Hey what's up, guys? The Explanation pro is here. Today I'll explain a War/Action movie
, Lone Survivor . Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care.
The movie begins with clips and photos of things people go through to be a soldier from
physical training to mental and emotional challenges. Shaking bodies, exhaustion on
their faces, these men endure all these hardships to be given a chance to serve their country.
A helicopter passes by, carrying an unconscious and bloody man that a couple of people are
trying to revive. They finally reach an air field where a team of military medical personnel
are rushing to get him out and into an ambulance. He’s been shot multiple times. They're giving
him chest compression to keep his heart beating. He looks to be losing consciousness and then
flat-lining.
We're then brought to rooms. One of the soldiers wakes up to check his laptop and finds an
email from his fiancée. He goes to another room and wakes up the other man. He shows
a picture of a horse and asks if it's possible, the other man looks at the picture incredulously
and comments that it'll be expensive.
Mikey and Danny wakes up early to race. Mikey reaches the base first by a second with Danny
close behind him. Marcus is timing them and announces how long it took the 2. Mikey complains
but Marcus comments that he was being more than generous. They discuss what Mikey should
do to Danny since he won and Marcus goes with a head shave. Kristensen comes out to let
the team know that their mission will proceed at 1800 hr. Patton asks if he's joining but
Kristensen ignores him. Patton goes to complain to the rest of the team. Frankie tells him
that he'll give him his first op, promptly spills his coffee, and tells him to clean
up the mess on the table.
During the briefing, the team is given their mission which is to kill Ahmad Shah, a senior
Taliban commander responsible for killing Marines in eastern Afghanistan. Information
is given and expectation set. A quick scene is shown with Ahmad and his men including
Taraq who stands as his right-hand man. They force their way into a house, drags a man
outside and decapitates him in broad daylight.
The team reaches their destination by nightfall and keeps their contact with the operating
base. As they get farther, communication begins to break. At the final way point, the signal's
weak which makes their message barely understandable. But the operating base confirms they have
reached their intended position and notes that communications are intermittent at this
point.
Marcus, Mikey, Danny, and Axe move position in the hopes of a better signal to contact
the operating base. They were informed that at most 10 guys will be at the village but
they find more roaming the streets. They finally ID Ahmad Shah by his red scarf and the fact
that the man has no earlobes.
The team moves again to a place where they are less exposed. The team rests except for
Danny who's left with the task to keep an eye out. A couple of minutes passes by before
Danny notices movement and Marcus hear the goats which also wakes up the rest of the
team. Local villagers are close by tending to the goats. One of them trip over Marcus'
boot and the men jump up, pointing their guns at the group. One tries to run away but Axe
catches him. With Danny's comms still down, Mikey has no choice but to contact their base
using an unsecure sat line. The team are weighing their options. Mikey gives the team 3 options:
let them go, tie them up, or kill them. Axe and Danny seems to be in favor of killing
the local villagers but Marcus argues against it, reminding them that they are SEALs and
when the news hit, it'll be the face of the SEALs forever. Mikey finally speaks. He officially
tags the mission as compromised, orders the local villagers be released and make a run
for it.
As soon as they are let go, one of the local villagers run to inform the Taliban of their
whereabouts. By the time the team reaches the peak of the mountain they're on, they
still have no luck with their comms. If they are still unable to contact the operating
base, they'll be walking home either way. Back at the operating base, someone comments
that the team has missed checking in three times now. Kristensen calls Commander Shriver
but gets no support from the man and has no choice but to end the call without any resolution.
Mikey goes to do some recon and finally notices that they are surrounded by Talibans. Axe
and Marcus are both on high alert as Mikey returns and informs the rest of the team that
they are about to make contact. Marcus fires the first shot.
The team has the environment to their advantage and are able to defend themselves well. The
body count on the other side is high. While trying to contact the operating base again,
Danny's hand gets hit. Axe is shot on the arm next. The Talibans are getting way too
close now. Marcus announces that their left side is good but the Talibans start firing
an automatic weapon and Marcus retracts his statement.
Mikey directs the rest of the team to push right instead. As Mikey stands to move, he
gets hit in the stomach. While running to consolidate with Mikey and Danny, Axel gets
hit at the back of his leg while Marcus gets just below his behind. As the enemies get
close, the team has no choice but to push back instead. They're taking multiple hits
now as they rush to safer grounds. They’re next to a ravine now. With no other option,
the team makes a jump for it and are further thrown off when their position gets hit with
rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) as well. They survive the jump.
They're running for their lives now. They reach another safe spot and Marcus informs
the group that he only has 2 mags and a frag left. Danny loudly asks Mikey how the Talibans
got to them fast with the whole group shushing him. The Talibans are moving close again so
the group has no choice but to make another jump. Marcus goes to carry Danny as Mikey
and Axe jumps but Marcus drops Danny and tumbles down the sharp drop. The Talibans reach Danny.
Puking blood and coughing, Mikey looks up and mentions the RPGs that are pointed at
them. They almost hit him. Axe starts calling out for Danny to check on him. He tells the
group that he can't find him, asking if he was hit. Marcus answers him and tells him
that they left Danny up top and he got hit in the head. Both Marcus and Axe starts muttering
about needing to go back up to get him.
The Talibans are now going through Danny's things, looting his stuff. One of them opens
up a video recorder and points it at Danny's face while another one goes on to try his
ring.
