Lone Survivor
Four elite agents of SEAL deploy on a mission of surveillance to take out Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
8 April 1981, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
25 October 1991, Austin, Texas, USA
1940, New York City, New York, USA
7 November 1975, Houston, Texas, USA
9 August 1968, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
June 05, 2016
'Survivor' has a 'you are there' feeling; sound-barrier-breaking rounds, RPG explosions, and Navy SEAL-scripting of real firefight lingo: 'Left is not good! Right is good!'
January 21, 2014
Lone Survivor' hits home and hits hard.
January 10, 2014
Lone Survivor is a brutally effective movie, made by people who think that they're serving their country. But they're just making us coarser and more self-centered.
April 15, 2016
"Lone Survivor" isn't a classic, but it's a modestly affecting war pic that artfully pays tribute to some real American heroes - exactly what it sets out to do.
July 14, 2016
Berg's film is beautifully shot and thrillingly paced; he and his actors have a real affection for these men and feel a real duty to portray them honorably.
January 28, 2014
Lone Survivor isn't always sophisticated ... But there's moral complexity and a climax in an Afghan village which is tense and surprisingly moving.
January 11, 2014
There's a gruesome, you-are-there authenticity to the action as the heroes spill their blood and guts on the battlefield.
June 21, 2016
Berg's direction is as energetic as ever, and there's rarely a moment that's not both engaging and horrifying to watch.
October 10, 2015
The unwillingness to "engage" in larger questions disconcertingly reduces a real-life tragedy to an action movie.
January 10, 2014
The film's director, Peter Berg, wants to immerse you so deeply that you feel as if your bones are breaking, too. There's a price, of course, for that kind of immersion: It becomes tough to see the movie for the drum-beating.
November 07, 2015
This is war at its most thrilling!
January 10, 2014
The film effectively assaults its audience almost as aggressively as its subjects.
