So probably everyone is familiar with the story of Cop Keating in Afghanistan.

There have been several documentaries and shows on the subject, most notably the "Medal of Honor" series. There is even some pretty shocking live footage of the event in some of those documantaries.

So going in, most will know the story and know it's going to be a rough ride. And in the case of "The Outpost" it is everything you expect but still done respectfully and without attempting to rewrite a narrative. Probably the most important thing the film does is provide quite a bit of backstory which really helps everyone to understand exactly how we got there in the first place.

Proper credit is given where credit it due without turning anyone into a cartoon super hero and just as important it tells the story of everyone who did everything they could even if it still resulted in a unfortunate outcome.

This is likely the most dramatically one sided conflict fought by the US military since the Battle of Mogadishu (Gothic Serpent) and with many of the same kind of preventable tragedies.

This is also one of those stories where a handful of guys went against every human survival instinct and turned disaster into survival. Guys like Romesha, Carter, Bundermann and all of the medical personnel truly deserved to have their stories told.

Scott Eastwood does a pretty impressive job portraying Romesha.

If you haven't seen the Medal of Honor series, watch that one first.