Marcus, Mikey, and Axe try to scale the rocks to get back to Danny despite heavy fire raining
down on them. Axe comments that the Talibans could die for their country but he chooses
to live for his.
Mikey swears to make the call to quick reaction force by risking climbing a rock to get a
signal on his sat phone. Marcus refuses but Mikey hands over his last mags. He apologizes
to him and Mikey asks him for what. He states that they didn't kill more of the Talibans
but Mikey tells him not to be sorry and they're gonna kill way more.
Axe asks Marcus what Mikey's doing and he answers that he's moving. Mikey reaches the
highest rock he could and makes the call, reaching the operating base. Danny is put
out of his misery by Taraq while Mikey gets shot at the back. Kristensen has given command
to fly out with Chinook helicopters. But another military personnel flags him down and tells
him they stay grounded because they can't take off without cover from apache.
Marcus returns to Axe who's looking for Mikey. They get into a disagreement over where Mikey
is when Marcus takes notice of the hit Axe has on the back of his head. Axe asks if Mikey
and Danny are really dead and Marcus answers him honestly that he doesn't know. Axe tells
him that if he dies to let Cindy know how much he loves her and that he died with his
brothers with a full heart. Marcus goes to tell him that they're not gonna die when an
RPG hits way too close to them. They split up to give each other more space and a bigger
chance of surviving.
Back to Kristensen, he receives news that the apache are pulled again. Some troops are
in contact and needs air support. With limited back up, the army troops were put on top of
the list. Kristensen asks the pilot if they can be placed on ground even without the apache
and the pilot confirms that they'll do their best to get them on the ground and with their
men.
Marcus and Axe sees the arrival of the Black Hawks and cheers. However, one of them gets
shot down by an RPG while the other one bails. Axe is shot a couple of more times with only
a hand gun left to his name. He is crawling on the ground, having a hard time keeping
a look out with his right eye swollen shut. He fires his last bullet and sees a Taliban
close. He wheezes. An AK-47 pointed at him. They hit him on the head.
Marcus is trekking he almost gets hit by an RPG. He's thrown off not too far and the Talibans
hurry down, looking for his body. Another helicopter passes by which seems to shake
the Talibans and they stop the search for him. Marcus survives the night. He checks
himself over for injuries, resetting a bone that's sticking out off his leg, and moves.
He reaches a stream and dives in. He rehydrates himself and realizes that a group of men is
standing behind him which freaks him out. He pulls out his last grenade and tells the
men to stay back. The man, Mohammed, shakes his head and says something mentioning the
Taliban but he doesn't seem to be one of them. They hear noises and Mohammed shushes Marcus.
The Talibans are getting close and Mohammed is motioning for him to take his hand. Marcus
reaches out. They bring him back to their village. This is the same village where a
man was earlier decapitated in front of everyone.
Marcus is writing a note on the back of his map after Mohammed pointed out where the Americans
are. Another man's voice is getting higher as he argues with Mohammed obviously upset
that they're helping him out. Marcus decides to trust them and gives them his note. A man
immediately sets off.
The Taliban reaches Mohammed's village again and everyone is panicking. They're carrying
guns and are intent to find Marcus as they go through each house looking for him. Mohammed
comes out to meet Taraq. They argue and Taraq slaps Mohammed. He doesn't believe him. They
go inside Mohammed's home and take Marcus, dragging him outside and to the exact place
where they decapitated someone earlier.
Taraq keeps hitting him, goading him to cry but Marcus only keeps screaming profanities
at him. He goes to chop Marcus head's off when Mohammed fires warning shots into the
sky then points the gun at Taraq. The Talibans look up in surprise when they see even more
guns pointed at them. Taraq leaves but hurls threats against Mohammed and his village.
Marcus is back inside Mohammed's home but the villagers are arguing outside over him.
He asks for a knife and starts removing shrapnels off his body. Mohammed then goes to help him
clean his injuries and himself.
The next day, the Talibans attack Mohammed and his village. But this time they're prepared.
Although, they're no match for the RPGs. The military finally verifies Marcus' letter and
a QRF is immediately sent to Kandish village. Mohammed and his son tries to hide Marcus
but Taraq is following them. Another Taliban finds Marcus and Mohammed's son, backhands
the boy, and steps on Marcus' broken leg. Since Taraq is tailing Mohammed, a short fight
ensues between them with Mohammed killing Taraq with his own hand gun.
The Taliban who found Marcus is choking him. He's slowly losing consciousness. Mohammed's
son appears out of nowhere, handing Marcus a knife which he uses to stab the Taliban
with. However, the Talibans are many in numbers and nearing. Many of the villagers have already
died. That's when backup arrives and apache are given the signal to engage. The Talibans
try to run but are quickly killed by the helicopters automatic guns. More back up arrives in the
form of ground men and even a plane. The Talibans retreat.
A man quickly brings the soldiers to where Marcus is. Marcus sees Mohammed and tries
to get him to come but the soldiers tell him it's not possible. Before he's taken away,
he turns back around to thank both Mohammed and his son.
We're back at the start with doctors and nurses trying to revive Marcus. He reflects on everything
that happened on that mountain, acknowledges that he wouldn't be alive without the help
of Danny, Mikey, and Axe. The movie ends with Marcus regaining consciousness and his heart
beating steadily.
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