Leverage: Complete Season 4 [DVD]

I like how a former enemy came back for revenge but failed.

I've loved Leverage from the start, even though they don't seem to admit it's a booted up, slightly more action-packed version of the UK's Hustle. It's a great show with a different con every week that they only perpetrate on those who deserve to be conned. And it has the usual plot twists and turned. And there's always a Plan B! Great cast, led by Timothy Hutton, who's a terrific actor. But the rest are just as good. I like them all, but I think my possible favourite is Beth Riesgraf as Parker. She's completely nuts (her character!) but comes over like a best friend you never wish you'd had!

This is Leverage back to its' very best after season three seemed to drift a little for me and not really meet the standards of the first two seasons. The scripts once again match the talents of the ensemble cast who portray their rounded characters with warmth, wit and intelligence. There are good twists, fun and much excitement.

The first three series were so entertaining that this forth had a lot to live up to but it just about made it.. Not the best compared to the previous three, however, they were so good this still rates a five star as only giving it four would be an injustice!

I am a real fan of Leverage however season three was pretty weak (in my opinion) but I am very happy with season four. It is back and better - it is nice to see the gang grow in maturity and together but Parker is still my favourite!

I thought it was awesome for the first 3 series but it loses momentum as time goes on, still like the show a lot but am not into it as much as before

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Great service from the vendor. This is one of my favourite series. So rare to find such a great ensemble cast. The episodes are well written, fast paced with lots of action. The writers took care to develop the characters over the series which added a lot of depth to everything and complexity to the series as a whole. We've watched it 3 times already - it's that rich and that much fun. Apologies, but it bears repeating, I can't give this high enough praise for it's writing - the unwinding of the back-storys of the characters, the complex cons (they give them all the coolest names) and the surprise twist endings - that's what makes this series so re-watchable.

De Amerikaanse versie van Hustle( Engels). Spannend van de eerste tot de laatste aflevering. Odertussen alle seizoenen gezien, verveeld nooit.

As with any series by season four the show is looking for new direction. Its no longer just the con of the week. The characters really develop and plot lines begin to span the entire season. As expected the tech stuff is good no sound or video problems. I was a little disappointed in the extras. The shows all have commentary and maybe a deleted scene or two.Episode List (Spoiler Alert)1 "The Long Way Down Job"The fate of a missing climber on an Alaskan mountain is the key to taking down a corrupt financier. When the team returns to Boston, they make a shocking discovery: their office is bugged, and someone is watching them.2 "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job"A mark is killed during a masquerade ball in an isolated mansion, which leads to Nate becoming the prime suspect in a classic whodunit mystery, forcing the team to find out who killed their mark while also ensuring that Nate doesn't go down for a crime he didn't even commit.3 "The 15 Minutes Job"Nate plans to turn a shadowy political consultant into a celebrity—but can Nate himself resist the lure of the limelight?4 "The Van Gogh Job"The team pursues a lost Van Gogh masterpiece, and reenacts a star-crossed love affair between the only two people who know its whereabouts.5 "The Hot Potato Job"Sophie leads a quickly improvised con to retrieve a stolen genetically engineered potato from a highly secure agribusiness headquarters.6 "The Carnival Job"The team attempts to steal a revolutionary new computer chip from a family household, but in the middle of their efforts, the child of the target's family is kidnapped during a chaotic carnival. Eliot must face an old adversary named Roper to get the child back.7 "The Grave Danger Job"The Leverage target a grifter and her two sons who are running a funeral home when in actuality, they're embezzling money from her living clients and selling the identities of their dead loved ones to a drug cartel. As Parker's feelings for Hardison become clearer, things take a turn for the worst when the team learns that Hardison has been kidnapped and buried alive by the drug cartel who are using him as collateral, forcing the team into a race against time as they struggle to track his location and find him before he runs out of air while also finishing the original con of bringing down the grifter and her two sons.8 "The Boiler Room Job"The team targets a 3rd-generation con man who knows every scam in the book (because his father and grandfather practically wrote the book), and Nate decides that since they can't con him, they'll just rob him. Later, Nate learns who's been tracking them: Jack Latimer, a professional investor who's made millions off of companies who have had personnel or practices exposed by Leverage.9 "The Cross My Heart Job"On the way back from another job, Nate meets a nurse, and the Leverage team discovers that a terminally ill defense contractor has stolen a heart intended for a fifteen-year-old boy. To stop the contractor from getting the heart, the team has to steal the Cincinnati airport in less than two hours without any equipment while the job hits too close to home for Nate.10 "The Queen's Gambit Job"Sterling returns and convinces the Leverage team to steal a nuclear centrifuge calibration weight from a high-tech skyscraper in Dubai during an international chess tournament—but things may not be what they seem.11 "The Experimental Job"The Leverage team goes back to college to investigate a program of sinister psychology research. Hardison poses as a cooler, collegiate version of himself, and Eliot goes undercover as a homeless veteran.12 "The Office Job"A documentary film project about a small greeting-card company takes a strange turn when the Leverage team arrives, posing as efficiency experts.13 "The Girls' Night Out Job"While the boys enjoy a poker night (or so they think), Parker, Sophie, and Tara investigate a mysterious handsome man who is using Parker's friend Peggy (from Season 1's "The Juror #6 Job") to get access to an embassy.14 "The Boys' Night Out Job"While the girls enjoy a night on the town (or so they think), Nate, Hardison, and Eliot must extricate their old acquaintance Hurley (from Season 1's "The 12-Step Job") from his involvement with gangs associated with the Mexican and Irish mobs.15 "The Lonely Hearts Job"A charity auction in the Hamptons appears to be a front for a "black widow" con, and the team's investigation puts each member's romantic skills to the test. Meanwhile, Latimer and an unknown partner declare war on Leverage.16 "The Gold Job"Taking his first turn as leader of a con, Hardison constructs an elaborate plan to victimize a pair of corrupt gold dealers.17 "The Radio Job"When Jimmy Ford breaks into a patent office on a job set up by Latimer, Nate goes after him followed by the team, and they are besieged by law enforcement. All seems well until the team finds Jimmy has escaped and gone to a trap for his money. Jimmy is killed by a bomb, and Nate is caught in the bomb while he runs to Jimmy. Nate learns Latimer's partner is Victor Dubenich, seeking revenge for his incarceration.18 "The Last Dam Job"In the wake of Jimmy Ford's death, the Leverage team must recruit allies for a final confrontation as they seek to take down both Latimer and Dubenich once and for all but Nate's own plans for the latter may have far-reaching and fatal consequences for both of them as well as the team.

