re: Lone Survior was a good movie but ending is total BS (spoilers)

Historical accuracy[edit]


Michael Murphy (left) with Matthew Axelson, taken in Afghanistan
While based on true events, the film greatly alters events in many regards.[44] Early in the film, the four-man SEAL team are discovered by three goat herders—an elderly man and two teenage boys. In fact, Luttrell wrote in his book that only one of the goat herders was a boy, not two.[45] The decision to kill the three goat herders or let them go has sparked a significant amount of controversy and debate over the Rules of Engagement and morality in combat.[44]
Also in dispute is the number of Taliban fighters involved in the ambush. Luttrell's after-action report stated that there had been 20–30 (although other sources claim as few as 8–10); in his book, the number had grown to over 50, and the screenplay describes “A solid line of at least fifty Taliban in firing positions on top of the hill above them."

The film shows Luttrell (Wahlberg) being able to walk after the Taliban’s ambush on the four-man SEAL team. In reality, Luttrell explained that he was paralyzed from the waist down, and had to crawl seven miles looking for water and sanctuary. A rocket-propelled grenade hurled him into a mountain crevice where he was able to hide from the Taliban. [44][46] Luttrell also expressed that he did not witness the MH-47 Chinook helicopter being shot down, as seen in the film.[44] At the end of the film the Pashtun villagers fight off a Taliban attack in a firefight, which never actually happened.[47]