Name: Generation Kill
Released: 2008-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen

TV Show · Drama · War & Military

Miniseries that focuses on the first 40 days of the Iraq war, a.k.a. "Operation Iraqi Freedom", as seen through the eyes and actions of a group of elite U.S. First Recon Marines chronicled by Evan Wright, an embedded journalist working for Rolling Stone magazine.

2008 · 1h 6m

Starring Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen

EPISODE 1

Get Some

Marines are preparing to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, but whilst the Marines wait to receive their orders at Camp Mathilda in Kuwait, they learn that Rolling Stone columnist Evan Wright will be embedded with them.

1h 8 min
EPISODE 2

The Cradle Of Civilization

Bravo Company receives the controversial order to treat any Iraqi holding a weapon as a hostile. Elsewhere, the First Recon adjust to shifting attack plans in anticipation of their first contact with the enemy.

1h 4 min
EPISODE 3

Screwby

Whilst Bravo Company waits for their next orders, they scope out a roadside firefight - and watch in shock as a regimental combat team arrives with guns blazing.

52 min
EPISODE 4

Combat Jack

After capturing an Iraqi airstrip, the First Recon is advancing ahead of the other American and Coalition troops, which gives them valuable time to regroup.

52 min
EPISODE 5

A Burning Dog

First Recon get their orders to cross a local Iraqi bridge, which gives them their first chance to use local Iraqi citizens… but as they edge closer to the bridge, they're ambushed.

52 min
EPISODE 6

Stay Frosty

First Recon are ordered to help escort the civilians leaving Baghdad from a nearby highway, and it's a mission that opens their eyes to the humanity in the Iraqi innocents. Later, they realise that Baghdad looms and their war is drawing to a close.

1h 3 min