I do not write movie reviews, because,
frankly, most movies in recent years are trash and a waste of my time
and money. I would rather spend the time reading Tocqueville. This
one, however, is a happy exception. It is the best action/adventure
movie I have seen in several years. Why? Because it is based on a
real story. Like the old saying, fiction is but a pale imitation of
real life, and this movie is verification of same.
I will not recount the plot (you can
read the book and/or see the movie for yourself), but it is a Special
Ops assignment that went terribly wrong. This historical recreation
is quite realistic, sometimes stomach-churningly so.
SPOILER ALERT
The most amazing part of this story is
towards the end. A Pashtun village protects the injured, surviving
American soldier, and has to fend off a major Al Qaeda military
assault as a result. Yes, the movie ends with real photos and videos
of the American soldiers who died in this military disaster. I heard
an account that the woman in the wedding video broke down in tears
when she saw the video of her wedding at a screening: she had no idea
that it was included in the movie. The best one was a still photo from 2010 showing the surviving soldier, who wrote the book, happily hugging the Afghani who saved his life. And, yes, the Pashtun fight against the Shiite Al Qaeda continues to this very day.
TELL HOLLYWOOD TO GO F*CK THEMSELVES
Politically Liberal Hollywood expected
this movie to only gross $17 million in the end. Right now, it is on
track to gross $100 million and counting. If I have not yet convinced
you to see this movie, if you have not already, then at the very
least give this movie your money to really crank up this number and
make this movie a fabulous, surprising financial success for
patriotism, a paean to honor, duty, and loyalty, even unto death.
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