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The Outpost

2020

Rod Lurie

Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Milo Gibson ...

5.8

2,537

War. Drama Based on true events, in this military thriller, a small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"A visceral experience that succeeds in its goal of keeping viewers as disoriented and on edge as the desperate soldiers fighting for their lives"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] is like having a front-row seat to hell (...) 'The Outpost' isn’t glamorous, but it’s respectful of the sacrifice and split-second decision-making that Bravo Troop faced"	POS
Canada	Hannah Hoolihan Screen Rant	"There's rarely a moment where Lurie allows the viewer time to pause, relax, and breathe (...) However, these incredible scenes of overwhelming action are often at the expense of well-developed characters"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The savage grace of the battle choreography is sustained far longer than your nerves can take it, and the result is some of the most intense modern combat footage this side of 'Black Hawk Down'"	POS
United States	Dan Mecca The Film Stage	"An honorable though not particularly memorable ode to brave men"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"The film delivers one of the most harrowing combat sequences in recent memory (...) a gripping experience"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"'The Outpost' evolves from what initially feels like a collection of war-movie commonplaces (...) into something more complex and illuminating."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"A movie that can be admired for its visceral portrayal of war while leaving the characters underdeveloped. Rod Lurie has presented an ode to valor and heroism, but leaves the storytelling mission only half completed."	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The best part of the new drama 'The Outpost' is also the worst: the bloody Battle of Kamdesh (...) [It] really is not a movie of wit or soaring inspirational speeches, but of no-holds-barred emotion (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"An impressively immersive experience, giving viewers a chance to see, up close, the pitiless chaos of combat (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Director Rod Lurie’s first film in almost a decade is also one of his best, and the first film since our national nightmare began in 2020 that I really regretted not being able to see in a theater (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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