A worthy companion to Blackhawk Down. Unlike that film though, The Outpost takes its first hour getting to know the soldiers. When the big battles comes, we really feel for each one. The beating heart of this film is Caleb Landry Jones's Carter, an outcast within this band of brothers. His world weary, loner doesn't mesh with the rest of the team, but really shines when the shooting starts. Ultimately, the comment of this film is on the hubris of putting the base at the bottom of a shooting gallery to begin with. A series of commanders cycle in and out, but the men stay and endure. The big question of "why" they were there doesn't matter. It is perhaps analogous to the rest of the Afghan conflict. When does it end and what's the point being the operative question. I hunted for things I didn't like about the film, but came up empty. This one was is a winner.