Product Details

• Actors: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Kevin Chapman, Fiona C. Erickson
• Writers: Blake Masters
• Producers: Blake Masters, Elizabeth Stephen, Katrin L. Goodson, Nicole Yorkin
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Showtime Ent.
• DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Run Time: 1675 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002FLOTPE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,519 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Brotherhood: Three Season Pack" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A working-class Irish family is torn between right and wrong when two brothers live out their destinies on opposite sides of the law. While Tommy pursues ambitions as a rising star in politics, Michael seeks power the only way he knows how – amidst the gritty underworld of violence and crime. And in a world where mothers choose favorites, wives keep secrets, and friends are won and lost by the deals that they make, doing what is right – and doing what is necessary – are rarely the same. Brotherhood tells the story of two brothers who sometimes share a twisted sense of moral compromise — each with his own skewed, idealistic vision of what makes the American dream.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great & Well Put Together Showtime Series That Was Short-Lived, November 6, 2009

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HE WHO FUNKS BEHIND THE ROWS!! (Seattle & San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brotherhood: Three Season Pack (DVD)

Though, sadly, it ended after only 3 seasons, Showtime's "Brotherhood" was a
well-written, well-acted series about conflicts within an Irish-American
family based in Rhode Island who has ties that extend on both sides
of the law, and ultimately of wrong & right.
Part Irish mob drama and part cop / city political intrigue drama,
"Brotherhood" covered a lot of ground during it's short run and did
it in such a way that was easy to follow.
For some reason, it just couldn't find a huge audience like HBO's SOPRANOS
did and it was cancelled earlier this year.
However, this is a great box-set of all 3 seasons for a decent price
to have this in your collection for those days when there's absolutely
nothing on the over 125 channels that you already have!--Good stuff.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Bulger brothers by proxy, March 20, 2010

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Lester (Wilmington, DE, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brotherhood: Three Season Pack (DVD)

This series, whether acknowledged or not, was inspired by the Bulger brothers of Boston, whose story is detailed in a number of books, among them "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob" by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. James "Whitey" Bulger, a brutal career criminal, rose to control the Irish mob in Boston while his brother Billy rose to be the kingpin of Massachusetts politics. As an FBI informant, James Bulger cannily exploited the FBI's tunnel-vision focus on the Boston mafia to the point his FBI handler, whose roots, like Bulger's, were in South Boston, sabotaged efforts by the State Police to bring Bulger down. Alerted by his FBI handler that indictments against him were coming down, Bulger disappeared in 1995. Despite a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List and a $2-million reward, he remains at large. (Bulger's FBI handler was sentenced to 10 years for racketeering in 2002.)

Here, the setting is shifted from Boston to Providence, RI, and while there are alterations and embellishments in the name of dramatic license, the major elements of the Bulger brothers' story remain in Tommy Caffee's ascendance in the State Legislature; in Michael Caffee's wresting control of the local Irish mob and in his relationship with the local mafia family; in the FBI's arrogance and single-minded pursuit of the mafia; in the fierce tribalism of the Irish community; in the series' denouement.

I found none of the characters particularly likeable or sympathetic. That is not, however, a reflection on the acting, which is uniformly top-notch, it's just the nature of the story. (The one quibble I have is that the facial features of the actors playing the Caffee brothers are so disparate that not even fine acting convinced me they were brothers.) Though neither the story nor the characters are as rich as those of The Wire or The Sopranos, this series is one worth owning.

Update: Whitey Bulger and his girl friend Catherine Greig were arrested in Santa Monica, California, in June 2011. While the mystery of Bulger's whereabouts has been solved, the mystery of how he and Greig eluded authorities for 16 years has not, as of this note. That story, or what passes for it (my money is on the full truth never coming out), will be fodder for books, certainly, and perhaps a movie or mini-series.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU GOT ME-HOOK, LINE & SINKER!, November 18, 2009

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Edward A. Jones "cruiser621" (Reading, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brotherhood: Three Season Pack (DVD)

I caught unto this series via the Dexter box sets we purchased at a local Target store (series 1 & 2 which were on sale). Included with each was a complete 2-episode teaser from season 1 & 2 from the Brotherhood. Needless to say, we had to have the Dexter Season 3 and now wait anxiousily for Season 4-Dexter! The fact of the matter is I got hooked on the Brotherhood series thru Dexter and I am now waiting for it to arrive in the mail! This show is so great and no, it's not an Irish Sopranos!!! It's terriffic!!! Showtime was real smart to throw in teasers like this; especially for folks like myself who do not subscribe to Showtime (the new HBO). Keep up the good work Showtime!!! You got me to purchase the entire set of the Brotherhood in one swoop!