They Fight In Your Name

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2014)

"Lone Survivor" tells the story of four Seal Team 10 members who were ordered into mountainous Kunar Province in order to kill or capture Ahmad Shahd, a warlord associated with both Gulbadin Hekmatyar and the Taliban. The movie is based on HM-1 Marcus Lutrell's (the mission's lone survivor) New York Times 2007 bestseller.
Faced with a difficult moral decision whether or not to kill four Afghan civilians who were sure to reveal their presence to the Taliban, the Seals are cut off from rescue as they are surrounded by a much larger force of combat-experienced Taliban. As they attempt to fight their way to safety, together, each Seal is forced to tap unknown reserves of strength and resilience as they fight until three of the four are killed.
But they never quit. Running so low on ammunition they were forced to strip the body of each Seal killed so the dwindling group of survivors could keep fighting, those chair-bound reviewers who are critiquing "Lone Survivor" for dialog, special effects, or patriotism miss the point of the movie - the Seals fought as a team and they never quit.
And that's the point of the movie, which will soon be recognized as one of the Great American War Movies. Similar to 'With the Marines at Tarawa,''Saving Private Ryan', Black Hawk Down', and "We Were Soldiers;' 'Lone Survivor' memorializes the ethics, dedication, and voluntary sacrifice of those Marines - Sailors - Soldiers - Airmen who stand guard overseas for you.
Yes, you chair-bound reviewers; they stand guard for you.