Why it may be worth watching
- The Pacific combines Drama and Action & Adventure storytelling.
- The principal cast includes James Badge Dale, Jon Seda, Joseph Mazzello.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.8/10 from 2,615 votes.
TV series
The Pacific
Hell was an ocean away.
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.
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Cast
James Badge DaleRobert Leckie
Jon SedaJohn Basilone
Joseph MazzelloEugene Sledge
Ashton HolmesPFC Sidney Phillips
Jacob PittsPFC Bill 'Hoosier' Smith
Rami MalekPFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
William SadlerLt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
Jon BernthalSgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez
Matt CravenDr. Grant
Noel FisherPvt. Hamm
Caroline DhavernasVera Keller
Brendan FletcherBill Leyden
Isabel LucasGwen
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Is The Pacific right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
Content notes
A regional age classification is not currently listed. Metadata signals include violence or peril. Ratings vary by country; use this as a quick screening note rather than a complete parental guide.
Themes and topics
world war iimarine corpsokinawapacific warminiserieshistoricalmilitary lifeguadalcanal
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Reviews
GenerationofSwineExternal review ·
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 carn…
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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.
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