Over There - The Battle Begins (Pilot Episode)
by Chris Gerolmo, Mikael Salomon

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Movie Review: Wish they never cancelled it.
Summary: 4 Stars

Summary of Over There - The Battle Begins (Pilot Episode)

A must-see show for all Americans, "Over There" is not about politics or policies. It's a true-to-life depiction of our courageous soldiers-the everyday heroes who fight for freedom under extraordinary conditions.

Includes an exclusive behind the scenes featurette!

Whatever one's feelings about the Iraq war, Bochco and co-writer and director Chris Gerolmo (Citizen X) cut through the politics to get to the individuals whose lives are on the line, who left behind families to find themselves in a most alien environment, fired upon for reasons they may not fully understand. Gerolmo does a superb job of showing us combat conditions in desert sandstorms, with rookie soldiers hanging tough under intense heat while insurgents fire from a distance at anything that moves. This is a new kind of war show, yet in many ways Over There embraces a few sentimental conventions, notably scenes in which the unit's members explain the origins of their nicknames ("Angel," "Dim," "Doublewide," "Mrs. B," and more). In the Bochco tradition, when violence comes, it comes as a grievous surprise. --Tom Keogh

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