L O N E S U R V I V O R

This film is a REAL-LIFE STORY. It happens in Afghanistan in the

year 2005 where the killing of over twenty (20) United States
Marines, as well as villagers and refugees who were aiding the
American Forces. In response to these horrible killings, the
United States Navy SEALs are assigned to perform a counter-
insurgency mission to capture the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. As
part of the mission, an elite four-man SEAL reconnaissance and
surveillance team is tasked to track Shah’s location. The four
(4) SEAL teammates namely Lt. Michael Murphy as the team leader,
Marcus Luttrell as hospital corpsman and sniper, Danny Dietz as
communications specialists, and Matthew Axelson as a sonar
technician.
The team mission is in the northeastern region of Afghanistan,
where they trek through the mountains. Upon arriving at their
designated location, the SEAL is discovered by the three (3)
shepherds. After the argument, Luttrell convinces the others that
they will receive backlash if they kill the three shepherds. The
team releases the shepherds, and as they attempt to abort the
mission, they are ambushed by dozens of Taliban forces in the
ridgeline. They kill several approaching Taliban members but find
themselves too heavily outnumbered. All four men take many
serious injuries during the firefight, and in an attempt to flee
from the insurgents, they jump off the edge of a cliff.
Despite their injuries, the SEAL team runs through the woods.
Dietz begins to lose consciousness and shout questions to
Luttrell, unknowingly relaying the SEAL team's position to the
Taliban. Murphy and Axelson jump off another cliff to flee from
the Taliban fighters. Luttrell tries to carry Dietz down the
mountain, but Dietz is shot in the shoulder; the impact forces
Luttrell to lose his grip and fall forward off the cliff. A dying
Dietz remains at the top of the cliff, in the custody of Shah and
the Taliban insurgents who surround him. Murphy plots to climb
back up the mountain to receive a phone signal to make an
emergency call, via a satellite phone. Axelson and Luttrell shoot
at the Taliban fighters while covering Murphy. When he finally
reaches the higher ground, Murphy alerts the Navy SEAL base of
his team's location but is shot dead by several Taliban fighters.
In response to Murphy's distress call, a quick reaction force
team attempts to extract the remaining members of the
reconnaissance and surveillance team. During an attempt to insert
SEAL teammates who were riding in one of two Chinook helicopters,
the Taliban insurgents shoot down one of the helicopters, killing
Navy SEALs and Special Operations Forces who were on board; the
second helicopter had escaped the location. After witnessing the
attack, Luttrell and a badly injured Axelson are left behind.
Axelson attempts to find cover but is killed when he leaves his
hiding spot to kill several approaching insurgents. When Luttrell
is discovered by the Taliban, one of the insurgents fires a
rocket-propelled grenade, and its impact causes him to land at
the bottom of a rock where he hides from the Taliban fighters.
Luttrell awakens the next day and runs to a nearby village, where
he is discovered by local Pashtun villagers. One of the
villagers, Mohammad Gulab, takes Luttrell into his home and sends
a mountain man to the nearest American airbase to alert military
forces of Luttrell's location. The Taliban fighters arrive at the
village to capture and kill Luttrell, but Gulab and the villagers
intervene, threatening to kill the fighters if they harm
Luttrell. The fighters leave, but later return to punish the
villagers for protecting Luttrell. Luttrell and Gulab had to fend
off several fighters during the ensuing attack. The remaining
Taliban fighters are chased away by American forces, who arrive
via helicopters and bring Luttrell to safety.
This film has a sincerity and sense of respect for the troops
that shouldn’t be confused with profundity while protecting the
brother at your side. Loyalty and courage have no national or
tribal boundaries.
The damaged equipment, poor operational planning, and sparing of
the foe shepherds have put at risk and compromised the four-man
Navy SEALs. They fret over broken radios, phones, and unavailable
helicopters.