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This is a rather bland remake of the story of Sgt. John Basilone, the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor in WWII. It strays too far from the real story to be an actual biopic, yet steals so much from Basilone's story that the filmmakers should be ashamed of themselves for misappropriating his heroism for the sake of a tacky made-for-TV movie. People not familiar with John Basilone probably won't understand just how cheesy and tasteless this film is, but those who are familiar with their WWII history likely won't appreciate this effort. If the film had taken a different approach, it might have made a decent movie, but as is, it's a tawdry joke.

This is a 67-minute "movie" filled with tons of stock footage. It's full of the usual cliches both in characters and dialogue. Ostensibly about the battle of Okinawa, it is, in fact, about a destroyer on picket duty around the island. It has absolutely nothing to do with Okinawa despite its title and could have been set on any number of islands, even fictional ones. There's no tension, no drama, and very little action (much of which is stock footage anyway). This movie was clearly made on the cheap and it really shows. So, on one hand, its runtime of barely over an hour makes the viewer feel like they're getting gypped, but on the other hand, the agony is over quickly.

This was a really stupid episode. The series jumped the shark on this one. The clients go to Mason because he's better than US State Department despite his being nothing more than a criminal attorney. Please. Just a dumb, implausible premise.