Klar, wieder einmal eine Staffel, die kurzweilig unterhält und von "witzig" bis "skurril" reicht - und wenn man bis Staffel 4 durchhält, mag man sie eh schon alle aus dem Team ... wenn aber jetzt die Veröffentlichung von Staffel 5 auch - wie bei anderen Serien aus der Krimi-Abteilung "humorvoll und individuell"- ins Wasser fallen sollte , (besonders bedauerlich aus meiner Sicht auch bei "White Collar") , wird man doch leicht säuerlich über die Firmenpolitik der Filmvermarkter; sobald ein medialer Serienhype abklingt, was an sich noch gar nix aussagt, stellt man schnell die Weitervermarktung ein .... (hier: Edel Germany GmbH, die mir die Anfrage nach der fünften Staffel bisher noch nicht beantwortet haben. Der Sender vox wird sie definitiv nicht ausstrahlen ) . Also bleibt den Fans das "Prinzip Hoffnung" - und den Neueinsteigern die Überlegung zu verzichten; obgleich .... man kann Leverage auch unvollendet genießen, einfach nur als Kurzurlaub, wo mal den Bösen der Garaus gemacht wird und zwar auf mächtig böse Weise ;-)Nun- auch Staffel 4 sorgt nämlich wieder tüchtig für "Gerechtigkeit" - kein Schurke gleicht dem anderen, dem will auch die artgerechte Entsorgung selbiger gerecht werden. Diese Vielfalt muss man den Drehbuchautoren wirklich mal hoch anrechnen. Demgegenüber empfand ich dieses mal einige Folgen, in denen die einzelnen Teammitglieder bissel mehr Profil bekommen sollten, nicht so recht gelungen: zB. wenn der "nerd" Hardison mit aller Gewalt versucht, mal den Teamleiter zu spielen ... oder Parker allzu "einfältig" dargestellt wird.... das wirkt dann schon mal wie eine reine Füll-Folge ... verzeihlich, schließlich hat man ja bei dieser Staffel auch zwei Folgen mehr als auf den vorherigen ..Wie dem auch sei .... richtig nervig ist dieses Mal die FilmVerarbeitung auf den DVDs; ich habe eine 2013-Produktion und bei der hat man die ursprünglichen Schnitte der Werbeunterbrechungen nicht ordentlich entfernt; somit kommt es zu dauernden Dopplungen durch End- bzw.Anfangsszenen mit gleichem Wortlaut ... fehlt nur noch, dass man dabei auch noch Werbefetzen vergessen hätte zu schneiden;-))mich wundert es, dass hier niemand die gleiche Ausgabe mit diesen ätzenden Schnittfehlern erworben hat ???? !!!!Das Case wiederum besticht durch 3 Einlage-Abteilungen, in denen die 5 DVDs gut und sicher untergebracht wurden. Menüs, Bild- und Tonqualität gewohnt ordentlich.Ein Fan des Teams gibt auch bei Staffel 4 fünf Sterne - weil er die ein und andere "verpuffernde" Folge einfach wegsteckt ;-)))

Exactly as advertised. Came more quickly than I thought.