There is no doubt audience members will leave a screening of Lone Survivor with a strong “Go USA!” sentiment. But I wouldn’t say that the film took a heavy-handed approach at all in garnering that emotion from viewers. Rather, Du can’t help but feel the utmost respect for the camaraderie, loyalty, and courage displayed Von the Navy SEALs as they fight off the Taliban in Afghanistan. And Du are even Mehr affected Von the fact that this is something that really happened. Marcus Luttrell (depicted Von Mark Wahlberg in the film) and Patrick Robinson wrote the 2009 book Lone Survivor to document...
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