- Reaction score
- 13
- Points
- 530
I watched this the other evening. It didn’t get as much exposure as some other military films (I’d assume mainly due to current circumstances), but it has a solid cast.
I can’t speak to accuracies/quality of more intricate details, but I’m a fan of Caleb Landry Jones (Portrayed Staff Sgt Ty Carter, more independent films and smaller supporting roles). Reviews are mostly positive with some mixed—a few comments here and there that the book captured events in a more incapsulating manner, but that’s common.
Review:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-outpost-movie-review/2020/07/01/c53a969e-b713-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html?arc404=true
Trailer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp9JghhGPao
Clip:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikj7AYhagGQ
Clip:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3RrdQsFC0ms
Behind the scenes featurette:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-PYC3rKUw1Q
I can’t speak to accuracies/quality of more intricate details, but I’m a fan of Caleb Landry Jones (Portrayed Staff Sgt Ty Carter, more independent films and smaller supporting roles). Reviews are mostly positive with some mixed—a few comments here and there that the book captured events in a more incapsulating manner, but that’s common.
Review:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-outpost-movie-review/2020/07/01/c53a969e-b713-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html?arc404=true
“The Outpost,” adapted from CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s book (subtitled “An Untold Story of American Valor”), revisits that day with harrowing verisimilitude, both as a riveting war picture and cautionary tale. Skillfully directed by Rod Lurie, this engrossing and deeply wrenching thriller dances the same fine line as most latter-day movies that want to honor service and sacrifice, without lapsing into empty triumphalism. For the most part, “The Outpost” balances those competing impulses, with a canny combination of unadorned bluntness and technical finesse.
In classic style, Lurie introduces the audience to the men of Bravo Troop 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division, through a group of newcomers to the titular outpost, which sits at the bottom of three imposing mountains amid hostile territory. When one of the soldiers chooses his bunk, he sees the words “It doesn’t get better” carved into a piece of timber next to it; when the viewer considers how vulnerable the men’s situation is — utterly exposed and utterly hemmed in, like sitting ducks at the bottom of a giant punch bowl — the words can’t help but sound prophetic...
Trailer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp9JghhGPao
Clip:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikj7AYhagGQ
Clip:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3RrdQsFC0ms
Behind the scenes featurette:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-PYC3rKUw1Q