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Based on the national best-selling book by Evan Wright, Generation Kill is an authentic and vividly detailed 7 part HBO mini-series event that presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion – a new breed of American soldiers.

The mini-series tells the story of these young Marines physical and emotional journey into the heart of Baghdad in those initial weeks, and how the war reveals to be much more complicated, problematic and tragic than anyone had contemplated. Many of the complications and problems that arise are due to the unwieldy military bureaucracy which the Marines confront in the midst of the war, the challenges of over-zealous and incompetent commanding officers, ever-changing rules of engagement, a non-existent strategy, severe deficiencies in necessary armor and supplies, and an enemy they don’t understand.

Generation Kill is a humorous and frightening first hand account of these remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the brutality, camaraderie and bureaucracy of a new American war. It is a profoundly insightful and realistic look at the risk, costs and ultimately, the failures of the war.

Written and produced by Emmy-award winner David Simon (the Wire), and also produced by the award-winning George Faber (Elizabeth I).

Product Details:
Actors: Rudy Reyes, David Barrera, Langley Kirkwood, Kyle Siebert, Alexander Skarsgard
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitle: English, French, Spanish
Number of Discs: 3
Studio: HBO
Run Time: 470 minutes
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
Average Customer Rating: based on 80 reviews
 
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Average Customer Review:4.5
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1I rented disc 1 of season 1. I finished watching only 2 parts out of 3 because they're so boring.  Nov 02, 2009
I rented disc 1 of season 1. It contains 3 parts. I finished watching only part & and 2 because they're so boring.

I preferred "Black Hawk Down".


2 of 9 found the following review helpful:

1Generation of Political correctness  Oct 18, 2009
Once again we see how every day that goes by we see how every generation becomes more ignorant, more out spoken about a lot of nothings they know not. Just because they read it in the news paper or watch it on TV or online, it must be true right?
I come from a long line of Marines from me joining after high school to my father being in Vietnam to my uncles in Korea and WWII.

Yes this series has a lot of truths, the vulgarity, profanity the racism, the over cellos Coos, combat senerios, to the rules of engagement.
From how Iraqis are welcoming you with open arms to then trying to kill you when your not looking.

As a Marine in my opinion this series has a lot of Anti-War, Anti-Bush BS! You would think with the internet people would actually educate themselves, that's how Obama got elected!

This is War , war is dirty and war is nasty, but this series make us Marines look like a bunch of un organized morons.
We as Marines are trained to kill, you can call it brain washing from boot camp but that's how it is.
Yes we do have a human side also. No one should be allowed to make movies or write books based on what they think war is, specially if they have never served and actually gone to war!!

This series is garbage! If your a part of the ignorant generation this series will fit you just fine..


5Generation Kill on Blu-Ray  Sep 30, 2009
My husband and I really enjoyed the 7 part series. It was really hilarious, and captivating. It truly showed that Marines are just day to day people, with very interesting jobs. My husband is an active duty Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines. He thought it was great the movie implemented many of the acronyms & terms the Marines use. He had to explain a few of them to me. We've recommended the series to many of our friends, especially our friends who don't know anything about the military. It was nice having seen it on Blu-ray, there are a lot of great scenes, and the special features are awesome.

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5The most accurate depiction of Marines I have ever seen!!!  Sep 27, 2009
As an OIF and 8 year Marine Corps veteran, I have always been disappointed with the portrayal of Marines on film. There's usually something wrong with the uniforms, the lingo, the attitude, or something and it tends to make the story unbelievable to real Marines. But they got everything right this time (well as close as they could). I was with 3rd AAV Battalion in '03 so I wasn't too far behind these guys. Watching this series gave me chills at points and I laughed at things no one else could understand. It sent me right back to Camp Matilda. I relived my whole war experience while watching this. I remember driving through those crossed swords too! The best part is the dialogue. I have been trying to explain how Marine communicate with each other and the is the best example I could give. Bottom line, if you want to get taste of true Marine Corps culture, watch this immediately!!! Its as accurate as I have ever seen. The attention to detail is outstanding and those characters are found all around the Corps.

5the real deal  Sep 13, 2009
this movie is as close to the real thing as you are going to get. i was a Marine in iraq and i can tell you from personal experience that this movies captures the trash talking, the brown nosing that the staff nco's be doing and the real thoughts of Marines. good movie, i strongly advise you to get it if your into this kind of stuff but you might want to take caution if you suffer from ptsd.

 
 
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