Lone Survivors Movie Analysis

The movie Lone Survivor has done a great job showing the horrific side of being an active member in the navy seals. This movie is based on a true story so knowing this before watching the film had me astonished on how much these men and women give up to keep us safe. The movie captures the importance of leadership, teamwork, and honor in a such a raw violent way that it feels all too real. I watched how the seals adjusted to the rocky terrain and many cliffs and what they did to get around them. The movie is also a true story of commitment, courage, and sacrifice.
In the movie Michael P. Murphy in my opinion isn't a very good leader and ultimately lead to the death almost all of the squad members. In the mountain when their position was compromised by two boys and an older man Murphy made the decision to let them go and call in for an evacuation knowing that one of the boys was a soldier. After they let them go the soldier ran back and told the taliban about them and where they are located which caused the whole ordeal. Another reason why I believe that Murphy isn't a very good leader is because of the way he died. Murphy decided that he should try to get signal back to base by going to an exposed cliffside while they were getting shot at.

Many would argue that it was very courageous and brave of him but in my opinion it was reckless. The odds of him being able to get reception to base from that area was slim to none especially when they couldn't get that from anywhere else but it was brave and selfless of him.
The terrain of the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan was very rocky and rich with trees which would be a problem for the navy seals. In the movie it looked as if they couldn't find good cover because of the taliban coming from many angles forcing them to duck down behind trees and rocks. There was a point in the movie where there was nothing but rock on a hill side so the seals had to duck and crawl over rocks. The biggest obstacle in the terrain that the suad had to face were all of the cliff sides. The team had to jump off two cliffs which made a very big physical impact on each one of them and it's very noticeable that the jump had weakened them a lot physically.
I believe that honor requires self-sacrificing for the sake of duty and the movie really shows that. Murphy sacrificed himself for the sake of duty when he decided that he was going to go to the cliffside and try and contact the base so they could send help while they were outnumbered and taking fire. Although I do not agree that it was the brightest decision credit is still due because he is one of the main reasons that Marcus made it out alive and he died with honor. Another example of honor being demonstrated by sacrificing for the sake of duty is when the arabic villager took Marcus in and helped him still knowing that he is risking his life and the lives of everyone else in the village. Many died protecting Marcus while the military sent in air support and because of this Marcus was able to live.
This movie really is a heroic true story of commitment, courage, and sacrifice and there are many examples of it throughout the movie.

Seeing the struggles that the seals go through and not give up really shows true commitment. They were outnumbered and outgunned but none of the seals broke until they were beaten down all the way and that took a lot of courage. After being shot, stabbed, and hit multiple times Marcus still managed to survive because that's how committed he was and he wasn't ready to quit. Murphy sacrificed his own life just for the chance for his team to get home safe by calling in from an exposed position while they were being shot at because that was the only area that had service which lead to his

death.
This movie was really eye opening to see what these brave men and women would go through so civilians could live at home comfortably. The movie showed the hardships and losses the navy seals took but kept going and every time there was a barrier they always found a way around that even though sacrifices had to be made in order to achieve that.