Peaky Blinders: Series - Season 1-2 [Blu-ray]

Season 1 played fine but Season 2 was messed up!

The picture quality of excellent. I assume people who buy this already have seen it and already know it is a great show

GREAT MOVIE

If you have not seen Peaky Blinders, you'll be in for a huge treat. This is television on par with the early episodes of  The Shield: The Complete Collection , Oz: The Complete Seasons 1-6 , The Sopranos: The Complete Series  and  The Wire: The Complete Series . This is, as has been noted, a tour de force. Peaky Blinders comes from the head covering worn with razor blades sewn in the bill. Swung as a weapon, this was most often used across the face and thus blinded opponents.Irish actor Cillian Murphy stars as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby, the head of the Blinders. Set in 1919, just after the war, three Shelby brothers, Arthur (Paul Anderson), the oldest and enforcer as a former boxer and someone who cannot shake the war, Tommy (Murphy), a Sergeant Major in the war and natural leader and John (Joe Cole), the third oldest and also an enforcer. With sister Ada (Sophie Rundle) and Aunt Polly (Helen McCrory), the Blinders take over Birmingham one shop at a time. Tommy has a vision for the Shelby's. He wants all the betting shops, legal or no, wharfs and docks and men in place to move fare from hither to yon.The acting in this series is absolutely superb. Murphy, Anders and Cole feel as though they are actually brothers. Aunt Pol, the woman who kept the operation going while the men were 'away to France' (tunnel rats in the British Army), has the respect of the brothers and very little is done without her knowledge and/or consent. This is another series in which the "Bad Guys" are the heroes in a Robin Hood sort of way. The characters are in no way comic book characters. These are believable people both individually and as a family. Not since Sopranos has something been this close.Peaky Blinders is brilliant television. One can watch it several times, and we have, and get more and more out of the program. Each episode, a paltry six to a season, (but packed with oh-so-much) takes the viewer deeper and deeper into Birmingham, the Blinders operation and the Shelby family.

Cinematic. Flawless. Hardcore! Violent-but in a lyricaI artistic way. I can't begin to describe what Peaky Blinders is. It's only on Netflix, or dvd.Loved it so much I bought the dvd's. I LOVE THIS SHOW. Peaky Blinders? Yes. The lead, Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) is insanely amazing. He's incredibly flawed, yet so driven "I'm a businessman" If you've seen Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, or Ripper Street they might prime you a little bit for viewing Peaky Blinders. It's hard to explain-this show is pure magic, perfectly filmed, edited, and the acting. So.much.fun. It's all gangster! Based in post WW1 Birmingham, this is an epic crime drama that pushes the limits. The bad guys are bad-the law? Chief C.I. Campbell played by Sam Neill-who's so good, you'll hate him! Also starring Tom Hardy (hello...Hurt Locker, Lawless), Tommy Flanagan, and the lovely Helen McCrory. The women! Gutsy, strong and intelligent. You'll enjoy the soundtrack-it's modern and not prissy like many of these period piece dramas are.Then thank me profusely for telling you about this genius show.

I've watched all of season 1 and half of season 2, and, for me, this show just gets worse and worse. I'd call it "grubby", rather than gritty. It presses all of the right buttons, grubbing for our sympathy--mainly blind loyalty to family and the military (though it doesn't show any sympathy for merry old England of the period between the world wars). There is plenty of gratuitous and graphic blood and violence, most of it about as predictable as the sex scenes (which are relatively tame, compared with the violence). I can't find a single person in this series whom I would call sympathetic--even Winston Churchill seems to be a schemer with few redeeming qualities. If you don't think humanity makes progress through time, this show has just the right blend of cynicism and pessimism for you. If you can't stand the reality TV shows that glorify our basest and most idiotic neighbors, stay away.

Series 1 and 2 didn't play on either my brother's dvd or Blu-ray player. I had been notified series three had European formatting but I didn't think series1/2 had the same problem since I ordered them first. What happened?

The balance between the raw violence and flawed humanity of these character's is so intriguing that no matter how awful their choices or actions are, you can still feel compassion for them because it all comes from a place of desperation to make their dreams come true when life handed them nothing but tools with which to fail. I've never seen a show or film accomplish this so effortlessly. The characters and story are original and portrayed brilliantly by all the actors, plus the cinematography is spectacular, all punctuated by an amazing soundtrack. It's blade touting, gun slinging gangsters with ambition in fine taylored suits and a Birmingham accent, who sometimes flash us a piece if their hearts. So interesting and entertaining. Just be patient with the first episode because it's purpose is to carefully introduce you to the time, place, and circumstances that face and drive the Peaky Blinders...after that enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! P.S. also be prepared for the disappointment that each season is only six episodes, but like Sherlock it's so worth the wait for the next installment.