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Rome - The Complete Second Season

starring: James Purefoy, Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan
directed by: Various

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359395628
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Running Time: 600 minutes
Sales Rank: 1229
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007



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The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power aligning himself with Atia but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. Meanwhile Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.Running Time: 600 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 026359395628 Manufacturer No: 93956

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Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rome's end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle and invested in the human dramas of the historical figures and fictional characters. Season 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between 'vulgar beast' Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and 'clever boy' Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus 'Violence is the only trade I know' Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Season 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping subplot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them.

Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, 'Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now.' In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Rome - the Second Season
The DVD appears to be exactly what I ordered,although because it will be a gift, it has not been unwrapped. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - They Came, They Saw, They Conquered...
Ah,it is with sweet sadness we view this sumptuous last season of Rome, the most lavishly produced and finely ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I'm addicted
Rats! that is was only 2 seasons, but my husband and I watch them over and over. There is so much going on, we ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - ...et sceleratis sol oritur (the sun shines on the wicked too)
It's a shame that the lusty, highly entertaining HBO "Rome" series did not continue into a third season. The appeal ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - ROME
This HBO series was awsome. If you haven't watched it----DO!!! Season 1 and 2 are GREAT. The actors did a great ... Read More

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