a5c7b9f00b April 2004. The US 1st Cavalry Division has recently relieved the 1st Armored Division in its occupation of Sadr City, Baghdad. Everything seems peaceful until one day a platoon is ambushed in the city while on patrol. The platoon holes up in a house and reinforcements are sent to extract them. However, the relief column is itself ambushed, the main aim of the initial ambush. What follows is a life-and-death struggle against overwhelming odds. Based on actual events. American forces occupying Iraq are ambushed in a Baghdad neighborhood. I've watched this TV series with higher expectations knowing also the fact that National Geographic was behind.<br/><br/>I found it very slow paced, full of stereotypes and totally unrealistic from a military point view.<br/><br/>Don't waste time. This was heavily marketed and I was very interested to watch it based on the cast and subject matter. However, The Long Road Home is dreadful on every level. The script is tortured (a weak narrative and asinine dialogue); the production quality poor and the performances stilted or soap opera-ish (I am sure due to the awful script). This was a missed opportunity for another perspective on recent history, though I think the source material was probably largely to blame - the book was apparently so badly written I was advised not to read it by a number of people. Overall, it felt like watching an interminable daytime drama and I had to give up shortly in to episode 3!
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