Storage Wars: Collection Five: DVD Review

Storage Wars: Collection Five: DVD Review

Rating: PG
Released by Magna Home Entertainment

The auction bidders return in this latest collection of 17 episodes.

If you're not familiar with the format, it's real simple - a group of guys (and one gal) blind bid on a storage unit based only on what they see at the front of it. If they win, they get to keep it and examine the treasures within. If not, then that's when resentments build...

This latest collection sees the format starting to take a bit of a stretch to be honest, with the auctions and consequent results starting to feel a little forced. Dave Hester, the guy who winds so many of the group up with his attitude is in it less after a dispute with the producers; and Barry Weiss, the oldest member of the gang seems to have been reduced to mere comic effect throughout and has become the class clown.

Thankfully, an episode where they bid on 100 units ramps up some of the waning interest and an introduction of a new bidder who believes the auctioneer is favouring some of the original bidders certainly spices a few things up.

Overall, Storage Wars remains fun, but with Barry Weiss leaving and Dave Hester out, maybe it's time to give this a rest. It's still watchable, but it's not as essential as it was in its first three years.

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