Review: Medal Of Honor
- Nov 16, 2018
- 2 min read
The highest military decoration within America. Granted to a soldier who has, "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty".
Medal Of Honor follows the stories of eight men, each of them recipients of the Medal of Honor. From The Second World War through to more recent conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, we see, through a combination of interviews, combat footage, and dramatisation, the incredible lengths these soldiers went to protect their friends, and bring fear to the enemy.
The events on display here are the kind of engagements you get in big budget war movies. Those one against one hundred stories that, in a fictional setting, seem unbelievable, but seeing them play out as a reality makes things a lot more tangible. Be it Hiroshi Miyamura and his one man fight resulting in the deaths of at least fifty enemy soldiers, or Clinton Romesha taking charge and leading his unit to a successful defence of his woefully outnumbered outpost, the stories are as varied as they are equal parts exciting and inspiring.
It would be a lie to say that I don't have a bias here. Those episodes that are able to complement their dramatisation with footage of the actual event really take the cake. Watching taliban recordings of RPG and automatic fire pouring into one tiny area helps to drive home the reality of everything. You can not only see the cinematic version of events, but draw the parallels to the real world conflict it depicts.
There's nothing not to like about Medal Of Honor. Its high production values and incredible true stories help bring to light the actions of a select few heroes in a spectacular way..
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