LONE SURVIVOR

CRITICAL REVIEW
Group B
• Members: • Senaa Mohamed
• Gehad Gad • Tala Sahli
• Lama Jalal • Yaqine Saada
• Lana Nezar • Zeenah Sasah
 Objectives
● - Summarize the main events
that occurred in the movie
"Lone Survivor."
● - Analyze the characters played
in the story, as well as the
director of the movie.
● - Provide a reasonable critical
review of the movie "Lone
Survivor.“
● - Relate the movie and its
events to what we've studied in
the term.
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01 02 03
Overview Summary Character Analysis
Get a basic idea Understand the Step into the
about the writing main parts of the characters’ shoes with
type and movie plot with Lama Gehad
with Tala and
Gehad
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04 05 06
Review and Movie
Director Analysis Trailer
Find out about the Discover the best parts Watch the movie
movie director with and flaws of the movie trailer to refresh your
Lana with Yaqine memory
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07 08
 Relation to "The
Relation to the Essential
Moral Logic of
Question
Survival Guilt"
Relate it to the text Relate the movie to the
in our book with unit’s essential question
Senaa with Zeenah
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Resources
Questions
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What is a Critical
Review?
Before we begin, let’s see what a critical
review is and how we can, in a sense, link
the movie to our text.

With Tala
A critical review is the summarization and evaluation
of the ideas and information in an article. It expresses
the writer’s (your) point of view in the light of what
you already know on the subject and what is acquired
from related texts. Reviewing critically means
thinking carefully and clearly and taking into
consideration both the strengths and weaknesses in the
material under review.
Movie
Overview
Stats, awards, etc.

With Gehad
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Lone Survivor is a 2013 American biographical

military action film based on the eponymous 2007
non-fiction book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick
Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, it
dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy
SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red
Wings, during which a four-man
SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was
given the task of tracking down
the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. 
 Information

What was the

When did it air? general opinion?
Lone Survivor opened It received generally positive reviews
in limited release in the United was chosen by National Board of
States on December 25, 2013, Review as one of the top ten films of
before opening across North 2013, and received two Oscar
America on January 10, 2014. nominations for Best Sound
Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
 Summary [Lama]

The year in 2005. In the wake of the 9/11

terror attacks, the War in Afghanistan is well
under way when military intelligence learns
that a senior Taliban member is hiding out in a
remote village deep in the Hindu Kush
mountains of the Kunar Province. Convinced
that his capture or killing could turn the tide of
the difficult war in favor of the United States,
the Navy SEALs hatch Operation Red Wings.
 Summary [Lama]

The goal is simple -- send a select team of

soldiers to stake out the village from the
surrounding mountains, and move on their
target when the time is right. Under the
leadership of Lieutenant Michael Murphy
(Kitsch), Marcus Luttrell (Wahlberg), Matt
Axelson (Foster), and Danny Dietz (Hirsch)
reach their checkpoint, and quickly realize that
another nearby hill will provide a better
vantage spot.
 Summary [Lama]

Shortly after arriving at that new location and getting a positive ID on

their target, however, the soldiers are caught off guard by three
wandering shepherds, including a young boy. Ultimately, a heated vote
over what to do with the captured shepherds leads Murphy to decide that
the best course of action is to abide by the rules of engagement, meaning
that the soldiers will abort the mission, release the captives, and retreat to
their extraction point
 Summary [Lama]

Shortly after the shepherds are set free, however, the four SEALs find
themselves surrounded by dozens of Taliban soldiers, and engaged in a
fierce gunfight that -- with the aid of some truly brave villagers -- only
one of them will make it out.
Characters
[Gehad]
Marcus Luttrell
The hospital corpsman and sniper
of an exploration team, SEAL
Team 10.
Danny Dietz
SEAL Team 10's
communications specialist and
spotter.
Michael Murphy
A lieutenant who serves as the
team leader and spotter of SEAL
Team 10
Matthew Axelson
SEAL Team 10's sniper.
Erik S.
SEAL Team 10's quick-reaction
force (QRF) lieutenant
commander
Ahmad Shah
a Taliban leader
Did you have a
favorite
character? If
so, who is it
and why?
About the Director [Lana]

Peter Berg(56 years old) :

● American actor , journalist, director and
producer.
● His first role was in the movie “ Never on
Tuesday” by the director Adam Rafkin
● He made several films such as “ A Midnight
Clear” and “Fire in the Sky”
● Since then, Peter has been behind the camera,
directing films including “Very Bad Things”,
“Lone Survivor”, “The Losers” and many
more.
 Review and Movie Analysis [Yaqine]

