The Outpost (2020)

Date	User	Rating
Aug 13, 2022	sfgse83rf3	2 _31st
Over-the top military spectacle and little else
Aug 10, 2021	glumpy_99	86 _75th
Stimulating, quietly powerful war drama pulls off a successful balancing act of presenting both the cold indifference of combat, dissociating the viewer from this team and the darkly comical turn-over of commanders in the first half, before presenting a viscerally charged and unsettling, ugly depiction of battle, gradually letting us in to the psyche of these men and building to an emotionally charged finale. Excellent performances all around, with Eastwood (channelling his father) a standout.
Jul 05, 2021	tonicus_flix	84 _48th
Surprisingly effective movie. It was a little jarringly episodic in the beginning. But very compelling and tense once it kicks into gear in the second act.
Feb 05, 2021	miaishere09	48 _19th
The visual spectacle of the final hour doesn't make up for the lack of connection with any character this film presents. And whilst the combat is thrilling, it didn't seem to go any deeper than 'look at all these guns and explosions'. Plenty of better war films out there.
Dec 31, 2020	Luna6ix	62 _18th
A pretty unexceptional war movie. It treats Afghanistan like any WWII movie, which is somewhat problematic because a lot had changed in sixty years, and it was a different war, with different motivations. I like my Vietnam and Afghanistan movies to be a little bit more morally ambiguous and a little less patriotic. In spite of that, when the bullets fly, it has some fairly thrilling combat scenes.
Oct 29, 2020	mddglu	4 _2nd
28.10.20(+)
Sep 21, 2020	Ritteh	38 _14th
Movie had two modes: frat boys being stupid and fighting. Never really connected with any character.
Aug 11, 2020	td888	50 _42nd
Although it's based on a true story, its full of stereotypes and the obvious action scene and fighting shots. Nothing really stands out.
Aug 05, 2020	TheDiceman	50 _35th
Not bad.
Jul 26, 2020	msprague	60 _32nd
Lots of action and stuff but I would watch the documentaries "Restrepo" and/or "Korengal" and then if you needed to see a dramatization come back to this.
Jul 26, 2020	Ofterdingen	30 _9th
A failure on every level. Except Caleb Landry Jones.
Jul 21, 2020	Duder	70 _75th
This a very well filmed war story, especially the long takes, and the chaos is handled so well, that you always feel the chaos of war, but never get too lost as to not understanding anything. It doesn't drag too much into propaganda, stays more on the soldiers, respects their legacy and tells their stories. If you like soldier films, this is a good one.
Jul 16, 2020	schnofel	42 _26th
Lurie wants the looseness of vérité, yet the macho in-your-face of brothers-in-arms and directs the shit out of each vignette to achieve it. And after dragging its feet with overdetermined character introductions, the second hour is nothing but the unwinnable battle in 3D Steadicam, i.e. good intentions inseparable from war porn and propaganda.

Average Percentile 47.44% from 136 Ratings