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.

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