Product Details

• Actors: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody
• Directors: Bernard McEveety, Boris Sagal, Burt Kennedy, Byron Paul, Herman Hoffman
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 30, 2004
• Run Time: 752 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00063MCWK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,641 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Combat - Season 2, Mission 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Follows an American infantry squad as they fight in World War II Europe.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 30-NOV-2004
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Combat! message more timely than ever, October 10, 2004

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Comet Watcher (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Combat - Season 2, Mission 1 (DVD)

Can't believe the networks don't rerun Combat! during prime time. Not a shoot 'em up, not John Wayne type of patriotism, but exciting wartime vignettes that do more to put a human face on the cost of battle than a thousand macho war films could. There is plenty of macho, however; the show boasts outstanding guest stars from the '60's, such as Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall, Sal Mineo, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, etc.
The writing and direction are first rate, the action sequences and special effects are thrilling, and the performances are flawless. As Sgt Saunders, Vic Morrow has more brooding intensity than Marlon Brando, and his acting ability is matched only by his skill as a director. Jack Hogan as Kirby is underrated, but he gets all the great lines. Rick Jason and the rest of the squad fully inhabit the characters, imbuing them with life and personality, and subtly drawing the viewer into their experiences on the front lines. An anti-war show that never denigrates the soldiers' experiences, nor underestimates the viewer's intelligence. A timeless classic.

47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second Season of Combat Greatly Improved!!!, November 18, 2004

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J P Falcon (Fords, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Combat - Season 2, Mission 1 (DVD)

When I reviewed the first season DVD set of COMBAT, I said that it truly warranted a 3 1/2 star rating....now however we are getting into the swing of what COMBAT was to become....the second season is so chock full of terrific episodes that it is hard to know where to begin....I'll highlight a few episodes from this season:

1. Bridge at Chalon - Lee Marvin stars as a demolition expert who is attached to Saunder's squad in order to blow up a bridge..Marvin chews nails in this episode, and we get to see clumsy Little John in action...

2. Doughboy - Eddie Albert is a shell shocked WWI soldier who mistakes Saunders for the HUN

3. Long Way Home - Richard Basehart plays a sadistic German Officer who captures the Squad..Simon Oakland excels in a broken prisoner, who does not want Saunders to make waves...

4. The Wounded Dont Cry - COMBAT tried to be fair and show that there were German soldiers who were humane, and not depict all of them as stereotypically evil, and this episode, regarding a German Medic, illustrates this point...

5. Anatomy of a Patrol - A classic in my opinion, as James Caan plays the Seargent of a German Squad who tries to outwit Saunders...think of how Kirk and Khan played a game of cat and mouse in Star Trek II as well as Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jurgens in the WWII submarine movie The Enemy Below, and you have the comparisons to this episode....

6. What Use are Bugles Blowing For? - A great 2 part episode of a Britsh Squad protecting a Railroad station that will soon be encircled by the Germans...it is up to Saunders to convince the officer to abandon the station...great action and a very good character study of USA and UK soldiers...

7. Gideon's Army - a very poignant episode concerning Saunders squad discovering a concentration camp...very sensitively handled...

Those are are few of the fantastic episodes of the second season, and actually I only can think of one episode that I thought was totally awful. It was called Infant Of Prague and was concerned with a bunch of stupid nuns, who by the end of the episode, you were starting to root agianst them...anyway that's it....enjoy....highly recommended!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality that holds up over time, March 26, 2005

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Amateur Historian "who knows?" (Jonesboro, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Combat - Season 2, Mission 1 (DVD)

The writing, acting, and special effects of this series really exceed expectations for a weekly television program. On average, Combat was better written and produced than most network TV fare of the day. At it's best, the program is still capable of bringing a lump to your throat, and the first season episodes did that fairly often. The second season, immediately recognizable by a change in the opening theme ( and the announcer no longer tells us we're seeing "Combat! A Selmur Production"), also settles in to spend more effort on developing the individual characters. In my opinion, Jack Hogan's "Kirby" is the first to really strongly emerge, and he provides a good balance to Vic Morrow's Saunders. Vic Morrow is not in a hurry to develop Saunders during this second season, but the character is becoming clearer. We are also getting to see Caje and Littlejohn. Rick Jason's Lieutenant Hanleigh does not seem to get as much airtime as the first season, but Jason carries off the episodes featuring him well enough that we are beginning to recognize his character. I am really happy Image has finally released this series, as it is the best regular WW II series, ever. While it does not have the gritty realism of HBO's Band of Brothers, it stands up quite well by comparision. And keep in mind, that Band of Brothers is true, not entertainment fiction. Combat is excellent entertainment, well worth the modest cost. I pre-order as soon as a new season is available.