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Lone Survivor (2013)

R  |   |  Action, Biography, Drama  |  10 January 2014 (USA)
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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.

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Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. Written by Jose Tinto

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Rated R for strong bloody war violence and pervasive language | See all certifications »

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El sobreviviente  »

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Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$84,857 (USA) (3 January 2014)

Gross:

$125,069,696 (USA) (4 April 2014)
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Trivia

Daniel Arroyo, who plays the teenage goat herd, performed the dangerous stunt of jumping down ragged rocks, to enthusiastic applause of the crew off-camera. See more »

Goofs

When Marcus is at the village, he pulls a piece of metal from his thigh and bites onto a dog tag for the pain. As it changes from frame to frame you will notice in one frame he is not biting the dog tag and then is still biting it in the next frame. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Seal Instructor: [pulling exhausted trainee from the water] Six times three?
Seal Trainee: [groans]
Seal Instructor: Hurry up, Hurry up, Hurry up... Hurry up.
Seal Trainee: Eighteen.
Seal Instructor: Ooh!
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Easily the best War Movie since "Saving Private Ryan" only an actual story.
13 June 2014 | by (Austria) – See all my reviews

If you read the book and heard the interviews with the actual "lone survivor" you know that this movie got as close to the real events as possible. The 4 actors really gave it their all. Beginning long before shooting when they started their training so they would look realistic. This movie is also the most visceral experience since "Saving Private Ryan". There were falls in this movie that actually hurt more just watching than when I broke my foot 2 years ago. And in the making of you see that crazy stunt people actually did those falls, supposedly without dying. It's of course impossible to spoil this movie given it's title but it's important to note that the guy who helped him risked his whole village for "The Americans" Safety. And he didn't think twice about it. Sometimes we forget that not all of them are Taliban. After all is said and done this is a must see if there ever was one.


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