In 2022, The Wire celebrates its 20th anniversary! Fans get ready because the creator of this classic is making a comeback with a new gem: We Own This City. A shock mini-series on the Baltimore police, available from April 26 on OCS. Focus.
Wow! Wow! It’s the sound of The Police!
While The Wire will blow out its 20th candle, David Simon has concocted the most beautiful gift for the (very) many fans of the cult series. From this April 26, OCS lifts the veil on We Own This City, the brand new nugget of the screenwriter. Co-written with the novelist George Pelecanos, this series marks a real return to his roots for Simon since he finds here his famous Baltimore for an anything but polished portrait of the police.
Adapted from the eponymous investigative book by journalist Justin Fenton, the 6 episodes focus on the “Gun Trace Task Force”: a task force designed to keep violent criminals off the streets of Baltimore, in order to deal with the resurgence of murders in the city.
But gradually, this unit begins to function as a full-fledged criminal organization, with agents stealing money from people they claim to be suspicious, carrying out illegal searches, fabricating evidence and extorting money from traffickers. drug.
Presented last March at Series Mania 2022, We Own This City did not fail to convince its first spectators and has already put the press at its feet. And this in particular thanks to the performances of its main actors, with Jon Bernthal at the top of the list. After having shone in The Punisher, the actor here embodies Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, a rogue cop around whom the unit revolves.
Seen in Loki, Wunmi Mosaku plays Nicole Steele, a lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice who finds herself powerless once morest the officers she must investigate. The cast also includes Josh Charles (The Good Wife), David Corenswet (Hollywood), Jamie Hector (The Wire), not to mention a few guests like Jermaine Crawford, Domenick Lombardozzi or Treat Williams. Can’t wait? U.S. too !
Discover We Own This City from April 26, 2022 and one episode every Tuesday, exclusively on OCS.
