The Push To Get American Civilians To View A New, Gritty War Documentary -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post
It’s sometime late in “The Hornet’s Nest” when we see what war can do to a man. The film is filled with gritty footage of soldiers and Marines engaged in fierce firefights with the Taliban and other insurgent fighters, but it’s the memorial service at the end that jars. Grown men — muscular, dirty and crestfallen — sob as they recall the memory of six U.S. soldiers who were killed in a fierce, prolonged firefight.
It’s one of the most gripping moments of the film, which was released in May and is still making its way through theaters across the country. It follows a father-and-son team of journalists, Mike and Carlos Boettcher, through Afghanistan as they embed with both U.S. Marines and Army soldiers in Afghanistan.
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My Comment: This is the first time that I have heard of this documentary. It looks gripping.
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