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Generation Kill is an American seven-part television miniseries produced for HBO that aired from July 13 to August 24, 2008.
A Rolling Stone reporter embeds with The 1st Recon Marines and chronicles their experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003. The series is based on a book by the same name and features a cast of actors playing real-life characters.
- (59K)
- 2008-07-13
- Drama, War
- 10
Watch the seven-part series that follows an elite group of US Marines in the first 40 days of the war in Iraq. See interviews, behind the scenes, and more on the official website for Generation Kill.
Get Some In the northern desert of Kuwait, First Recon Marines prepare to invade Iraq as the "tip of the spear" for Operation Iraqi Freedom.- Screwby Having survived its first trial by fire, Bravo is ordered to capture an airstrip controlled by Iraq's Republican Guard.
- Combat Jack Having raced to capture the airfield, First Recon is miles ahead of the rest of the US forces and has time to regroup.
- Stay Frosty Outside of Al Kut, Captain America is overeager in his attempts to subdue a prisoner, leaving the men more disillusioned.
- Bomb in the Garden Bravo reaches Baghdad, where the men set up shop in an abandoned cigarette factory, although the grounds aren't quite as secure as they'd like.
Generation Kill is a 2004 book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the United States Marine Corps, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- Evan Wright
- 2004
Watch the seven-part drama based on the first 40 days of the Iraq war as seen by U.S. Marines. Stream online with Hulu subscription or add-on plans.
- Alexander Skarsgård
- July 13, 2008
Highly trained young Marines of the First Reconnaissance Battalion struggle with inadequate supplies, bureaucratic snafus and poor communication as they lead the drive into Baghdad during the ...
Bravo reaches Baghdad, where the men are shocked by the sheer size and scope of the city. This seven-part HBO miniseries focuses on the first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines.
