IMDB: 9.4 |
55 min |
2 June 2002 (USA)
Actors: Dominic West,
John Doman,
Deirdre Lovejoy,
Wendell Pierce,
Lance Reddick,
Sonja Sohn,
Seth Gilliam,
Domenick Lombardozzi,
Clarke Peters,
Andre Royo,
Michael Kenneth Williams,
Jim True-Frost,
Frankie Faison,
Corey Parker Robinson,
Delaney Williams,
J.D. Williams,
Wood Harris,
Idris Elba,
Aidan Gillen,
Jamie Hector…
Country: USA
Language: English, Greek, Mandarin, Spanish
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Description: Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale. Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a local rival, Omar, who's been robbing Barksdale's dealers and reselling the drugs. The supervisor of the investigation, Lt. Cedric Daniels, has to deal with his own problems, such as a corrupt bureaucracy, some of his detectives beating suspects, hard-headed but determined Det. McNulty, and a blackmailing deputy. The show depicts the lives of every part of the drug "food chain", from junkies to dealers, and from cops to politicians.