The Pacific

TV-MA

10 episodes1 season

US Release

~ Hell was an ocean away. ~

Overview:

Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

Created by:

Bruce C. McKenna

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

3/14/2010

Last air date:

5/16/2010

Key words:

world war ii
marine corps
okinawa
pacific war
miniseries
historical
military life
guadalcanal
iwo jima
pacific theater
military
japanese soldier
historical drama
paratrooper
1940s
war
modern warfare
modern history
military drama
violence

Seasons

Specials

3 Episodes

Miniseries

10 Episodes

Cast

Noel Fisher

~ as ~

Pvt. Hamm and 1 more

Leon Ford

~ as ~

1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones and 1 more

James Badge Dale

~ as ~

Robert Leckie

Jon Seda

~ as ~

John Basilone

Joseph Mazzello

~ as ~

Eugene Sledge

Ashton Holmes

~ as ~

PFC Sidney Phillips

Jacob Pitts

~ as ~

PFC Bill 'Hoosier' Smith

Rami Malek

~ as ~

PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton

William Sadler

~ as ~

Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller

Jon Bernthal

~ as ~

Sgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
Well, it is no where as good as Band of Brothers, but the focus is too different. It doesn't stay on a single company and because of that, you kind of don't get what you expected...

...and what you expected is Band of Brothers in the Pacific theater and, well, without the same company to follow through the war, it doesn't give you that feel of brotherhood that made Band of Brothers so loved.

However, you do get a sense of how brutal it was, much more so than the European theater. And that is another source of complaints. People thought it was carnage candy when, the Pacific was actually just carnage.

So, really, its a misunderstood cousin.