good.. right up until the lone survivor part

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2014)

I went into this movie with low expectations mostly because of the bad Chuck Norris style title and the fact that Mark Wahlberg was in it, but right until the final 45 minutes I was quite surprised with the quality.. it's a very good action movie up until that point
Unfortunately not enough time is spent on the final leg of the movie after he is helped by the Afghan villagers. So instead of doing that part an injustice, either they should've missed it out entirely and ended when he makes contact, focusing on his actual lone survival and traversal through the hostile environment (in keeping with the movie title) for the day or so before he was saved. Or made the movie longer and given the village section the movie time that it deserves.. i.e at least the same amount of movie time as the action sequences
Instead time is spent overdramatizing when it really isn't needed, the action sequences are enough. We see Marky Mark in his under armour being brought back to life, he flat lines, there are slo-mo shots, and then we have a really o.t.t credits sequence where we see lots of photos of the real guys etc. notably the Asian soldier in the pictures is missing from the movie. Why? as I understand it he was on the chopper that was shot down trying to save them
So a good movie but ultimately it focuses on action and sentimentality rather too much, I doubt those guys want that, and is disappointing for it