Stars: Michael Chiklis, C.C.H. Pounder, Walton Goggins

Summary: The third series of the TV drama which focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain hell bent on bringing them down to further his own political ambitions.

Transgressing the seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black and white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favour of an ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, FANTASTIC FOUR) leads the elite Strike Team in the fictional LA district of Farmington. He employs dubious but effective crime fighting methods as a tough, effective, but corrupt cop. The other detectives and cops on the force disapprove of the Team's methods, to say the least, while the precinct head, Captain David Aceveda (Benito Martinez) is just as corrupt as Mackey, but his political aspirations lead him into a campaign to end the detective's career. The stoic, upright Detective Claudette Wyms (CCH Pounder, ER), who understands both sides of the game, provides a much needed balance and rationality to the mix. The charismatic Mackey strikes just the right pitch so as to be the least sympathetic antihero television has yet seen, while retaining his audience, who refuses to write him off quite yet. Meanwhile, the controversial themes and violent nature of the content manages the effect--inconsistent at best in TV programming--of making audiences really think about what they're watching.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio commentaries, Deleted scenes with optional commentary, Making of documentary, Trailers
Year:	2004
Release Date:	May 28, 2007
Runtime:	572 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R P 1662
Keywords:	English, Series, Drama, Shield
Genre:	Drama