Gangland- The Final Season Blu-ray Review
The last season of “Gangland” is no different than the previous seasons.
In the 15 episode final season of “Gangland,” the series focuses on the following gangs: North Side Mafia in Denver, Public Enemy #1 in Orange County, Most Notorious Gangsters (a “best of” episode featuring various gangsters), Lincoln Park Bloods in San Diego, Asian Boyz in Los Angeles, Native American Wild Boyz in South Dakota, Ñetas in Trenton, NJ, Mara Salvatrucha in Washington D.C., Crips in NY, Aryan Republican Army in Columbus, OH, biker gang Hells Angels MC in Seattle, Florencia 13 in L.A., Traveling Vice Lords in Memphis, the prison gang New Mexican Mafia in Phoenix, and the Black Mafia Family in Atlanta. Note: Two episodes from season 6 (“Mile High Killers” and “Public Enemy #1”) are actually included in this set.
As with past episodes, the format of “Gangland” has not changed (save for one episode). The usual interviews with former/current gang members (sometimes anonymous) as well as police officers and law officials have been included as well as photographs and footage of the gangs. Through the interviews, viewers get a background history about the gang’s horrifying and shocking crimes. As you can imagine, it’s all very chilling and disturbing material which can certainly be incredibly hard to watch.
As I mentioned above, one episode does not have the same format as the others and that is the episode “Most Notorious.” This episode showcases various famous gangsters including Snoop Dogg of all people. Snoop mainly talks about the neighborhood he grew up in and the gangster activity he encountered. It’s an interesting look at Snoop’s dark past, but it felt kind of out of place in this show.
On a side note, I have to say that the camera crew for this show deserves a lot of credit. They are certainly brave folks for venturing into the criminal underworld to film known gangsters.
Summary: While “Gangland” is not an easy watch, the show is an eye opening and important reminder of the senseless violence that exists in the world.
The widescreen picture quality varies in quality as the footage varies in quality. The scenes shot for the episodes (like the city locals) looks crisp and clear, but the stock footage/video camera footage doesn’t always look the best which is to be expected.
The DTS-HD 2.0 audio track is sufficient. This isn’t the type of show you’d want to demo your speakers with after all.
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