About this product: In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes such as rape, torture, pedophilia and child-abuse are dealt with in New York City, by a special unit of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit. Its members include Detective Olivia Benson, herself the child of a rape, Detective Elliot Stabler, a family man trying to protect his family from the horrors of the world. The crimes they deal with are painful, emotional, and scarring. These are their stories.
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About this product: The clues all lead to one of the most hard-hitting and powerful seasons of Law & Order: SVU ever as all 22 gripping episodes of the compelling seventh season arrive on DVD in a five-disc set. Primetime Emmy® Award winner Mariska Hargitay and Primetime Emmy® Award-nominated actor Chris Meloni return to their critically acclaimed detective roles to investigate some of the most provocative and emotionally intense sexually based crimes ripped from the headlines. Join guest stars Dean Cain, Academy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden, Brittany Snow, Mark McGrath and more in this Primetime Emmy® Award-nominated series that never flinches from tackling today’s toughest topics head-on.
About this product: Originally called Sex Crimes, executive producer Dick Wolf wisely opted for something less lurid when the second in the inexhaustible Law & Order franchise hit the air in 1999. Still, as the opening voiceover makes clear, the "sexually based offenses" investigated by New York's Special Victims Unit can be "especially heinous." This six-DVD boxed set includes all 22 episodes of the first compelling season.
Wolf penned series premier "Payback," which sets the scene, but not the tone. It's a lively, if uneasy mix between horror (rape) and comedy (risqué banter). As the show progressed, humor would be written out altogether (leaving Richard Belzer's Homicide-derived John Munch with increasingly less to do). Less emphasis would also be placed on the home lives of this "elite squad of dedicated detectives." Mostly, "Payback" introduces us to the unit, centering around partners Olivia Benton (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). For two people with so little in common, they make a terrific team--arguably one of TV's best. Stabler is married with four children; Benton is single and her closest relationship is with her mother (Elizabeth Ashley). While Stabler can get a little rough with suspects, Benton tends to over-empathize with the victims. They report to the no-nonsense Captain Cragen (Law & Order vet Dann Florek). Like the parent program's Lenny Briscoe, he's a recovering alcoholic. Dean Winters and Michelle Hurd round out the rock-solid cast.
As it would continue to do in successive years, SVU's first season proved that network TV could explore sex crimes without being salacious or exploitative. "Uncivilized," for instance, concerns a child murder that is automatically pinned on a local sex offender, when the actual perpetrator isn't quite so obvious. "Disrobed," in which Brian Cassidy (Winters) leaves the department and Benson (with whom he had a brief affair) shoots a suspect is another standout in a strong year. SVU was followed by Criminal Intent in 2001 and features several guest appearances from Jerry Orbach (Briscoe) and Angie Harmon (Abbie Carmichael) from the original Law & Order. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
About this product: Return to the scene of the crime with all 23 gripping episodes of the sixth year in a 5 disc set from the Primetime Emmy®-nominated series Law and Order: SVU. Join Primetime Emmy® Award winner Mariska Hargitay and Primetime Emmy® Award nominee Chris Meloni as they and the members of the New York Special Victims Unit hunt down perpetrators and help the emotionally scarred victims of sexually based crimes. With a powerful roster of guest stars including Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Michael O'Keefe (Michael Clayton), Martin Short (Saturday Night Live), Alfred Molina (Spiderman-2), Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote) and more, SVU's provocative ripped-from-the-headlines stories are unforgettable watching for TV fans everywhere.
