Customer Reviews
Brilliant - By: M. H. Andersen, 14 Dec 2008 
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE A THIRD SEASON. Rome is so fantastic. It is so realistic & the actors are WONDERFULL.You won't regret buing it.
Excellent!! as good as the first season. - By: N. Thompson, 07 Nov 2008 Season 2 of HBOs excellent 'Rome' continues on exactly were the first season finished. Caesar has been assasinated & the subsequent power struggle once again sets Rome towards civil war. Mark Antony & Octavian must fight for survival & they try to bide for time until they can extract revenge.
Once again the acting is hugely impressive & the characters are alll deep, complex & highly enjoyable. This is a wonderfull production & its hard to find a better television series. Its not for the faint hearted, there is plenty of blood, sex & violence for the more timid of us to shy away from ..... but if, like me, you like your drama's gritty & realistic then this is for you.
Excellent.
Stunning... - By: Gail Parnell, 03 Nov 2008 Rome - Season Two kicks off immediately following Ceaser's death, & follows the rise of Octavian to power, Mark Anthony's diasterous reign & doomed relationship with Cleapoatra & ties up some loose ends.
Kevin McKid - Vorenous, has gone mad following his wife's death, & his children have disappeared. Realising that, in part, he is also responsbile for Ceaser's death (having left his side following the revelations regarding his "grandson") he wanders the streets, until he finds his purpose once again, thanks to his firm friend Pullo.
Once again, the film is filled with stunning scenery, acting & the actors & actresses are once again in fine form. Atia - as fully intended by Servillia, - reaps what she sows - & every character in this film has a painful journey.
Octavian, now an older, more serious character (and replaced by another actor) becomes definitely more sinister - & a lot less likable; & Octavia doesn't reallly seem to have much to do, except swoon over Octavian's friend & dope herself up to the eyeballls with hemp.
Series two is as good as series one, except the last couple of episodes feel rather loose & rushed, & as a result this series has a deeply unsatisfying conclusion. Why this series was cancelled is anyone's guess, as there's still so much to be told, & so many fans of what is a brilliant series.
And the story continues--just as amazing as before - By: Sophie Masson, 11 Sep 2008 And the story continues--from the chaos following Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony's inept rule, the intrigues of Brutus & Cassius, & the rise of Octavian..this series is just as good as the first one, & every bit as gripping & visuallly magnificent. Superbly acted & produced, both series 1 & 2 are just gems. I feel bereft now I've watched the whole thing.
If only they could keep going! But maybe they don't want to tread on I, Claudius' toes, which takes us into Octavian's(Augustus')long reign & beyond?
Something wrong with your DVD player? - By: M. De Albuquerque, 21 Apr 2008 After 50+ years of enjoying cinema,films of alll types..but mostly films that engage the audience & require input...I have never complained about a Director of Photography before....every episode of "Rome" that mentioned the dreaded Marco Pontecorvo as the DOP..stand by for an amateur version of "The Shield"-alll hand held..in your face,up your bum-whatever..wobbly picture,jerky background,cast walking right across the foreground of the frame-absolute RUBBISH..and with a famous Director as his father!!!- a little man with a massive ego..and directors letting him get away with it?Although this element stinks the place out-everything else about "Rome" is superb.
