| | | The Con is On!
Features: DVD
In Season Four, the team loses Mickey Bricks to an overseas sabbatical, so it's time for someone else to lead the gang. Danny steps up to the plate, but can the others convince him that the team needs another member -- especially when it comes in the form of street kid Billy Bond? There are, as always, plenty of marks who are greedy, rude or simply nasty enough to be parted from their cash. Targets include a porn baron, a ruthless nursing home owner, and a charity crook -- and that's just for starters. The crew also hit LA and Las Vegas, but when they're not on their home turf, will their audacious attempts catch up with them in the end?This two disc collection includes all six episodes from the Complete Season Four of Hustle!
"...plays like a BBC adaptation of Ocean's Eleven: The Series with healthy doses of The Sting and 007 suaveness..." Adam Arseneau, DVD Verdict
"...a compelling series from the BBC that deserves more attention than it has gotten in the states." Peter Brown, iF Magazine
"...flashy cinematography, attention-grabbing edits...a wry sense of humor courses through each story..." Preston Jones, DVD Talk
"Effortlessly stylish, intriguing and hip..." San Francisco Chronicle
"Slick, clever and playful..." The New York Times
Editor's Note
Set in London, HUSTLE is a TV drama about the exploits of five con artists and their often ingenious scams. These seasoned grifters--four men and one woman--all have their heads filled with lofty ambition, crafting spectacular schemes as they work their way to riches. In this fourth season, "Mickey Bricks" is away for an overseas score and is replaced as leader by Danny (Marc Warren). To fill out the team's roster, they welcome newcomer Billy Bond (Ashley Walters), a street hustler anxious to prove himself to the group. This collection presents all six episodes of the series' fourth season, including cons in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Cast Bios | | Featurette: It's The Hard Way | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 360 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 1000029761 | | UPC: 00794051423320 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2007) | | | Emmy, Pascal Wyse, Outstanding Main Title Design | | | Emmy, Simon Rogers, Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | |
Nominee (2006) | | | British Academy Awards, Hustle, Best Titles |
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| | Professional Reviews | DVD Times 8 of 10
In almost all but its country of origin and episode count, Hustle is an American show. Its flashy, briskly paced forays into the weekly escapades of a group of con artists may pay ample lip service to Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven remake, but a more overt influence would be the U.S. runaway success that is C.S.I. : Crime Scene Investigation. The con artists in question may not know it but they're a demographic chasing bunch, covering both sexes, multi-ethnic and of varying age. Moreover, they're all ridiculously glamorous, only speak the smartest of lines and always get their man (or woman, as the case may be)...This is a show designed for success, which means keeping things as simple as possible so that, theoretically at least, the variations are infinite. - Anthony Nield
Variety 9 of 10
"Hustle," which each week finds a smoothly integrated quintet of con artists scamming their mark, has the sharpness of the recent remakes of "Italian Job" and "Ocean's Eleven" and plots that circle a single con with a surfeit of fun incidentals. Following raves in the U.K. over two seasons, "Hustle" should develop a healthy following during its 18-week run..."Hustle" has its farfetched moments, which never detract, but Bharat Nalluri's keen direction keeps the action fluid and linear. Storylines in the first two segs have a splendid rationale that would only reveal holes upon unnecessarily close inspection. Top-notch production values deserve imitation in the U.S. - Phil Gallo
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