Rescue Me - Season 2 details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Steven Pasquale, Jack McGee, Mike Lombardi, Daniel Sunjata, Denis Leary, Andrea Roth |
| Directors: | Peter Tolan, Jace Alexander, John Fortenberry |
| Genre: | Television - Series/Miniseries |
| Studio: | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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Rescue Me - Season 2 - Disc 1 |
15 Disc 1 | |
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Disc 2 |
15 Disc 2 | |
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Disc 3 |
15 Disc 3 | |
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Disc 4 |
15 Disc 4 |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 9 hours 11 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Dubbed: | French, Spanish |
| Subtitles: | Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Burning Brighter...
By Steve Day from UK , 25 Feb 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Wow! If you're a Sopranos or West Wing kind of person, Rescue Me might not quite hit those two heights - but by this second season it's seriously not far off. Not familair with Rescue Me? Believe me, if this show was on Channel 4 or More 4, it'd be smoking by now. However, it's not, so it isn't. But if you're prepared to take a chance, I promise you this show is a real gem.
Expanding on the ground work laid out in the first run, season two really broadens its horizons, not least for gladly sharing out more air time to the vibrant supporting cast that surround Leary's main man, Tommy Gavin.
Swerving from crisis to comedy without ever becoming imbalanced, the scripts are sharp, inventive, and it's now evident that Leary's former motor-mouth stand-up career stood him in good stead to write and structure compelling ensemble dialogue. To which end, it's credit to the man himself (who co-writes, co-produces and co-created) that Rescue Me is in no way a vanity piece.
Whilst its true to say that Rescue Me is more male-centric than most dramas, with the females sometimes dropping out of focus unless they're mingling with the men, this is now proving to be something of a positive. Without ever resorting to dumb macho posturing, the show is something of an illumination on what it means to be an everyday kind of guy in the 21st Century. Old guys learn to live with gay sons, husbands tackle family illness, young guys learn about love beyond lust, and the hard-knocks come thick and fast, even before the alarm call sounds.
And, once again, I've got to give it to Leary for creating a compelling character in Tommy. Very much an anti-hero in the vein of Tony Soprano, Tommy's battle with alcoholism is handled with genuine insight and intelligence, dumping all the lame-ass, cliched drama shortcuts of addiction, in favour of a humbling exploration of the demons we all have to face just getting through the day - come good times or bad.
A serious, serious treat, and one that I never expected to like so much when I first took a curious peak. But one that now sits in my top TV charts.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(7)Man's Film
By a customer from Walsall , 24 Apr 2008My husband throughly enjoyed watching this series. He keeps asking when are they sending the next disc on Rescue Me. He laughs a lot on watching these. Yes, it is throughly a man's film.
I find a few scenes a bit distasteful. MEN.- Was this review helpful to you?
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rescued
By powwow (1 review) from Manchester , 10 Apr 2008Fantastic series, so dry and comical with real laugh out load moments but also surprisingly touching and poinant.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Hard hitting drama/comedy
By Talkland from Eastbourne, England , 31 Jul 2007Tommy Gavin is a New York fireman coping with his job, drinking, separation from his wife, and visions of his dead people. This programme is so un-PC you have to watch it to believe that American TV who show it! It is well worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Rescue me sets the standard
By Terry Jones from Cornwall, England , 20 Apr 2007This is the best drama to come out of the states, since... I can't think of anything better, really! The characters are consistant, gritty and no punches are pulled regards subject matter. If iyour looking for humour, tragedy, romance, racial tension, sexual intrigue, cutting edge drama, action... all of the above plus believable fire rescues (not the garbage we were subjected to via Londons Burning) and a man who sees dead people... a programme that appeals to both male and female adult viewers, then this is the one for you. Rent it you wont be dissapointed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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you got to see it
By WARREN LUPTON from leeds uk , 07 Apr 2007if you watch one thing this is the one rescue me it is slow to start in series one but once it gets going you are truly hooked.. it is a must see ..- Was this review helpful to you?
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