Louis S
This is a miniseries that stands alone! A gripping and sad depiction of war! It is a must watch!
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
07/20/23
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BEST SHOW EVER! MAKES YOU WANNA CRY. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, AND AMERICA.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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Very well done. Neither glorifies or denigrates, does not demonize or make false heros. I am retired Army and this might be the best representation I have ever seen.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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Requires some patience but well worth it in the end.
April 2004. The US 1st Cavalry Division has recently relieved the 1st Armored Division in its occupation of Sadr City, Baghdad. Everything seems peaceful until one day a platoon is ambushed in the city while on patrol. The platoon holes up in a house and reinforcements are sent to extract them. However, the relief column is itself ambushed, the main aim of the initial ambush. What follows is a life-and-death struggle against overwhelming odds. Based on actual events.
Pretty good, but requires some patience to get there. I was initially expecting a Generation Kill-like series, i.e. based on a true military story, follow a unit and are engaged by the camaraderie, gritty action scenes. However, the series immediately failed on the engagement front. Scenes showing soldiers with their family seemed token, padded and superficially sentimental. The unit brotherhood also seemed quite artificial, with forced, unnatural-feeling dialogue and interactions.
The first 2-3 episodes were all like this, to the point where I was thinking of giving up on the series. Comparing it with Generation Kill is obviously a very high standard to emulate, as Generation Kill is one of the best military mini-series of all time (only Band of Brothers is better), so maybe disappointment was inevitable.
However, from a point, the series clicked into gear. The soldiers backstories went from mundane meet-the-family stuff to interesting series of events, linking in with their current situation and revealing their characters. The dialogue and interactions became more plausible. These all lifted the engagement level significantly. In addition. the action got grittier, more intense and more compelling.
The final episode is very poignant, with a great emotionally-manipulative twist. Makes the effects of war very realistic and stark.
Overall, a good series, just dont give up in the first few episodes it gets a whole lot better.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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I really wanted to like this series, but I can't. It plays like a Disney film flooded with personal opinion, fantasy human responses and bad child actors who were given horrible, overly dramatic roles. Real life human response to these stressful situations are not alway pretty but it's genuine, also providing an open window into the insurgents POV would have made this series far more superior and believable. Honestly, it feels like a soap opera made for housewives, where just about every scenario has a picture perfect response, just like a Disney film would.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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I have been forcing myself to watch this series so far up to Episode 4 and don't think I can take much more. The pace of each episode is slow & grueling. The character acting is superficial. A lot of hype with the trailers and TV spots that looked better than the actual series. Not worth the 45 mins run time!
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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