Fighting Season

An excellent plot with a few twists. Very good acting, in particular from the leads, Jay Ryan, Ewen Leslie & Kate Mulvaney, & support actor Jay Laga'aia.

Guess war can drive people crazy no matter what you have done in a war zone. Terror, guilt and trauma can deeply affect every solider. That's what the movie is about. The movie tells us how four soldiers deal with their lives after returning from Afghanistan. In the meanwhile, a video of the suspicious death of Edward brings everyone doubts each other. Edward's wife, Kim, decides to find out what really happened to her husband.

Lots of suspense, e.g. Why Izzy is feels so guilty about himself; why there are different explanations about Edward's death, what really happened to him, and etc. While we look into each character's inner world, we also get to know the story behind Edward Nordenfelt and how he spends his last moment in Afghanistan.

Ideally I would give this show no stars. As a veteran of the Afghanistan war I gave up watching it after the second episode, anything to do with the military in this show is 100% inaccurate. The ceremonial dress uniforms are worn wrong, not ironed correctly, not sure how the infantry combat badge is awarded to someone who only has the Australian Defence Medal (4 years service), the medal precedence is in the wrong order. Not sure what year this is meant to be set but infantry units no longer wear the dull cherry beret (It was only worn by 3 RAR, who are no longer paratroopers or located in Sydney). The F88S used in the series was taken out of service in 2010 and replaced with the F88SA2. The so called patrol base was built wrong it needs a hesco basket wall around the perimeter. The landrover was never used by any deployed unit outside of special forces, the preferred vehicle was the bushmaster PMV. If there was a military advisor used their credentials need to be checked.

I don't know who your military adviser was but I hope you never paid them. Everything military in this series was incorrect, from the way they carried their weapons to how they wore their uniforms. Lanyards were worn on incorrect side, berets and slouch hats were worn incorrectly, hats and berets were not bashed correctly, medals were worn incorrectly and more importantly most actors worn them not in order of precedence. All those soldiers who were from teds platoon would have been wearing at least the NATO Medal with ISAF clasp, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Australian Active Service Medal with ICAT Clasp and the Infantry Combat Badge. Some of them in last episode wore only the Australian Defence Medal (For 4 years service) and the Infantry Combat Badge only. I am a veteran and I was appalled with the wearing of the medals plus the numerous other mistakes made by the Military adviser and the Director. I am sure I can speak for other veterans that these type of mistakes should never have happened. If you want to make a series or film about Australian campaigns then get it right the first time.

Acting wasn't that good. Good concept though....if you want to watch a really good series watch "the fighting season"