Lone Survivor | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Director, and screenwriter, Peter Berg's treatment of Marcus Luttrell's and Patrick Robinson book, "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10", while basic in the telling of any real story of great warriors against insurmountable odds, bore ominous justice to those three heroes of SEAL Team 10, who did what they were asked, and paid the ultimate sacrifice. Also paying homage to these fallen heroes were the actors of this fine film: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Taylor Kitsch, respectively playing the surviving Marcus Luttrell, who actually had a number of cameos in the film, and the fallen Matt 'Axe' Axelson, Danny Dietz and Michael Murphy.

    This film paid incredible homage to the true story of a terrible moment in the life of a "Lone Survivor", and the deaths of three fallen heroes. Maybe it is analogous to the hope of human will in good Americans, or maybe just a true story of extraordinary, well trained men, all heroes.

    I am not capable of knowing the correct answer, but maybe the best way to sum up the reason for this film of 121 minutes, this story is Marcus Luttrell's own words at the conclusion of this film:

    “Brave men have fought and died building the proud tradition and fear of reputation that I am bound to uphold. I died up on that mountain. There is no question, a part of me will forever be up on that mountain, dead, as my brothers died. But there is a part of me that lived, because of my brothers. Because of them I am still alive. And I can never forget, but no matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets or no matter how far you fall, you are never out of the fight.”    - Marcus Luttrell

    Rated R. Released on DVD June 3, 2014.




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