r/TheWire • u/Desperate-Cream-6723 • 4d ago

Thoughts on We Own This City

Going through a little The Wire withdrawal after watching the entire series. I've heard We Own This City is the same vibe and somewhat of a sequel of sorts to the Wire... just curious what you all think of this series and if it holds a candle to the Wire?

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u/rankaistu_ilmalaiva 4d ago

it’s a much more condemced narrative, in many ways. It has to get to the point faster, they kinda have to say the obvious out loud, and they use more flash backs and and do more stylistic elements than the naturalistic feel of The Wire.

But I did like it, and I specifically liked how it was atrue story with real names and events, it made it more straightforward to go ”see? all the stuff in The Wire? it was real, we just had to cover our ass legally”