Lone Survivor is an amazing war film that explores the idea of brotherhood and sacrifice in some of the best ways we’ve ever seen.

| Aug 12, 2024

Lone Survivor’s major saving grace is that it never resorts to actual flag-waving, but enough pro-military overtones subsist in the material to consider it an effective recruiting video.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 18, 2022

Peter Berg goes beyond the call of duty to forge a bond between the audience and the film's forlorn, leaving us hoping that the expected doesn't end up coming true.

| Jun 10, 2021

At its core it isn't a propaganda film or a slice of patriotism; instead it's a stark reminder of the camaraderie of soldiers in the field.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 1, 2021

Appreciably tense, gripping, graphic, grim, and nerve-wracking.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2020

Overwhelmed is exactly how you should feel watching this film.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020

Lone Survivor 's politics are reflected in its crude, ham-fisted aesthetics.

| Aug 13, 2020

The intent is sincere, but the execution heavy handed and excessive.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 28, 2020

There are near fetish levels of body horror going on here, as Berg luxuriates in every gaping wound and bullet hole, pummeling his cast beyond any possible human boundaries.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 8, 2020

Berg has taken pains to create a brutal, distressing, and unashamedly in-your-face depiction of the atrocities of war... The result is, for Berg and star Mark Wahlberg, a career best endeavor.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2019

Feels more like a military recruitment commercial than an actual film, filled with superficial displays of patriotism.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2019

Lone Survivor resembles an extended recruitment advert for the first half and a snoozily detached war movie for the second - which is fitting because that's what it is.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2019

Lone Survivor may have served its original purpose -- whatever that may have been -- had it not been so mind-numbingly repetitive.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 7, 2019

It's hard to watch at times, but you can't deny the emotional impact.

| Original Score: B | Feb 1, 2019

This appears to be the movie that its makers intended, but it still feels like a little more depth could have provided much more impact.

| Original Score: B | Jan 17, 2019

Surprisingly, what makes this story hit home is the acting. All four men bring a quiet realism to their roles-the less they think of themselves as heroes, the more we do.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 3, 2018

It... challenges the viewer to reconsider simpleminded moralizing when it comes to war action.

| Apr 11, 2018

The fact that war really is hell is always kept front and centre throughout. Tobia Schliesser's cinematography is brilliant. This one's an adrenaline- packed ride all the way.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2017

Peter Berg's latest directorial effort, the Navy SEALs drama Lone Survivor, is no better than a limp retelling that fails to get underneath the surface of the actual story.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 5, 2017

It's what an action movie should be at its best; the shots fired are less interesting than the personal struggles of the men in battle.

| Aug 14, 2017