Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Lone Survivor is a brutally effective movie, made by people who think that they're serving their country. But they're just making us coarser and more self-centered.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
10 Jan 2014
rotten:
The film's director, Peter Berg, wants to immerse you so deeply that you feel as if your bones are breaking, too. There's a price, of course, for that kind of immersion: It becomes tough to see the movie for the drum-beating.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
10 Jan 2014
fresh:
The film effectively assaults its audience almost as aggressively as its subjects.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
10 Jan 2014
fresh:
Lone Survivor' hits home and hits hard.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
21 Jan 2014
fresh:
Lone Survivor isn't always sophisticated ... But there's moral complexity and a climax in an Afghan village which is tense and surprisingly moving.