saying that he only saved 4 cents per customer. truly a noir ending to have an entire season’s worth of plot and investigation and work go into arresting only low level scum while the big guys fly away or only go to jail on minor offenses. c’est la vie.

Watched on TV