The Hornet's Nest

Name: The Hornet's Nest
Genre: Action, History, War, Documentary
Released: May 23, 2014
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 61

2014

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Anderson Digital | Release Date: May 23, 2014 | R

Summary: This is the story of our most valiant soldiers and Marines, told through the narrative of a father and son, attempting to reconnect under unimaginable circumstances, who are assigned to cover the conflict for one of the United States’ major broadcast networks.

Director: Christian Tureaud and David Salzberg

Genre(s): Action, History, War, Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Joe Leydon

Jun 5, 2014

Tureaud and Salzberg achieve their potent impact through the straightforward (but clearly admiring) observation of men who band together in battle and, in the film’s emotionally stirring final scenes, mourn their fallen comrades. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

May 22, 2014

The Hornet's Nest serves as a somewhat effective bonding exercise for father and son. But the best of what it has to offer moves beyond that, and puts us alongside the people fighting a daily battle and, sometimes, heartbreakingly, losing the fight. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

May 29, 2014

The Afghanistan war documentary The Hornet's Nest is a kinetic, immersive experience, particularly in its deeply felt human moments. Read full review

Daniel M. Gold

May 29, 2014

The Hornet’s Nest lets its soldiers do most of the talking. The action — the rapid fire of automatic weapons, the crack of a sniper’s shot, the medevac rescues — is vivid. Read full review

Chris Klimek

Jun 5, 2014

An important film despite some baffling presentational choices. Read full review

Andrew Lapin

Jun 11, 2014

The filmmakers don’t bother to dig into the psychology of their subjects, or even get to know them as anything more than symbols. Read full review

Tomas Hachard

May 26, 2014

It becomes clear pretty quickly that Mike and Carlos Boettcher's insider perspective allows for close to no context beyond what their cameras directly capture. Read full review

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DarkCMF

Sep 10, 2019

Gives the non-combatants out there a peek behind the day-to-day life of combat Soldiers in Afghanistan. Every American should see this film.

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TheDRauch

Dec 6, 2014

Emotionally manipulative, heavy-handed, pro-American war propaganda that gets by solely on the visceral impact of the war scenes. The attempt to shoe-horn in how this is a story about a father and son attempting to 'bond' is an absolute failure; we don't get a genuine focus on these two menEmotionally manipulative, heavy-handed, pro-American war propaganda that gets by solely on the visceral impact of the war scenes. The attempt to shoe-horn in how this is a story about a father and son attempting to 'bond' is an absolute failure; we don't get a genuine focus on these two men when they are shooting footage side-by-side and the son leaves mid-picture. The narrative becomes disjointed, if it already wasn't fairly incoherent. This is not Restrepo, not even Korengal. I feel for our soldiers fighting overseas, but this doc doesn't serve them the way they deserve. Also, the score is so over-the-top, laughably bombastic, almost, that it underplays the real tension that unfolds onscreen. The troops deserve better, and so do audiences for that matter.… Expand

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