Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 Box Set (5 Discs)

Boardwalk Empire is a fictional story made up with factual events and characters about the life of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City and a man that dabbled in Politics and Crime! Like The Sopranos this show is slowly paced and enables the viewer to become familiar with the characters. Theres a interesting story and some great acting from a variety of actors. Also good to see Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting) and Stephen Graham (Made In England). If you enjoy Millers Crossing, One Upon A Time In America, Sopranos and other Crime / Gangster Movies / Shows you will probably like this. As far a tv productions go his is the one i have enjoyed the most in a while. Compulsive Viewing.

Coming from HBO Boardwalk Empire focuses on Atlantic City in the 1920s. Prohibition has just come into effect and the city's corrupt treasurer Nucky Thompson, seeing a business opportunity, begins working to tighten his already firm grip on the city. Unfortunately for Nucky he will have to deal with equally violent rivals and determined FBI prohibition agents if he is to succeed.

Being created by Terence Winter Boardwalk Empire is always going to be compared to masterpiece that was The Sopranos. In this regard the first season is certainly lacking in the emotional complexity and tight script that made The Sopranos the show it was with some of the violence and sexual scenes not always feeling essential to the plot.

Despite this Boardwalk Empire does have enough going for it to forge its own identity and by the series end it was safe to say it that it had earned its early season 2 renewal. Being a character based drama it obviously relied heavily on its cast and it was here that this opening season really excelled. Lead by the always excellent Steve Buscemi the supporting cast were equally as successful at bringing the characters and plots to life and ensuring audiences stayed tuned in.

While Boardwalk Empire hasn't exactly reinvented the gangster genre it is has certainly shown enough potential to bring me back for another watch next year.

Coming from HBO Boardwalk Empire focuses on Atlantic City in the 1920s. Prohibition has just come into effect and the city's corrupt treasurer Nucky Thompson, seeing a business opportunity, begins working to tighten his already firm grip on the city. Unfortunately for Nucky he will have to deal with equally violent rivals and determined FBI prohibition agents if he is to succeed.

Being created by Terence Winter Boardwalk Empire is always going to be compared to masterpiece that was The Sopranos. In this regard the first season is certainly lacking in the emotional complexity and tight script that made The Sopranos the show it was with some of the violence and sexual scenes not always feeling essential to the plot.

Despite this Boardwalk Empire does have enough going for it to forge its own identity and by the series end it was safe to say it that it had earned its early season 2 renewal. Being a character based drama it obviously relied heavily on its cast and it was here that this opening season really excelled. Lead by the always excellent Steve Buscemi the supporting cast were equally as successful at bringing the characters and plots to life and ensuring audiences stayed tuned in.

While Boardwalk Empire hasn't exactly reinvented the gangster genre it is has certainly shown enough potential to bring me back for another watch next year.

I watched every episode of season 1 and always felt it never really got going. It lacks the humour, intellegence and subtlety of something like the Sorpranos. Always found myself getting bored- I don't care what happens to the characters as they are never really developed. Everyone plays the same mood every episode- they are very 1 dimentional and as such I struggled to care about them. Angry cop is always angry, the moody youth is always moody, the exasperated gangster is always the same. The story/plot is slow and feels quite confused- jumps around a lot (not in a good way!). Would not buy this, just watch on TV.

A brilliant first step for what is surely the most widely acclaimed HBO drama since the Sopranos. However it is fairly inferior to the second season which is absolutely mind blowing.