Action packed

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2014)

The Thing with "Lone survivor" is that its an action movie. An action movie that's based on a true story. Trouble is, its one of those "they couldn't possibly survive that in real life" kind of action movies. So the only problem I really had with it. Was over how true the stuff that happens in it actually is.
Now, i'm sure the basics of the plot are the true part. 4 soldiers find themselves fighting off hundreds of enemy soldiers while trapped in Afghanistan, and indeed, the later parts of this story are genuinely amazing.
The earlier gun fighting itself, though entertaining as a movie, I have a little bit of trouble with. As the title suggests there's a "Lone survivor." So, when all the characters split up, how does he know what happened to his colleagues? Now I know its been dramatised for movie purposes, but some of what we see in these parts seems gratuitously violent and un-necessary. If these were fictional characters then OK. But they're based on real guys, and to me, that seemed in bad taste.
Still, the movie tries to honour these heroes in an ending that may bring a tear to your eye, and overall the movie is action packed, and has a great cast. Yet, maybe a "rambo" style action movie wasn't the way to go with this one.