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Name: Lone Survivor
Director: Peter Berg
Genre: action, drama, war
Released: 2013
Duration: 2 h 1 min
Rating: 7.5

Lone Survivor has an iRankMovies score of 71.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Lone Survivor (2013)

Based on true acts of courage

Release:2013

Runtime:2h 1m

Country:United States

Director:Peter Berg

Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaWar

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Keywords

Based On Novel Or BookFightAfghanistanBiographyBased On True StoryTalibansurvivalU S Navy Seal

iRank72

Lone Survivor rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 324K votes

Rotten Tomatoes75%

Metacritic60%

TMDb7.432/10· 5K votes

With 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Lone Survivor

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.

Cast of Lone Survivor

Mark Wahlberg
as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
Taylor Kitsch
as Lieutenant Michael "Mike" Murphy
Emile Hirsch
as Petty Officer Second Class Danny Dietz
Ben Foster
as Petty Officer Second Class Matthew "Axe" Axelson
Eric Bana
as Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen
Ali Suliman
as Mohammad Gulab
Alexander Ludwig
as Petty Officer Second Class Shane Patton
Jerry Ferrara
as Hasslert
Scott Elrod
as QRF SEAL
Josh Berry
as Communication SEAL
Yousuf Azami
as Shah
Sammy Sheik
as Taraq

Lone Survivor facts

Budget: $40M
Box office: $149.3M

Our take on Lone Survivor

Peter Berg's 2013 war drama follows four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative in the mountains of Afghanistan. When an impossible moral decision exposes their position, the men are drawn into an enemy ambush and must summon extraordinary reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish. It's a punishing, ground-level combat film focused on endurance, brotherhood and the cost of split-second choices. Best suited to viewers who want unflinching, physically intense action rooted in soldiers under fire rather than broad geopolitics. If you value grit, tension and the human toll of battle over spectacle, this is a demanding, tightly focused ordeal of a movie.

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