Empire Season 2

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

The second season of the hip-hop drama centers on a battle for control over Empire Entertainment. The premiere opens three months following the shocking arrest and incarceration of Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard), who is attempting to control his record label from inside federal lockup. At the same time, his ex-wife, Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson), is still plotting a hostile takeover of the lucrative biz, while also trying to establish a small startup. Neither goes smoothly. But success does come to Lucious when he records an epic track from prison. Guest appearances include Ne-Yo, Ludacris, William Fichtner, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Rowland, Chris Rock, Andre Royo and Marisa Tomei.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT With Lucious (Terrence Howard) in jail, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) holds a “Free Lucious” concert, which is just a big ploy to get the big money interested in her gambit to wrest Empire away from him. Mimi Whiteman (Marisa Tomei) is the banker whose bucks she needs. And, as usual, the loyalties of Jamal (Jussie Smollett), Andre (Trai Byers) and Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray) are complicated, conflicted, confused.

MY SAY Whatever it was that made “Empire” the sensation of the 2014-15 season hasn’t gone away for the new season. As always, Cookie is a gold lame stealth missile in stilettos. Never one to just walk into a room, she blows into a room — then blows it up. Cookie’s costumes remain Emmy-winning characters in their own right.

One especially: In a later episode, she appears onstage with Pitbull who — wisely — bows away from her gaudy greatness. She’s wrapped in a gold braid from neck to waist and struts about on a pair of high heels that look like they should be licensed as lethal weapons. Maybe we should all bow before Cookie’s gaudy greatness.

-VERNE GAY

DVD Wholesale Main Features :   

Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed: Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 5
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: September 13, 2016
Run Time: 69 minutes
ASIN: B01D3RP1R8