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Lone Survivor (15)

Action, Biography, Drama

Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious al Qaeda leader Ahmad Shahd, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.


The critical consensus

As modern war movies go, Lone Survivor is gutsy, draining and brilliant.

****(*)Rob Carnevale, The List, 13/01/2014

There is an interesting late twist when a group of Afghan villagers present us with a different brand of heroism, but many viewers will have been turned off by Berg’s military fetishism long before that point.

**(*)(*)(*)Philip Concannon, The Skinny, 24/01/2014

Berg is doubtless sincere about paying tribute to Luttrell and his comrades – you just wish his salute wasn’t so jingoistic and clichéd.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 26/01/2014

A severe portrait of fortitude under extreme pressure, somewhat marred by blinkered politics.

***(*)(*)James Dyer, Empire, 27/01/2014

Mark Luttrell may be the lone survivor but he’s far from the only hero. The picture may not be in contention for Oscars but it’s a first-class modern war film: visceral, exciting and thought-provoking.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 29/01/2014

Overlong yet relentless bone-crunching action.

Paul Fairclough, Little White Lies, 30/01/2014

The direction pummels and the cast impress, yet Berg’s war movie promises more than it delivers. Memories of Battleship are sunk, but that Oscar buzz may be a bit premature.

***(*)(*)Kevin Harley, Total Film, 27/01/2014

It would be better to get a documentary about this episode, not a flag-waving drama.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30/01/2014

Beyond the jingoism, this Peter Berg film includes a brave attempt to grapple with the morals and ethics of modern warfare.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 01/02/2014

The result is uncomfortable: physically brutal, philosophically conflicted.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 02/02/2014


Features about Lone Survivor (15)

Lone Survivor: An American War Movie

Ivan Radford, Little White Lies, 30/01/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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