Arrow has been kicking some major butt on The CW since it debuted. Like any series there have been some bumpy moments here and there, but overall it has been consistently great. For those that may not have seen season 6 or just want to revisit it before the new season debuts Warner Brothers is bringing Arrow: The Complete Sixth Season home.
In this season, following the devastating explosion on Lian Yu, Oliver Queen returns home to confront a challenge unlike any he’s ever faced: fatherhood. Oliver is determined to embrace this new role while continuing to serve and protect Star City as both Mayor and The Green Arrow. But enemies past and present, including Black Siren, Vigilante, Ricardo Diaz, Cayden James and others, threaten him on all fronts. And bonds within the ranks of Team Arrow—veteran John Diggle; tech genius Felicity Smoak; former police captain Quentin Lance and brilliant inventor Curtis Holt, plus newest team members Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog and metahuman Dinah Drake—have become dangerously decayed. One of the best aspects of this season comes from the continued inclusion of new heroes from last season including one of my favorite lesser known characters Wild Dog, although I am not a big fan of the costume change for him. There are some interesting conflicts this season between the two teams that works most of the time, but also wears thin with the constant back and forth. Of course this serves as a catalyst to bring the ideals of the Green Arrow back to the beginnings and some great action.
One of my big issues with previous seasons outside of most of the stories pretty much being the Batman universe with Arrow has been the constant use of every villain bringing in an archer of some sort. This season they took it in a new and great direction that not only used a different kind of set of villains, but the inner struggles with each other. There is a side story with another character I have always been a fan of in Vigilante. Not overly happy with its final direction, but just getting to see the character brought to life made it worth it. They also ditched most of the flashbacks with them only happening from time to time when actually connecting to the main plot and makes the show flow way better now.
As with each season they continue to step up the action and still maintain some of the best on TV. The direct connection to every show in the DC cinematic CW series makes for a bigger story with continued appearances and/or mentions of other characters throughout. This season also found the end to one of the bigger ongoing stories from day one with the hunt for the Green Arrow which will make for an interesting direction for the next season. I know I am not a fan of the constant archers, but a brief mention of the Long Bow Hunters from the famed mini-series has me excited to see where they take it in the future.
This set not only includes all 26 episodes of the sixth season, but also bonus content including featurettes that take you behind bringing this series and its major crossovers to life. Join in on the fight to save his city when Arrow the Complete Sixth Season comes to Blu-ray and DVD on August 14th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Review by Bobby Blakey - Bobby reviews way more movies on his own website than the genre-specific ones I post here. Check out Bobby's awesome website and his live show he co-hosts with his wife, Drusilla, at Hollywood Matrimony.
