Lone Survivor

Ratings: 7.0/10

Film Class: C

Genre: Action Drama

The title kinda gives the plot away... and to make matters worst, I came across a summarised version of this true account while reading Bear Gryll's True Grit. If you don't already know, this movie is based on a true story, and follows a team of 4 navy seals into Afghanistan's territory, where they let free a group of local herders only to end up being hunted down by tons of Taliban soldiers. And so began their battle for survivor... 

*spoilers ahead* It was hard to watch. Painfully depressing, I was cringing up inside cos of that one "mistake" they made (who am I to judge though) and seeing them desperately jumping off cliffs after cliffs, stumbling down hard rock accompanied by crackling thudding sound effects, it hits with such an emotionally disturbing level that I thought I had just sat through a gory film. 

It makes one lose faith in humanity, and brings the faith back at the end, but it was close to a much-ado-about-nothing film. The moral of the story: War sucks... why can't we all be friends? 

I totally respect the true heroes' decision to let the supposed innocents go, and will forever hold their bravery in highest esteem. I too learnt that not all Afghanistans are bad (the media "skewfully" portrays otherwise) and that deep down inside there's a goodness in each and everyone of us, guess that's what makes us humans. 

The human spirit, our survivor instincts will always astound us when pushed beyond its limits, and while most of us might think we don't have it in ourselves to go through something as treacherous as what was portrayed right before our very eyes, I believe each one of us have it "hidden" somewhere inside. As the saying goes "Heroes are ordinary men doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times." Salute.