Now this movie is almost based on the length of the novel and the game, and the whole event is vividly and tragically reproduced on the screen. This is also a very pure military film. It neither discusses politics or ideology, nor does it want to tell the audience who is right and who is wrong, but uses an unusually realistic attitude to present the people and things in the battle.
It really surprised me that the director Peter Berg was able to release such a work after filming a bloody movie like "Super Battleship." I think it may also be due to the direct involvement of the original author and the person involved, the "lonely survivor" Marcus Luttrell, so that the whole movie can always maintain a state of balance and restraint.
In real battles, there is no Rambo. Even if it is a special force that is one in a million, it is impossible to block one hundred by one. Any bullet will instantly turn ten years of hard training into a pool of lifeless flesh and blood. The four military elites trapped in the siege are equally vulnerable. One rocket can be used to reimburse a Chinook transport plane loaded with SEALs.
And all this stems from a decision that is difficult to measure right and wrong. The four team members and the Afghan shepherd met unexpectedly. They had three choices: 1. Risking the risk of being discovered by the Taliban and letting the shepherd go; 2. Bundling the shepherd and hiding in the forest, letting him fend for himself, even at night Frozen to death; 3. The shepherd was executed on the spot to avoid future troubles. As a survivor, Marcus Luttrell has always regretted letting go of the shepherd, so that three comrades in arms and more died. But even if he made another choice, Marcus Luttrell must be equally regretful.
The film does not want to tell the audience which choice is the so-called "correct answer", but uses a more restrained attitude than the original novel to describe the cause and effect of this period.
That's it.
In the movie, one of the most impressive scenes is that after the Chinook transport plane was shot down, the pilot of another transport plane chose to retreat. A seal member on board drew his gun and shouted at the pilot: "Let's go down!"
This clip is unforgettable for a long time. This is one of the purest emotions between comrades-in-arms and between people. I also think of the line at the end of "Black Hawk Down": "I won't say a goddamn word. They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand it's about the man next to you. And this's it. That's all it is."
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