lone Survivor
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana
Rated: 6/10
Reality shows from intense war zones are usually moving propositions. After all, real things have happened to real people and they are mostly blood-curdling — something which the audience savour.
This one all the way from Afghanistan is no different. It holds you tight and leads you on to the blood splashing zone with a strange kind of hypnotism not hindered by intrusive background scores or even too many dialogues.
Basing his premise on a botched up operation deep into the Afghan mountains which ended with one survivor and four casualties, the director has done well to stick to basics and keep it as real as cinematically positive. Mark Wahlberg who plays Marcus luttrell, the man who survived it all in real life, does well on screen to keep you engaged with his journey.
This war zone is captivating, it is meticulously strewn together and it has kept all its fact stark and correct. That’s where lies its USP.