The Pacific (TV Miniseries - 2010)

HBO Miniseries Review: “The Pacific” (TV Miniseries 2010).

Critics gave it an 91% users a 85%.

Rated: TV-MA with Series 1 having a total of Ten ~1 hr episodes with an IMDb of 8.3/10.

Cast: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes, William Sadler, Jon Bernthal, Jacob Pitts, Keith Nobbs, Josh Helman, Henry Nixon, Rami Malek……just to name a few.

Based on the accounts of Marines in World War II, this 10-part miniseries follows the intertwined journeys of three U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater -- Pfcs. Robert Leckie and Eugene B. Sledge and Sgt. John Basilone -- from their first battle against Japan on Guadalcanal, across the sands of Iwo Jima and the horror of Okinawa, to their ultimately triumphant return after V-J Day.

The Pacific is a 2010 American television series produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010.

I need to warn you that this is a brutal, epic, gripping and Incredibly acted series that shows the true horror war brings.. 

The Pacific is Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's epic 200 million dollar miniseries from the creators of the brilliant 2001 series "Band Of Brothers'. However this miniseries gives us an unflinching look at the horrors of war, not just the physical but the mental horrors these men must face.

Be aware you will be pulled into this experience with raw detail as limbs are torn from bodies and men are burned and mutilated. In a way even more distressing is watching the emotional scars and effects this has on our main characters. This is an extremely harrowing experience but one that is needed in an age where war is often glorified, this series does anything but that.

I found this to be an excellent miniseries and was fortunate to find it 9 years after it’s airing in 2010. If you’re a History buff like I am you are really going to enjoy this!

You can find it on HBO On-Demand and Amazon Prime.