This is another movie, or rather series, that I thought I"d reviewed, but alas, I had not.
SAS: Rogue Heroes is a dramatization of the history of the British Special Air Service, which is pretty dramatic in its own right, so its not all that much liberty is taken with their story.
The first season deals with the formation of the unit and the war in North Africa. It's excellently done, portraying the conditions that they were created in, and the highly eccentric characters of the men who formed and joined it very well. Material details are excellent, and the history is well portrayed. Season one incorporates, interestingly a fair amount of modern heavy metal music, which actually works quite well.
Season two isn't quite as good, but in retrospect, that's because the story is harder to tell after the war in North Africa had concluded. It takes place in Sicily and Italy, and while I found it a bit frustrating at first, all in all, it stuck to the history well and that explains the story being somewhat less interesting. It is, to some degree, a filler between North African and the invasion of Normandy, and has that feel to it.
This is a British production, and very much has that feel to it.
Hopefully there will be a third season that will cover the balance of the war.
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