“I’m breathing.”

From The Outpost.

 As Sergeant Romesha (Scott Eastwood) is flown to the northern Afghanistan PRT Kamdesh outpost in 2009, he tries to help the other soldiers in his unit, Gallegos (Jacob Scipio), Scusa (Scott Alda Coffey), Yunger (Alfie Stewart), and Kirk (Jack Kesy) prepare for their dangerous stay at the outpost.  Stationed in a valley of the Hindu Kush Mountains as a roadblock to the Taliban’s weapons movements, the outpost is constantly plagued by almost-daily Taliban attacks from the surrounding mountains.  Lieutenant Bundermann (Taylor John Smith) greets Romesha and his men before they are allowed to meet the other soldiers at the outpost: Carter (Caleb Landry Jones), Griffin (Alexander Arnold), Larson (Henry Hughes), Martin (Cory Hardrict), Avalos (Ernest Cavazos), Hardt (Jack DeVos), Mace (Chris Born), Wong (Jeremy Ang Jones), Rodríguez (David Rodríguez), and Faulkner (Will Attenborough).  In charge of the outpost, Captain Keating (Orlando Bloom) tries to keep the peace between his soldiers and the locals, but when he and his replacement (Milo Gibson) are killed, Captain Broward (Kwame Patterson) is brought in to prepare the outpost for their fast-approaching shutdown.  A few days before the outpost is scheduled to be broken up, the Taliban attacks on the morning of October 3rd and all hell breaks loose.  Surrounded on all sides and greatly outnumbered, the soldiers quickly realize that the coming-from-a-distance help will take too long to reach them. As they are all pinned down, all the men face make-or-break moments in the heat of the battle.  As the casualties rise and Carter runs all over the outpost to deliver supplies, Bundermann calls for a closing in of defenses, but Romesha leads a handful of volunteers to secure the front gate in the hope that they will be able to hold off the Taliban long enough for help to arrive.

This movie showcases the horror, pandemonium, and brotherhood brought on by war.  The cast is talented, but because it’s so large, it is sometimes difficult to keep all the characters straight.  Based on a true, violent battle, The Outpost is an intense, but amazing movie from start to finish.

| Rated: R | Running Time: 123 minutes |Genre: action/war/biography|

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 10* of 10|Nudity: 1 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 5 of 10

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