About this product: As an esteemed television journalist put out to pasture by the networks and faced with the engagement of her son, Jane Fonda is fierce, funny, and ready to rumble as the title character in Monster-in-Law in a way that the rest of the film itself never really is. Jennifer Lopez, the film's other above-the-title star, is set to marry handsome, wealthy Michael Vartan but has one helluva time dealing with his insanely possessive mother. The result is pretty much what you'd expect--lots of snarls and slapstick and an easy, kisses-all-around conclusion, though it is surprising (and maybe a little disheartening) to watch Fonda throw herself into such disposable comedy with such gusto. Director Robert Luketic, who slept while Reese Witherspoon tottered off with his Legally Blonde, once again relies solely on the assembled talent: He leaves a high-wattage Lopez playing things a little too cute, a reedy Vartan looking visibly disinterested, and canny comedian Wanda Sykes making what she can--which, luckily, is a lot--of her role as Fonda's wisecracking personal assistant (the type of black sidekick role that's an indication of how creakily formulaic the film is). See it for Fonda, if you feel like it, then wish her a better engagement in the future. --Steve Wiecking
About this product: "One of these days," remarks rumpled veteran Los Angeles police sergeant Les Hart (Regis Toomey), "we'll find ourselves with a nice, easy case." But open and shut cases are no fun, and for Burke's Law, one of the most offbeat and still entertaining cop shows ever, the more bizarre and baffling the case, the better, as witness these 16 star-studded episodes that complete Season One. Millionaire playboy Amos Burke (Gene Barry in his Golden Globe-winning role) has his hands full, not just juggling the unending parade of afternoon delights who demand his attention (the randy Burke "swings like a circus trapeze"), but also with the tryst-interrupting phone calls summoning him to a crime scene. This is murder, Southern California-style: A pop artist impaled on one of his own paintings, a fashion house owner found dead in an elevator full of mannequins, and an "ordinary" suburban housewife strangled in her shower. Produced by Aaron Spelling, Burke's Law anticipates his The Love Boat with its eclectic roster of guest stars who portray colorful characters and shady suspects. Each episode is brimming with show business legends in the twilights of their careers (Betty Hutton, Buster Keaton, Jayne Mansfield, Spike Jones), indelible character actors (Jim Backus, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavettes), future stars (Barbara Eden, William Shatner, Elizabeth Montgomery) and cult faves (Tura Satana from Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). But Amos Burke is the real character and the real deal. "A good civil servant doesn't rest until the job is done," is just one of his aphorisms that comprise "Burke's Law." Barry gets able support from Gary Conway as Det. Tim Tilson, Burke's hunky, hotshot protégé, and Leon Lontoc as Henry, who chauffeurs Burke's Rolls Royce. Burke's Law is stylish, sexy, and smart. Harlan Ellison peppers his witty script for "Who Killed Andy Zygmunt" with clever wordplay (when asked his opinion on pop art, Burke replies, tongue in cheek, "He's a nice enough old fellow"), literary and pop culture references, and sly digs at the art world and children's television. For more retro fun, each of this set's four discs contains as a bonus vintage commercials for Crest, Green Mint mouthwash, (the "clean taste of confidence"), L&M Cigarettes, Schick Stainless Steel blades and more. But Burke's Law is no '60s relic. Today's prime time cops should be so cool. --Donald Liebenson
About this product: Rejoin the detectives of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in all 21 gripping episodes from the powerful second season, available for the first time on DVD! Mariska Hargitay returns as the unit's veteran Detective Olivia Benson: the role that earned her a Best Actress Golden Globe. Joining her are Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch, captivating newcomers Ice-T and B.D. Wong, and television's hottest guest stars, such as Eric Roberts, Margot Kidder, and Chad Lowe. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit - The Second Year is packed with a roster of cases ripped from today's headlines and includes fascinating bonus features such as cast interactions with real detectives, character profiles and never-before-seen deleted scenes. Law and Order: SVU, the recipient of seven Emmy Award nominations in just four years, is the captivating phenomenon that critics call "indestructible."
About this product: Return to the scene of the crime with Chris Noth in his final season of the show honored by 11 consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series! All 23 compelling episodes of Law & Order: The Fifth Year are now available on DVD for the first time in this must-own 5-disc collection. Joining Detective Mike Logan (Noth) and his dedicated colleagues who investigate and prosecute crime is a powerful lineup of guest stars, including Regina Taylor, Edie Falco, Gina Torres and John Cameron Mitchell. Ripped from today's headlines, Law & Order is the gripping phenomenon that will captivate you again and again!
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