The second series of HBO/BBC drama ROME takes place in 44 B.C., eight years after the period covered in the first series. The show continues to revolve around the plight of two... more
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Advantages: Authenticity, Script, Acting, everything Disadvantages: not likely to be a third season, DAMN!
Rome Season 2
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Rome Season two boxed set contains all ten episodes spread evenly with two episodes each on five discs. It comes in a nice sturdy wooden box that offers fantastic protection to the discs. The cover work is very well done and very apt, with sepia style images of Roman architecture from antiquity, and at the forefront an image depicting a Roman woman holding a dagger at her side. Opening the outer lid, you are ... ...Elder
Synopsis
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Rome Season two is an historical drama set in Classical Rome, and was aired in the UK. the second season started on 20th June, 2007, on BBC Two and ended on 24th July, 2007. This is the complete compiled box-set on this entire series, which swiftly picks up where season one left off. The first episode opens up to an explicit, haunting image of Gaius Julius Caesar laying on the Senate floor in a huge puddle of his own ...
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Advantages: Excellent retelling of Roman history Disadvantages: Lashings of sex, violence and bad language
Rome II
The big budget historical drama Rome, spread over two series, is the result of collaboration between HBO, BBC and Italian television company RAI. In common with other big budget dramas produced by HBO in the past (such as Band of Brothers) it is ambitious and produced to movie quality standards.
Largely filmed at the Cinecitta studios outside Rome the series are impressive in scale and execution. The large cast is filled with recognisable ... ...North Africa before returning to Rome in triumph. Declaring himself Dictator for life Caesar's list of enemies grows until they are driven to murdering him on the floor of the senate. I'm sorry if it seems I'm giving too much away but you really should know all this already.
That is the headline story arc of the first series but by no means the only one. The main aim of the series is to show us a less familiar view of ancient Rome, away from the ...
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Actor(s): Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, James Purefoy, Tobias Menzies, Lindsay Duncan, Lyndsey Marshal, Zuleikha Robinson, Simon Woods
Director(s): Michael Apted
Genre: Drama - Historical
Classification: 18 years and over
Official Website: www.hbo.com/rome
Video Category: Television
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Audio commentary on episodes 13, 15, 19, 20, and 22, A Tale of Two Romes, Anthony And Cleopatra, The Rise of Octavian: Rome's First Emperor, The Making of Rome - Series 2, All Roads Lead To Rome
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD Description
The second series of HBO/BBC drama ROME takes place in 44 B.C., eight years after the period covered in the first series. The show continues to revolve around the plight of two Roman soldiers, Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who find themselves caught up in a civil war after Caesar is assassinated. As powerful leadership battles play out between historic figures such as Octavian and Marc Antony, Lucius's life is marred by personal misfortune. The complete second series of the Emmy award-winning show is included here.
Professional reviews
Review: An absolute visual treat (Daily Express, 06/08/2007)
A superb cast... A rare dose of event television (Daily Mail, 06/08/2007)
Epic and vivid depiction of Caesar's empire (The Independent, 06/08/2007)
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