Peter Berg, a veteran actor turned writer-director, brings us Lone Survivor, a true story about a group of four Navy SEALs sent to Afghanistan to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. After a grueling five-day long fight with the Taliban, the only surviving member of the team is Marcus Luttrell, who is seriously wounded, but is miraculously saved by Mohammad Gulab, an Afghani citizen of a nearby town. Gulab and the rest of the townsfolk protect Luttrell and ward of the Taliban onslaught.

Like his other films Patriots Day and The Kingdom, Berg's passion and respect for military personnel clearly shines through from beginning to end. The sound mixing and design is top-notch. So much so that the audience psychologically feels every flesh-penetrating bullet.

Unfortunately, the film drinks a little too much of its own patriotic Kool-Aid and doesn't deliver enough character development, which makes the action feel somewhat empty.

• Release Year: 2013
• Genre: Action, Drama, War
• Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, and Emile Hirsch.
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• Summary: Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
• Commissioned By: Brian C.

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