Lone Survivor climbs Netflix charts as audiences rediscover the 2013 film

Movieweb reports that Mark Wahlberg's 2013 war film Lone Survivor is surging on Netflix, bringing renewed attention to the true-life story set in 2005 Afghanistan.

Based on the non-fiction book by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson, the film depicts the failed U.S. Navy SEALs mission Operation Red Wings, in which a four-man team attempting to track Taliban leader Ahmad Shah is spotted by goatherds, alerted to Taliban fighters and becomes hopelessly outnumbered. The cast includes Mark Wahlberg alongside Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana. Lone Survivor was a box office success, made for $40 million and grossing $154.8 million worldwide, and it appeared on the National Board of Review's top 10 films of the year and received two Oscar nominations. Critics scored it 75% while audiences gave it 87%, with reviewers praising its "dark display of the brutal realities of war" and noting a "lack of character development" as a drawback; one reviewer, Alfie M, wrote: "I did like Lone Survivor but the decision to spoil the entire f-cking film in the title is outrageous and was an absurd choice."

Now, millions are once again discovering the film on Netflix and bringing it back to audience attention. The movie was released on December 24, 2013, runs 121 minutes, and was directed and written by Peter Berg; producers listed include Akiva Goldsman and Mark Wahlberg among others.

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