LONE SURVIVOR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mark Wahlberg (Ted), Taylor Kitsch (John Carter), Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild), Ben Foster (The Messenger), Eric Bana (Funny People), Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games), Yousuf Azami (Brothers), Ali Suliman (The Kingdom), Jerry Ferrara (Last Vegas), Scott Elrod (Argo), Sammy Sheik (24)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peter Berg (Hancock), director, writer; Sarah Aubrey (Bad Santa), Randall Emmett (2 Guns), Akiva Goldsman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Norton Herrick (The Devil’s Double), Stephen Levinson (Contraband), Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter) and Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter), producers; Steve Jablonsky (Transformers), composer; Tobias A. Schliessler (The Fifth Estate), cinematographer; Colby Parker Jr. (Friday Night Lights), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On June 28th 2005, a United States Navy SEAL team launched a mission to capture or kill a notorious Taliban leader during the War in Afghanistan. The mission was codenamed Operation Red Wings, but as history tells us the end results weren’t as successful as one might have hoped…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Peter Berg reportedly made renowned studio stinker Battleship only so he could then make this riveting, heart-pounding real-life war drama – here’s hoping his shredding of dignity paid off.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY 2014

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