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Filem hebat yang berkisar mengenai kegagalan misi ‘Red Wing’ yang menugaskan empat anggota daripada SEAL 10 untuk membunuh ketua Taliban dan melumpuhkan kegiatan al-Qaeda itu dibintangi Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch dan Ben Foster.
Filem Universal yang diarahkan oleh pengarah filem ‘Friday Night Lights’ dan ‘Battleship’, Peter Berg itu berdasarkan kisah benar menerusi anggota Tentera Laut Marcus Luttrell yang menyertai misi berbahaya pasukan SEAL di Afghanistan pada 2005.
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Movie review: ‘Lone Survivor’ a brave, humane story of war
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From left, Matt “Axe” Axelson (Ben Foster), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) in “Lone Survivor”, the story of four Navy SEALs on a covert mission in the mountains of Afghanistan.
By Al Alexander
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Posted Jan. 10, 2014 @ 1:01 am
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The debate has raged over whether “Lone Survivor,” Peter Berg’s harrowing account of 2005’s disastrous Operation Red Wings, is jingoistic or a condemnation of a U.S. military action that resulted in the loss of 19 Americans at the hands of tenacious Taliban insurgents. But the real discourse should be over who was the bigger hero: Marcus Luttrell, the badly wounded Navy SEAL for whom the film is titled; or the brave Pashtun tribesman who rescued Luttrell and fought valiantly to protect him once the Taliban came looking for “the one who got away”?
Either way, “Lone Survivor” stands as an outstanding account of bravery and comradeship under fire, with acts of selflessness abounding. And Berg (“Friday Night Lights”) could not have presented it more humanistically, or with more compassion for those who gave their lives on a mission that was doomed from the start.
“This feels like a cursed op,” observes one of the four SEALS originally dropped onto Sawtalo Sar, the rugged mountain near Asadabad where insurgent leader Ahmad Shah was believed to be commanding a large band of Taliban fighters. “No curse,” Luttrell replies, “just Afghanistan.” But cursed they were, as Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) and fellow SEALs Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch), Matthew Axelson (Ben Foster) and their leader, Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), encounter nothing but horrible luck after confirming Shah’s presence.
You name it, it goes wrong, beginning with the unexpected arrival of three goat herders, who are immediately taken prisoner. But what to do with them? Let them go and risk them running to the Taliban? Tie them up and leave them to the ravenous wolves and snakes? Or, simply kill them, even though two of them are just boys?
The resulting tactical and ethical debate between the four soldiers is riveting and surprisingly thought-provoking for what begins as a gung-ho war picture. That’s because like “Homeland,” Berg’s script (based on Luttrell’s book, “Lone Survivor”) isn’t afraid to explore the ambiguities of the war on terror, up to and including worries about how any actions will be portrayed in the press.
As it turns out, the soldiers make the wrong choice. And before you know it, are surrounded by heavily armed Taliban. The ensuing firefight lasts nearly an hour, and Berg presents it in vividly gory detail, with bullets and shrapnel from RPGs ripping through flesh that hasn’t already been pierced by brutal tumbles down mountainsides.
The only question isn’t if these four men will die, it’s a question of how many bullets it will take to kill them. And believe me, it’s quite a lot. But the toughness and resilience is nothing compared to the loyalty that bonds them, as they prove time and again that they will do anything to protect the other.
Kalau mengikut citer sebenar..Marcus Luttrell ni masuk Islam..
Post time 15-1-2014 10:22 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
Tgk citer ni dlm dvd
Best jugakle
Dlm cter ni punca bertembung ngan taliban adalah krn depa lepaskan 3 gembala kambing
yg mude tu lari g report taliban
Part sedih ckit ble kwn dia axe mati
annehuda posted on 16-1-2014 02:47 PM
kalau citer military dr hollywood yg based on true story ni aku agak skeptikal skit. taku jd mcm bla ...
Sangat betul..dah tengok kamis lepas..menyampah pun ada..
Merek lah askar paling berhemah n baik konon..padahal penakut tahap petala langit..ingat boleh bodohkan orang Islam ker..
Kalau rajin baca tentang peperangan di Afganistan dan Iraq, berapa ramai askar US yg trauma..menembak manusia tak berdosa membuta tuli..
Amerika tak boleh menidakkan kegagalan mereka di Afghanistan..dekat sana mereka bukan sahaja terpaksa menghadapi serangan dari rakyat @ taliban...tetapi jugak dari mujahidin serata dunia yg sanggup berjuang di sana...
Post time 15-1-2014 08:25 PM
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