Let’s start with a briefing again:

● A word that could describe Director Peter Berg’s “Lone

Survivor” would be intense. The intensity was driven
from the film’s ability to put the viewer in the U.S
SEALs’ shoes, making difficult decisions and enduring
painful situations. When sent to execute the general of an
Afghan tribe, the four soldiers of the U.S Navy Seals are
unfortunately caught by passersby, who appear to be
young children.
 Review and Movie Analysis

● The militaries choose not to kill them, but that comes at

the cost of their location being exposed to the tribe. The
soldiers are shot multiple times, being severely
outnumbered. On their way back, one of the soldiers,
Danny Dietz, who sported terrible injuries from the attack,
dies atop the mountain of the Afghan region. Michael
Murphy is able to contact headquarters and request
assistance, only for one of the helicopters to be shot down
by the tribe, and the second to be forced to retreat.
 Review and Movie Analysis

● What makes this film so tense and emotional is the way

the director connects all of the events closely to the real
events which the movie is based off of. Though a little
discomforting to some, the language portrays an accurate
image of the culture of the people there. The film opens
with images of the original soldiers, and is followed by
scenes of the army being friendly, which perfectly brings
out the essence of brotherhood and closeness shared by
the soldiers.
 Review and Movie Analysis
● Though labelled as an action movie, there is a lot of moral and
emotion conveyed. It’s shown that the director put more emphasis
on the overall telling of the event rather than the story of the
original soldiers, as we viewers only caught a few glimpses into
the life of those soldiers. That being said, the director uses scenes
such as soldiers talking to their loved ones to give more character
and realism to the movie. Speaking of realism, the movie has
great graphics and excellent makeup features that really turn your
guts inside out, and make the experience even more adrenaline-
pumping.
 Relation to “The Moral Logic of Survival Guilt”

The survival guilt is a feeling that one has done something wrong by surviving
a traumatic event when friends or relatives were harmed or killed. The soldiers
survive for the country. They left their friends and family to keep us in peace.
When they return home, they feel guilty because they lost their friends in the
war. They feel guilty and responsible because they didn't save their friends’
lives.
 Relation to “The Moral Logic of Survival Guilt”

They may experience a sense of guilt, despite having no reason to feel guilty.
The guilt felt by soldiers is not just a moral means or adaptation to the species.
It is fitting because it gets some of the right moral traits of the soldiers world -
that good soldiers are dependent on each other, love each other, and have
duties to look after each other. Often it happens that soldiers physically harm
or kill the soldiers of their opponent.
 Relation to “The Moral Logic of Survival Guilt”

Conditions force them to end someone's life, they are supposed to destroy the
enemy forces, but the enemies are human beings in the end. And that made
them feel sad.
 Relation to the Essential Question [Zeenah]

Survival takes both mental and physical strength. It requires bravery. Being
brave and courageous doesn’t indicates that fear won't be following behind. It
will creep like a shadow to the person who is fighting for existence. The real
fear lies within the thought of losing people we love.

Just like Michael in the movie "Lone Survivor", he was acting all heroic in
front of the group , but what was he showing totally differs from what was he
hiding. He was worried that one of the soldiers might get shot or killed.
Although he was ready to win the battle, Michael wasn’t well prepared to lose
his loved ones.
 Relation to the Essential Question [Zeenah]

Scars drawn all over his body due to fighting for a breath will fade away over
time, but the scar in his heart will never leave his heart. It will leave a mark
like a stamp. That’s the cost of survival.
 Questions [Tala]

Q1: What does Q2: List some of

survival guilt the characters
mean? from the movie
It is when someone
“Lone Survival”.
feels they have done
something wrong by -Marcus Luttrell
surviving a traumatic -Danny Dietz
even when friends or -Michael Murphy
relatives were harmed -Matthew Axelson
or killed.
 Questions [Tala]

Q3: Survival takes

both………….and……………. strength
A) physical and mental
B) emotional and
C) mental and physical
D) none of the above
 Questions [Tala]

Q3: Survival takes

both………….and……………. strength
A) physical and mental
B) emotional and
C) mental and physical
D) none of the above
 Resources

Summary: Trailer:

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mary#summary-ps4181065 K_RM

Relation to the Text: Review:

https://psychologenie.com/emotional-effects https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lone-su
-of-war-on-soldiers rvivor-2013

General Plot + Character: Critical Review Definition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Survivor https://awc.metu.edu.tr/system/files/pdfs/wri
#Plot ting_a_critical_review.pdf
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