Tyrant Season 1

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RIVITING!!! Wonderful acting, very very interesting plot, excellent photography. After living in the Middle East for many, many years, how real it sounded in every respect. If it were any better we would be looking for Abudeen on a map, while clutching our American diplomatic passports close to our chests as we raced for the airport so that we could view this series from afar! Definitely a 5. and particularly kudos for Ashraf Barhom/”Jamal” who surely deserves an Emmy for his simply extraordinary and compelling performance throughout! Oh my gosh! We hung on the edge of our seats throughout the whole season….and are now doing so through Season 2 with equal passion…..as we await the beginning of Season 3. DEFINITELY SEE THIS!

-K. D. Talley

Realistic drama about a modern day (fictional) Middle Eastern country ruled by tyrant. It reminds me a bit of the Sopranos, with Tony being a bad man doing the usual Mafia dirty deeds, yet having tinges of guilt, doubts & occasionally embracing a decent thought or action. Dialogue was better in Sopranos, but story line in Tyrant is realistic and fast moving. A similarly conflicted character like Tony exists in this series, as the elder brother, the Tyrant, must deal with moral & modern advice from his westernized younger brother. I rushed through the 10 episodes of Season 1 so I could be real time with the Season 2 episodes now showing on FX. Like the Sopranos, not for viewing with young children.

-EIB fan

Skip this show if you like storylines with some resolution by the end of the season. Here, you get nothing but loose ends, with no payoff in sight if there’s a second season. At first I thought some of the acting was good, but finally realized I was just watching a bunch of entitled people running into each other in an empty pavilion. Not interested in watching another 10 episodes of this. FX should order just one more episode to wrap up every loose end (perhaps like that infamous surprise bloodbath episode in Game of Thrones) and salvage what they can of their investment.

– Jeanne Simmons

DVD Wholesale Main Features :   

Actors: Fares Fares, Ashraf Barhom, Adam Rayner
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. )
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: January 13, 2015
Run Time: 475 minutes