A far cry away for the solid cheese of patriotism with the cringeworthy disaster BATTLESHIP, director Peter Berg’s harrowing fact-based military thriller LONE SURVIVOR is gaining some solid early reviews. The film charts the real-life heroism of a group of Navy SEALs led by Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg), who found themselves ambushed while on a covert mission in Afghanistan in 2005.
Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival, Lone Survivor tells the incredible tale of four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative who are ambushed by the enemy in the mountains of Afghanistan. Faced with an impossible moral decision, the small band is isolated from help and surrounded by a much larger force of Taliban ready for war. As they confront unthinkable odds together, the four men find reserves of strength and resilience as they stay in the fight to the finish.
LONE SURVIVOR also stars Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, Jerry Ferrara and Eric Bana. It hits limited US cinemas on the 25th December before expanding on the 10th January 2014. It arrives in the UK on the 31st January 2014.
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
