TV Series2002Ended

The Wire

Name: The Wire
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wood Harris, Wendell Pierce

Taste attributes: crimedramajournalisticmafia/gangsterdetectivethrillerunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leads

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"All in the game."

Boxlist takeUnsavoury and smart: a weighty crime series, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

8.4/10

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What lines up

Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

Synopsis: TMDB