Homeland – Season 5 [Blu-ray]
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
I just can’t seem to get enough of lovely and talented Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison. This season former CIA agent Mathison is working for a private security firm in Berlin, Germany. Although she is happily living with her daughter and coworker boyfriend, she can’t escape her past. Her peaceful life is soon shattered as terrorists plan an attack on Berlin.
Season 5 is typical “HOMELAND” but with a couple of twists. Carrie no longer works for the CIA and the show is actually filmed on location in Berlin. It’s nice to see Berlin and to see some good German actors in strong roles. Needless to say, nothing is ever as it seems and don’t trust anyone. Carrie becomes a “marked” woman and must go undercover to save her life and the lives of thousands.
Homeland is stylistic, well-acted and spell-binding if often contrived. It’s hard to imagine an ex-CIA agent having access to CIA files and staff as Carrie does. Yet, we can dispend belief and go with the flow. Danes is fantastic as always and returns to new heights of acting when she goes off her “bipolar” medication. For some reason bipolar Carrie can think and rationalize better a terrorist plot than a medicated Carrie.
As always, HOMELAND’s force is the fantastic ensemble of actors. It’s also the new players each season who are incredibly talented as the terrorists bent on destruction and the couple who always have a conscience and want to do the right thing. I’d like to see these actors again in starring roles. I was especially mesmerized by Ercan Durmaz as Faisal Marwan. The fear and terror in his eyes rocked me to the core. Again, there are some seriously great actors in guest roles on Homeland.
Season 5 can seem a bit slow. The plot and subplots and list of characters and sorting out the good from the bad can be overwhelming but that is HOMELAND. Season 5 has been spiced up a bit. The location and pace has changed but again, we’re dealing with Islamic terrorists along with the Russians and the usual CIA traitors. Carrie has to thwart another terrorist attack and hackers have unintentionally gained access to top secret CIA files that could harm the German government It seems routine at times but somehow it keeps working. Miranda Otto is delightfully deceitful and evil and the head of the CIA office in Berlin. It’s the cast that makes this show so incredibly addicting.
-Jack E. Levic
Have you ever seen any actor play her role better than this lady? My goodness, she plays a role like I’ve never seen. Great series. If I ever see her on the street in real life, I’m crossing over to get out of her way. LOL She’s so talented and scary at the same time.. The whole series is just amazing.- Typhoon Jenkins III
Homeland’s 5th season is as good or better than the prior four. The protagonists,Carrie, Peter Quinn and Saul begin to realize you can’t walk away from this war of the modern agewhere computers remember your every act, and the internet makes even the secret CIA agentan open book to the enemy. Did we create the enemy we cannot walk away from? Generally the consensus-C. Hixson
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Sebastian Koch, Rupert Friend, Alexander Fehling
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed: Spanish
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: January 10, 2017
Run Time: 91 minutes
ASIN: B01D3RP4R0
