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Rome - The Complete Second Season [2006]Snagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! Rome - The Complete Second Season [2006] starring: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, James Purefoy, Tobias Menzies directed by: Michael Apted ![: Rome - The Complete Second Season [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61xSTb9EGHL._SL160_.jpg) List Price: £54.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £20.97 You Save: £34.02 (62%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and overBinding: DVD EAN: 7321902165615 Format: PAL Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 5 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 2 Release Date: September 10, 2007 Running Time: 572 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: 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. Series 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. Series 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 sub plot 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - BrilliantPLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE A THIRD SEASON. Rome is so fantastic. It is so realistic and the actors are WONDERFULL.You won't regret buing it. Rating: - Excellent!! as good as the first season.Season 2 of HBOs excellent 'Rome' continues on exactly were the first season finished. Caesar has been assasinated and the subsequent power struggle once again sets Rome towards civil war. Mark Antony and Octavian must fight for survival and they try to bide for time until they can extract revenge. Once again the acting is hugely impressive and the characters are all deep, complex and highly enjoyable. This is a wonderfull production and its hard to find a better television series. Its not for the faint hearted, there is plenty of blood, sex and violence for the more timid of us to shy away from ..... but if, like me, you like your drama's gritty and realistic then this is for you. Excellent. Rating: - Stunning... Rome - Season Two kicks off immediately following Ceaser's death, and follows the rise of Octavian to power, Mark Anthony's diasterous reign and doomed relationship with Cleapoatra and ties up some loose ends. Kevin McKid - Vorenous, has gone mad following his wife's death, and his children have disappeared. Realising that, in part, he is also responsbile for Ceaser's death (having left his side following the revelations regarding his "grandson") he wanders the streets, until he finds his purpose once again, thanks to his firm friend Pullo. Once again, the film is filled with stunning scenery, acting and the actors and actresses are once again in fine form. Atia - as fully intended by Servillia, - reaps what she sows - and every character in this film has a painful journey. Octavian, now an older, more serious character (and replaced by another actor) becomes definitely more sinister - and a lot less likable; and Octavia doesn't really seem to have much to do, except swoon over Octavian's friend and dope herself up to the eyeballs with hemp. Series two is as good as series one, except the last couple of episodes feel rather loose and rushed, and as a result this series has a deeply unsatisfying conclusion. Why this series was cancelled is anyone's guess, as there's still so much to be told, and so many fans of what is a brilliant series. Rating: - And the story continues--just as amazing as beforeAnd the story continues--from the chaos following Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony's inept rule, the intrigues of Brutus and Cassius, and the rise of Octavian..this series is just as good as the first one, and every bit as gripping and visually magnificent. Superbly acted and produced, both series 1 and 2 are just gems. I feel bereft now I've watched the whole thing. If only they could keep going! But maybe they don't want to tread on I, Claudius' toes, which takes us into Octavian's(Augustus')long reign and beyond? Rating: - Something wrong with your DVD player?After 50+ years of enjoying cinema,films of all types..but mostly films that engage the audience and require input...I have never complained about a Director of Photography before....every episode of "Rome" that mentioned the dreaded Marco Pontecorvo as the DOP..stand by for an amateur version of "The Shield"-all hand held..in your face,up your bum-whatever..wobbly picture,jerky background,cast walking right across the foreground of the frame-absolute RUBBISH..and with a famous Director as his father!!!- a little man with a massive ego..and directors letting him get away with it?Although this element stinks the place out-everything else about "Rome" is superb.  Try searching the Internet for "Rome - The Complete Second Season [2006]" or Ebay for "Rome - The Complete Second Season [2006]". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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