Movies based on heroism on the
battle ground are not an unfamiliar territory for the movie fans. And once in a
while a movie comes out which strikes so hard that you realize that somewhere
out there some people risk their lives for the betterment of many more sleeping
at home. Lone Survivor is indeed a brilliant movie of that kind seeing seldom
from Hollywood. And to make it even better it’s based on actual events taken
place.
Lone Survivor is the cinematic
adaptation by Peter Berg of the book of same name. The plot is based on a US failed
mission Operation Red Wings taken place in Afghanistan. The mission objective
was to track a high priority Taliban leader Ahmad Shah and a four member covert
operatives team was sent out. The story unveils their mission starting from
base camp to a remote village in the Hindu Kush mountain range through a tough
terrain on foot. While the team is equipped with latest technology and
experienced personal an unexpected incidence pushes them the deviate from the
plan. And they find themselves surrounded by enemy insurgents and hope of
getting out alive becomes thinner and thinner.
Some call this the best after
Black Hawk Down and I pretty much agree with it. But then there is the Special
Forces (2012) a French movie that comes very close to this in my opinion but
seems many Hollywood critics despise it (Well that’s their problem). But what’s
the best movie is not the fact to highlight here. It’s the fact that Lone
Survivor is filled with brilliant performances, action sequences and top of all
mind blowing amounts of heroism, courage and patriotism.
Lone Survivor has good production
quality and direction. Though there are no surprises to the plot or anything never
seeing before in a war flick, this runs right through predictable points
without sweating much. Relatively there is not enough character building done
throughout but the lack of that kind of drama is barely noticed after the guns
starts to fire. It is quite right to say that Lone Survivor has one of the best
battle sequences that do not include heavy artillery. And it’s pretty obvious
that many stunt actors have broken bones performing it.
A good war movie is not in terms
of how bloody it is but in ways of how successful it is in justifying a war. It
seems like Lone Survivor has done a decent job at it while the whole war again
terrorism is at a questionable point.
