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- 2014
- R
- Anderson Digital
- 1 h 33 m
- 2014
- R
- Anderson Digital
- 1 h 33 m
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.
Directed By: David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud
- 2014
- R
- Anderson Digital
- 1 h 33 m
- 2014
- R
- Anderson Digital
- 1 h 33 m
The Hornet's Nest
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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.
Directed By: David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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14% Mixed
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14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
61
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
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.
The Afghanistan war documentary The Hornet's Nest is a kinetic, immersive experience, particularly in its deeply felt human moments.
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.
An important film despite some baffling presentational choices.
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.
The filmmakers don’t bother to dig into the psychology of their subjects, or even get to know them as anything more than symbols.
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.1
50% Positive
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Production Company
HighRoad Entertainment,
BASE Productions
Release Date May 23, 2014
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Real War Real Heroes
