The Pacific

First Air Date: 2010-03-14

Status: Ended

Rating: ⭐ 7.8/10 (2397 votes)

Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics

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.

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

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Top Cast

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

User Reviews

GenerationofSwine

⭐ 10/10

Jan 12, 2023

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.