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Korengal

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Filmmaker Sebastian Junger embeds with a unit in Afghanistan to examine what war feels like and what it does to soldiers.
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Korengal finds documentarian Sebastian Junger taking another clear-eyed -- and poignantly thought-provoking -- look at the human cost of modern warfare.

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Louis Black Austin Chronicle 07/07/2014
3/5
Remarkably frank, Korengal espouses no one clear sentiment towards war. Go to Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times 07/03/2014
3/4
Most fascinating is the seemingly unanimous feeling that while deployment in Korengal was hard and heartbreaking, these veterans would do it all again just to stay together, to remain brothers who mutually understand something no on else will ever know. Go to Full Review Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader 06/27/2014
2/5
Not quite a coda to Sebastian Junger's and Tim Heatherington's...Restrepo - more of a commentary track, or a series of annotations. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 03/04/2021
There is plenty of frustration to be found in wishing Korengal differentiated itself from its antecedent. But depoliticized and empathetically honest documentaries about those who fight for their country are few and far between. Go to Full Review Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly 08/19/2019
Inside the hearts and minds of Restrepo. Go to Full Review Bernard Boo Way Too Indie 04/02/2019
7/10
A documentary entirely made up of leftover footage from its predecessor, and yet it feels essential, a unique portrait of the wartime experience. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/03/2016 It's been a while since I saw Restrepo, but Junger's latest offering took me right back. See more 09/05/2015 Kaikki oleellinen kerrottiin jo Restrepossa, mutta kyllä tämä silti tykitti kovaa. Ja jätkät on kameran edessä rehellisiä: mikä on parasta täällä: "No tulitaistelut. Mistään ei saa samanlaisia kiksejä." See more Grant S @grantss 05/23/2015 Strangely unengaging documentary. Korengal follows the lives of a company of US Army soldiers stationed at an outpost in Afghanistan in 2007-8. It is the sequel to Restrepo, which was nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar in 2011. Maybe it is because I haven't seen Restrepo (yet), but this documentary just doesn't work for me. It doesn't do much wrong - there is a good mix of interviews and live action footage and there is a degree of conclusiveness to it all. Yet I wasn't engaged. The whole thing just seemed to plod along and I didn't feel any real affinity towards the soldiers. There is also a large degree of gung-ho-ness and bravado, which is a bit off-putting. The movie doesn't feel balanced enough. Maybe that's the problem. See more 04/02/2015 Amazing movie the idea of showing war it supposed to be interest me See more 03/21/2015 No nonsense, thought-provoking documentary about modern life on the front lines. What's most interesting in the majority view that they miss the combat life and would happily go back because of their bonds See more 02/22/2015 Somewhat more interesting then it's predecessor See more Read all reviews
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Sebastian Junger

Director

LaMonta Caldwell

Actor

Dan Kearney

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Brendan O'Byrne

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Nick Quested

Producer

Tim Hetherington

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Sebastian Junger embeds with a unit in Afghanistan to examine what war feels like and what it does to soldiers.
Director
Sebastian Junger
Producer
Nick Quested
Distributor
Goldcrest Films
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Brief Nude Images)
Genre
Documentary, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 30, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$55.2K
Runtime
1h 30m
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