Why Mark Wahlberg’s Lone Survivor Continues To Be So Popular 10 Years Later

Lone Survivor was a big hit in 2013 and continues to be a success among audiences ten years later. One of the highest grossing war movies ever made, Lone Survivor loosely tells the true story of Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell, Michael P. “Murph” Murphy, Danny Dietz, and Matthew “Axe” Axelson, and their horrific experiences while attempting to find Taliban leader Ahmad Shah in Afghanistan. American audiences tend to engage with war movies because the genre’s depiction of bravery, honor, and duty firmly reminds viewers of the immense struggles combat veterans endure to preserve the nation’s freedoms and liberties.