The Pacific: In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and confront the enemy somewhere in the Pacific, while budding journalist Robert Leckie enlists in the Marine Corps. Eugene Sledge, unable to enlist because of a heart murmur, says farewell to his best friend, Sidney Phillips, who is about to leave for boot camp. Exactly eight months after Pearl Harbor, the 1st Marine Division, including Leckie and Phillips, lands on Guadalcanal in order to secure its strategically vital airfield and prepare for the inevitable counterattack.

Starring:

James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes, Martin McCann, Rami Malek, Josh Helman, Keith Nobbs, Jacob Pitts, Dylan Young, Conor O'Farrell, William Sadler, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Budge, Brendan Fletcher, Gary Sweet, Joshua Bitton, Linda Cropper, Henry Nixon, Scott Gibson, Leon Ford, Jon Bernthal, Annie Parisse, Caroline Dhavernas, Betty Buckley, Matt Craven, Noel Fisher, Anna Torv, Nate Corddry, Ian Meadows, Brandon Keener, Dwight Braswell, Joshua Close

Genre:

Drama, Action, War