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

Did you expect a documentary or a hollywood movie?

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from what ive read, the book takes some liberties as well

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Autopsy reports don't lie though. And neither do the wounds sustained by Luttrell. They were all shot multiple times and Luttrell did indeed continue to fight after sustaining severe injuries to his back and leg after his tumble off of the cliff.

And the water bottle he was given by Haji in real life probably gave him some bad stomach stuff for three months.

It isn't just the exaggerated numbers the survivor never was mortally wounded, so he never flat lined. The SOF who rescued him stopped to have tea with the freaking villagers before taking him back.

Oh Tay Buckwheat!

I'm not sure that's racism as much as it's a movie reference...on the movie board

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]