Is The Wire right for your family?
Series 2002 94 min/ep.
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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Likely present: ViolencePolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content
The series depicts the war on drugs from the perspectives of police and criminals, highlighting bureaucracy and the blurring of moral distinctions.
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