If you’ve seen season two of The Wire, you’ll notice a few familiar faces among the ranks as well.Įpisode one is mainly about the preparation for the invasion in Kuwait and gives you a sense of the marines’ concerns, backgrounds and their humour – in particular, with regards to the dress code. It’s very much a warts and all depiction of the invasion of Iraq, focusing on the various marines in first recon, their dilemmas, the racial tensions and their love of pornography. But TV drama isn’t exactly the be all and end all of public education.Īll the same, if you ever wanted the realism of The Wire extended to the army, Generation Kill‘s your boy. True, television drama has been a little slow to catch up with the war in Iraq, despite shows like Army Wives, Ultimate Force and The Unit. It shouldn’t be, if you’ve be reading newspapers, watching movies and the news or browsing the Internet at all. War is hell apparently soldiers don’t always act their best and aren’t always politically correct making decisions on the ground is messy and commanding officers sometimes give orders that don’t make sense to those who have to implement them. But unlike the trailblazing The Wire, there’s a certain element of "been there, done that" to the show. Is it any good? It’s certainly interesting. ‘Generation Kill’ is based on the award-winning book by Evan Wright, who was embedded with First Recon and originally reported the story in a series of articles for Rolling Stone. The seven-part miniseries portrays the true story of the young Marines’ experience at the tip of the spear of the American invasion, as they contend with equipment shortages, incompetent commanding officers, ever evolving Rules of Engagement and an unclear strategy. Plot ‘Generation Kill’ follows the highly trained Marines of First Recon Battalion through the first 40 days of the Iraq war. With Generation Kill, there’s even less point, since it’s the creation of David Simon and Ed Burns, who also created The Wire – and we all know that reviewing that is like reviewing a chapter of a book.Īll the same, I think it’s worth giving a taster, just so you know whether to start watching the remaining six hours of the series. Is there much point reviewing the first episode of a mini-series? No.
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