The weekend is here and so are we with our latest handpicked selection for your weekend binge watch fest. This time, we recommend you watch this HBO miniseries called ‘We Own This City’, which was touted as the spiritual successor to ‘The Wire’. Created by David Simon (the man behind the acclaimed HBO series ‘The Wire’), ‘We Own This City’ is streaming in India on the Disney+ Hotstar OTT platform. Read on to know why you should binge watch the series right away.
Set in a six-episode format spanning six hours, ‘We Own This City’ is based on crime reporter Justin Fenton’s non-fiction book titled “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption”. Set amidst the backdrop of riots and violence, the HBO series focuses on the rise and fall of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) of the Baltimore Police Department.
‘We Own This City’ features ‘The Walking Dead’ actor Joe Bernthal in the role of Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, an important part of the Gun Trace Task Force. The show focuses on the disturbing account of large-scale corruption within the police department and the investigation that follows.
On the reviews front, ‘We Own This City’ currently holds a highly impressive 93% critics score and is ‘Certified Fresh’ on reviews aggregation portal Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the series has received a metascore of 83/100, indicating ‘Universal Acclaim’ as per the website.
In case you’re still unable to make up your mind about watching HBO’s ‘We Own This City’ miniseries on the Disney+ Hotstar OTT platform, you can first watch the show’s trailer to get a better idea. We hope you’ll like it. Happy Bingeing!
‘We Own This City’ Trailer –