Empire:
The Complete Second Season (2015 - 2016/Fox DVD Set)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: A Episodes: A-
Now
a big hit, Season 2 of Empire (2015 - 2016) has become
the biggest nighttime soap opera hit in decades. Even after being
sent to jail by his own family, Lucious Lyon still continues to run
the Empire from his jail cell. As his ex-wife Cookie and his son's
tries a hostile takeover of Empire Entertainment, Lucious wants to
find a true heir to his Empire, but his family is more likely to tear
each other apart to get to Lucious' throne. The past begins to catch
up to them, Lucious' secrets threaten to destroy the Lyons from
within.
Lucious
Lyon is the original CEO/President to Empire Entertainment, one of
the largest and richest Fortune 500 company in the music industry.
Each one of the Lyons are talented musicians/artists and are already
wealthy beyond their dreams, but when compared to the throne of the
Empire they will do anything to get it, including back stabbing each
other. While Lucious attempts to groom his son Jamal to become his
heir, his brothers still continue fight each other to gain favor from
their father. Cookie, Lucious' ex-wife and her son Hakeem, after
failing to take over Empire attempts to start a rival company, Lyon
Dynasty. But they only fail to learn there are others who want a
piece of Empire's fortune, people who are worst than their father.
While Lucious hasn't been always been a good man or good father, he
hides dark secrets from the past which have police and FBI hot on
their tails., nut Lucious has always done what always needs to be
done to protect the family and Empire ...even if it meant getting his
hands dirty.
Watching
this series was like watching battle of bands between R&B, Hip
Hop and Smooth Blues. Empire has more back stabbing, secrets and lies
than the TV series Borgias.
It is a literal gangsters paradise where one can rise from rags to
riches with the right connections. Taraji P. Henson and Terence
Howard lead the cast.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1
mix are as good as they can be for this now-older format, so why no
Blu-ray? Extras include uncut music performances, Empire around
the Globe: USO Tour, Studio Sessions, Freda Gatz Music Video and
The Look of Empire.
-
Ricky Chiang
