DVD Movie Reviews

With projects such as Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and now The Pacific to his name, it’s safe to say that Steven Spielberg has a vested interest in World War II.  Teaming up with Tom Hanks to bring us this 10 part mini-series, The Pacific follows a group of soldiers stationed with the 1^st marine division. Together, Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello), Sidney Phillips (Ashton Holmes) and Sergeant John Basilone (Jon Seda), face the intense battle of Guadalcanal that eventually sees Basilone awarded a Medal of Honour for his fine leadership. While he returns to the US to take his place in a war bond tour, his troops return to Melbourne to recoup and rejuvenate. Think their time in the war is over? Think again because they’re about to be pushed to the limit in the battles of Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa where their bodies, their minds and their morals will be challenged repeatedly.

Release Date: 03/11/2010

Rating: M

Stars: Jon Seda, Joseph Mazzello, James Badge Dale, Ben Chisholm

Videology: It took $230 million to produce The Pacific. Now that’s big bucks!

Competition: Like These: Band of Brothers, Beneath Hill 60