|  | Actors: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
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Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 684 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2258933D
UPC: 024543589334
EAN: 0024543589334
ASIN: B001C8W7EQ
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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 Burning HOT July 13, 2009
angie Martin (Olympia, WA USA)
I am so glad my fiance turned me onto this show. I love it. Each character has a strong personality and you find yourself loving each of them equally. If you feel lost or have fallen behind the storyline, this dvd is a wonderful way to catch up, and if you have already started collecting this series, as I have, this is a great addition! I definitely reccomend "Burn Notice: Season Two." Definitely.
BURNING AGAIN July 12, 2009
Mark Turner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I wrote about season one of BURN NOTICE I couldn't praise it enough. Not only was it a well thought out action thriller for TV, it starred Bruce Campbell. How bad could it be? What can I say, I'm a fan.
When season two began I found myself unable for one reason or another to continue to catch each episode on television. Thank goodness once more for the chance to watch a series uninterrupted via DVD box sets.
The set up for the series is easy enough. Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan) is a covert agent who has just been given a burn notice. This means that his cover is withdrawn, bank account frozen, history deleted and he is out on his own. Unfortunately Michael was in the midst of a transaction with terrorists and must now escape them first.
He does so and finds himself stranded in Miami, Florida. With no help, no money and no idea who issued the notice, Michael turns to his most trusted friends: an ex-girlfriend named Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) who used to work as a bomber for the IRA and an old military friend named Sam (Bruce Campbell) who sold information on Michael to the FBI for money now and then.
Michael's goal in season one was to find a way to make a living and at the same time discover who it was who issued his burn notice. In so doing, he hoped to get his old life back. Along the way, we got to see that he was a white knight of sorts who helped people who truly had no one else to turn to. Each episode offered a client with a description and a problem that needed solved Michael Weston style.
At the end of season one, we started to get a glimpse along with Michael of who had burned him. A woman named Carla began calling and as the series finale ended, Michael Weston was in a car in a truck trailer on his way to meet the mysterious Carla.
Season two continued Michael's search for the issuer of the burn notice. It turns out that Carla worked for a secret organization that took Michael offline from his own plans and now wants to put him to work for their organization. The name is unknown and the man in power behind Carla is as well. So the search continues.
As do the jobs needed to make a living and to help people in need. Included in this group are a young teenage whose life is threatened by a gangster wannabe car thief, a Haitian thug wanted for murder by the father of a young woman he killed, a woman who works with a relief program whose medical supplies were stolen by pirates and even Michael's ex-fiancé, a woman no one in his small circle even knew existed.
But season two offered more than the usual search and assist stories we came to enjoy. We got to know each character a little bit better. With Fiona we saw that even though the two had parted ways and tried to keep a professional distance, there was an intimacy and affection that ran deeper than they would care to admit. The love between the pair was there for all to see with the exception of the two participants.
The same was true with the relationship between Michael and Sam, two die hard buddies who would throw their lives down for one another. Thank goodness this relationship didn't get as steamy as the one with Fiona!
And we got to see Michael get a little bit closer to his mother as played by Sharon Gless. Past differences, past problems and more were always on the table with these two. And yet a respect and love for his mother was there even through the frustration he showed to her.
By the end of this season, we are let in on just who is the man behind the whole burn notice. Maybe. But then again there could be someone behind him. As he tells Michael that he's not been trying to take him out but to protect him from the many enemies Michael has mad as a cover op, Michael chooses to go it alone. As season two ends, he apparently has been released, but now any and all enemies from his past can declare open season on him.
Now it's just a matter of time. Time to sit and wait until season three finishes and comes out on disc as well.
The series is fantastic. It offers tons of action, plenty of thrills, a great looking location (and cast) and enough humor to make a perfect blend. Donovan does a wonderful job as Weston showing acting chops I am certain no casting director has taken note of. Had they done so, he would be sought out more often. Anwar has gone from child star to vamp with ease, and offers the perfect touch of romantic at heart in her character of Fiona. And Bruce? Bruce does what he does best, being the sidekick while getting attention as well.
There are tons of series available on DVD. Some you collect because you love the series and some you buy to see what the series is like. When you buy BURN NOTICE you'll end up purchasing for both reasons. And become the fan that I've become.
Great show, very entertaining July 12, 2009
diane sanders (Schaumburg, IL)
Great show! Jeffery Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar are perfect together. Bruce Campbell is great as a cross between a someone who is always looking what's in it for him and a really good friend. Sharon Gless is good as always.
Burn Notice / Season 2 July 10, 2009
Jason Douglas (Australia)
Season 2 Better than Season 1, Funny,Fast good story lines looking farward to season 3 and more
Exhilarating July 9, 2009
Dragontamerz (Ca.)
Wow! A very well written story or stories. We really like this series. I like the idea of the many different plots going on throughout the show. A lot of excitement throughout the entire series. Can't wait until season 3 comes out. The con's of the series is that it was too short.
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