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The Shield - Season 6 | 
 enlarge | Actor: Michael Chiklis
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £34.99
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Rating:  21 reviews
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 485 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822636118
ASIN: B0011W2IMY
Release Date: March 24, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 Great show but... February 21, 2008
S. Denneler
30 out of 38 found this review helpful
...after the faux pas with the Season 5 Box Set (the season finale was cut by 20 minutes) I did some research and checked the total running time of Season 6 on amazon.com. They have a download portal over there with a description of each episode of Season 6 and its running time. The total running time should be 501 minutes. Surprisingly, the total running time of the UK release is 485 minutes (according to sonypictures.co.uk).
Again they are about to release an edited, incomplete version of this amazing show. What on earth is wrong with Sony?
I will wait until an unedited version of this DVD Box will be released and I ask everyone else to boycott this release as well.
 Striketastic January 21, 2008
Peter Bird (UK.)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
It's Strike Team - what do you expect?
In fact, this season mid-way through seems actually to drop the tension and complex interplay of subplots, though only in comparison to the adrenalin-pumping pace of previous series. Don't be fooled! The final episode leaves you on the biggest cliffhanger of all, simply gagging for series 7 - alleged to be the last one ever. It's been a stunning feature of The Shield that while some stories last an episode, some a whole series, the overall story extends across the entire run of the programme. Even 'Lord of the Rings' was only three movies! Only by the very end will all the strands of the whole show be tied up - one assumes. With The Shield, along with morally ambivalent characters and dense complicated yet thoroughly compelling plotting, the only thing you can be sure of is surprises. And shocks.
one of the best shows on tv. January 25, 2008
Mr. R. W. Graham (Lincoln, U.K.)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
the shield is not a show for the faint of heart. right from the start it's brutal and shocking with the kind of language and subject matter that only cable tv is allowed to show. it's also very complex stuff. vic mackey, played by michael chiklis, is the type of character that by rights you should hate, but at the same time you're rooting for him because you know that without him around the streets would be a lot worse.
forrest wittaker bows out this series, but i'd like to see him come back as this is one of his most terifying performances and he should have gotten an emmy to sit alongside his oscar for the last king of scotland.absolutely superb stuff from start to finish, great twists and turns that you really just do not see coming. anyone out there who thinks that the bill is the best cop show is an idiot, and really needs to see this.
Great. No spoilers here. March 29, 2008
Mr P (UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
well, if you have watched all the way up to and including season five you are going to watch this eventually, who are you kidding?
SHOULD you buy series 6 on dvd now?
I don't give spoilers in my reviews, but I do give my impression of what I saw. I saw damn good things with season six.
DVD quality and sound (still no 5.1 unfortunately) same as usual. Some nice extras.
I was not aware of the cut episode 'controversy' until I read some of the other reviews, I can confirm that the final episode is indeed longer than the others. The end credits roll up at 1 hours 5 mins and 4 seconds. I didn't notice that at the time by the way, I was too busy enjoying the show.
Brilliant. You get serious resolution to the story, and I'm not just talking about that darned IA chappie. Every episode gives a real advance to the plot we have all spent time enjoying, and our favourites, such as the geeky Dutch, are still there in all their glory.
Without spoiling it, all I can say is that I came away from this feeling satisfied, feeling good and just wishing for season seven. Don't get me wrong, the story is tied up, but I want more.
Very, very, very good. I am impressed with the whole storyline, the acting, the action and the ending.
I have been smiling most of the morning as I remember different bits of this series, and especially the last episode.
Highly recommended. The Shield ends with a roar, not a whimper.
Great - and NOT EDITED by Sony or anyone else! March 31, 2008
Mr. John K. Bishton (Chesterfield, U.K.)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Once again, a reviewer points out the discrepancy between the stated running time of a DVD and its time as listed elsewhere. When will people realise that this discrepancy is only the result of the differing playback systems between Region 1 (NTSC) and Region 2 (PAL). Look up the specifications for a detailed explanation, but understand that PAL video plays a faster frame-per-second rate than NTSC, speeding up the playback by about 3 minutes per hour. Even NTSC is not the same as cinematic frames-per-second but is closer. The difference of about 15 minutes in this SHIELD box-set (as with all the others) is solely due to this technical anomaly. Import the Region 1 version if you don't believe me - you'll find they contain exactly the same shows. Nothing taken out. Like brown bread.
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