Lone Survivor

Peter Berg, I believe, deeply loves our military. I firmly believe he came into this projet trying to honor our servicemen through the awful event of Operation Red Wings. The story is of a military operation where four Navy Seals were dropped into a remote area of Afghanistan to scope out a village a determine if there was their primary target and a secondary target there. The four men encounter issues with comms (communications) and it just gets worse from there. They encounter 3 goat herders on the mountain who they capture, but without being able to reach anyone to make THE decision on what to do, they are forced to decide for themselves. They decide to cut them loose and go to high ground to report to HQ that the mission is compromised. They cannot reach HQ and the herder's make it to a village that support the Taliban and the result is not good. The actors did an amazing job through training and instruction from Marcus Lattrell (The Seal who wrote Lone Survivor and said Lone Survivor, sorry for the spoiler). The stars are Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. I feel like now would be a great time to also mention the actors who portrayed the Taliban and Afghan people were also phenomenal and really deserve credit for a great job. It's a story highlighting sacrifices made by servicemen and women that are called upon daily to do the extraordinary. I wish it mentioned that more than just members of Operation Red Wings deserve our gratitude, love, and respect. Bottom Line: 7.8 out of 10. I would agree with the statement it is the most realistic war movie since Saving Private Ryan. Act or Valor was incredible as well and perhaps better technically, but this movie is as gritty and real as you'll find. You can wait until it comes out on video, but if you do watch it you'll want to stay through the credits and be prepared to dry your eyes constantly. Hats off to the people involved in the project.