Lone Survivor (film)

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Movie
German title Lone Survivor
Original title Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 121 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Peter Berg
script Peter Berg
production Sarah Aubrey ,
Randall Emmett ,
Akiva Goldsman ,
Norton Herrick ,
Stephen Levinson ,
Barry Spikings ,
Mark Wahlberg
music Steve Jablonsky , Explosions in the Sky
camera Tobias A. Schliessler
cut Colby Parker Jr.
occupation
synchronization

Lone Survivor is an American war film from the year 2013 . Directed by Peter Berg , who also wrote the script . The film is based on the factual report of the same name by former United States Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell . The main roles were played by Mark Wahlberg , Taylor Kitsch , Emile Hirsch , Ben Foster and Eric Bana .

action

During the war in Afghanistan , on June 28, 2005, the American armed forces carried out Operation Red Wings , the aim of which was to kill or capture Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.

The team consists of the four Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell , Michael "Mike" Murphy , Danny Dietz and Matthew "Ax" Axelson. Luttrell and Axelson are snipers, Dietz is in charge of communications, and Murphy is the leader. The group is dropped off at night by helicopter at a safe distance from the village where Shah is staying and marches from there to an observation point on a mountain slope above the village. On the way there, they report regularly by radio to the forward base in Jalalabad , where a support team is ready to intervene quickly in an emergency. Further reinforcements will be stationed in Bagram . When they arrived at the observation point, the team discovered Shah in the village, but could not report this immediately because the mountains were interfering with the radio. Soon afterwards they are discovered by Afghan goatherds who hold them down for the time being. Since the mission is already threatening to fail, they try to contact the head of Operation Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen in Bagram via satellite phone. After some discussion, they decide to let the shepherds go. They immediately notified the local Taliban and they began to pursue the US soldiers. The SEAL team flees through the mountains and is attacked by the Taliban within an hour. In subsequent firefights during the continued escape, Dietz, then Murphy and finally Axelson are killed. Because the Apache attack helicopters are not ready in time, Kristensen flies a rescue mission with some SEALs and members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment with an MH-47 Chinook . When attempting to drop the men, the helicopter is shot down by an RPG , killing all 16 soldiers on board.

Luttrell is the only one seriously injured to survive the operation and is taken in by locals from another village and protected from the Taliban. The villagers notify the nearest US base so that American soldiers can rescue him after six days. Later in his book, Luttrell extremely falsified the number of opponents, which is probably closer to 20, to 200 Taliban.

reception

The American reviews of the film tended to be positive. The film achieved an average rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 202 reviews. At Metacritic , the average rating was 60%, based on 44 reviews.

The reviews of German-language publications were more mixed. According to the film releases , Lone Survivor is an "intense non-stop survival actioner", but ultimately a "propagandistic ode to the Navy SEALs", which is characterized by an "unreflective macho attitude". Lone Survivors “clumsy hurray America militarism” is difficult to bear for (German) viewers. The film service describes Lone Survivor as a “war film based on real experiences”, which glorifies “soldierly comradeship almost religiously” and stylizes the soldiers as “tormented martyrs”. The production fails to “illuminate the inner life of the men”, nor does it have the courage to “keep the film out of the gray area of ​​the propagandistic”. Barbara Schweizerhof, on the other hand, praised the film as one of the "most interesting war films of recent years" in the review for Spex . In addition to the performances of the actors, she positively emphasized the “detailed sound engineering” and “precise editing choreography”, which brought the fights “almost unbearably close” to the audience. OutNow.ch summed up that although the film focuses on the US soldiers "while the Taliban remain anonymous behind their beards", it is convincing "in its design, drama and acting". Peter Berg found a “good way” to make war films interesting for the “mainstream audience”. Marlene Blenig wrote on Filmering.at that Lone Survivor "for a long time once again a worth seeing screen drama of the genre" is that "respect incommensurable [s] on the Afghan war" While in this country because of the will as cause in the United States may not be the same "wave of enthusiasm" Don't disappoint genre fans though. In addition, viewers who visit the cinema “out of interest in the true story” would be rewarded with an “emotional ending”.

The film was particularly successful in the United States. Globally, Lone Survivor had grossed over $ 149 million on a production budget of $ 40 million as of September 2015.

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role actor Voice actor
Marcus Luttrell Mark Wahlberg Oliver Mink
Michael "Mike" Murphy Taylor kitsch Stefan Günther
Danny Dietz Emile Hirsch Nils Dienemann
Matt Axelson Ben Foster Hubertus von Lerchenfeld
Erik Kristensen Eric Bana Benjamin Völz
Shane Patton Alexander Ludwig Max fields
Sergeant Hasslert Jerry Ferrara Maximilian Laprell

Others

At the beginning of the film, Marcus Luttrell made a cameo as a SEAL named Frankie. Among other things, he deliberately spills his coffee at the breakfast table and orders SEAL newcomer Shane Patton to clean up in a kind of initiation ritual as a "first missionary assignment". He can also be seen in one of the QRF's (quick reaction force) CH47s that are attempting to evacuate.

Awards

Academy Awards 2014

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014

  • Award in the Best Action Film category
  • Award in the category Best Actor in an Action Film for Mark Wahlberg

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014

  • Award in the category of best stunt ensemble in a film

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2013

  • Award for best action film
  • 10th place in the top 10 films of 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Lone Survivor . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2014 (PDF; test number: 142 805 K).
  2. ↑ He Got The Title Wrong? and 6 More Mistakes from Luttrell's "Lone Survivor" at onviolence.com, accessed April 1, 2013
  3. ^ Lone Survivor at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed July 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Lone Survivor at Metacritic , accessed on July 25, 2015.
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  6. ↑ a b Lone Survivor. In: filmdienst.de , accessed on July 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b Spex No. 351, March 2014, page 73.
  8. ↑ a b Lone Survivor. In: outnow.ch , accessed on July 25, 2015.
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  10. ↑ Lone Survivor. In: boxofficemojo.com , accessed September 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ a b cast and crew for "Lone Survivor". Internet Movie Database , accessed April 27, 2016 .
  12. ↑ in the German dubbing index
  13. ↑ Lone Survivor (2014) In: historyvshollywood.com , accessed on July 25, 2015 (English).
  14. ↑ a b Nominees for the 86th Oscars. In: Oscars.org. January 16, 2014, accessed January 16, 2014 .
  15. ↑ a b Ryan Adams: Las Vegas Film Critics Awards. In: Awards Daily. December 18, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014 .