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Korengal

  • 2014
  • R
  • 1h 24m
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6.7/10
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Korengal (2014)
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Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.

  • Director
    • Sebastian Junger
  • Stars
    • LaMonta Caldwell
    • Miguel Cortez
    • Stephen Gillespie
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    • Director
      • Sebastian Junger
    • Stars
      • LaMonta Caldwell
      • Miguel Cortez
      • Stephen Gillespie
    • 9User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    7SnoopyStyle

    not as visceral or immediate as Restrepo

    Director Sebastian Junger tries to add more depth to the documentary Restrepo he made with Tim Hetherington. In the meanwhile, Tim dies while filming in Misurata, Libya. This one delves more into the troops' feeling and the war's effectives on them. For me, it touches on too much of the same subject. It's the same place at the same time. Restrepo came earlier and feels more immediate. It was closer to the events and was more visceral. I appreciate the attempt to dive deeper into this world. I would suggest concentrating on one or two characters. It would allow the audience to truly track the development and the change in these troops over time. The footage may not be there but they could do interviews with some of these guys back home. It is eye opening to see everybody say that they rather be back in the Korengal valley. However the movie really needs the 'Where are they now?' segments.
    7uptonian

    Review: Korengal (2014) - War Journalism At It's Second Best

    2010's Restrepo brought the Afghanistan War in to peoples' homes, bearing visceral shots and the raw emotion of modern warfare. Photojournalist Tim Heatherington and Sebastian Junger spent ten months with Combat Outpost (COP) Restrepo's "Battle Company" reaping an inordinate amount of footage. More footage than they could place into the first documentary. A year later, Heatherington would be dead; killed by shrapnel whilst covering the 2011 Libyan Civil War. Junger felt that the copious amount of footage leftover from Restrepo lent itself to another film. Thusly, Korengal, a companion film, was born.

    Where the prior of the pair seemed aimed to illustrate Chris Hedge's 2002 quote, "The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug, one I ingested for many years," the latter shoots to exploit a more poignant and familial sense from the footage and interviews. For those familiar with Restrepo, do not expect anything revolutionary here. What you will be seeing is footage shot during the same time period (2007-2008) using the same equipment. That said, this is in no way a strike against the film. Junger fares well in his organization of the footage and new interviews. This is an altogether new narrative.

    As a piece of war journalism, it stands out as a worthy companion piece to the first film, not only elaborating on notions explored in Restrepo's 93 minute running time, but introducing new and arguably more meaningful elements. Junger succeeds in revisiting their footage, and bringing freshness to what could have become a dull supercut of Restrepo's outtakes in another man's hands. It's a damn shame Heatherington wasn't around to see this complete vision of the creation he and Junger set out upon in 2007. These two pictures have set the standard for war journalism, and will hopefully usher in a new era of the discipline.
    6FKDZ

    Korengal

    Korengal is a follow up documentary to Restrepo that felt like a lesser continuation that it deserved to be. It wanders around too much with surface level subjects and does repeat some points we've heard or seen in Restrepo. Going back to Korengal valley still blows your mind with how intense and weird that position was. Shooting at distant targets almost everyday. Complete isolation. The mental games that are being played. It's a short fascinating look into a different world.

    It makes you understand the guy that would jump back in right away. As we know from war, it's said to be incomparable to anything else in life. The constant fear of death, being surrounded by your brothers, seeing death, delivering it too. It's the most extreme thing you could do in this world.

    That said, Korengal did less for me than Restrepo. And ended up feeling too surface level to care much about.
    dethangil

    Beautiful

    This isn't a documentary for the peace loving or the clean. It is an extension to Restrepo... which my wife would prefer that I quit watching. This movie is a TRUE to life documentary that represents the bond that you civilians dream of having.. but cannot. That bond IS formed in the crucible of combat. Its not ego.. its reality. I miss it day by day.. but not the other issues that go with combat deployments.

    But I would like to call out CPT 'POS' Kearny, whom I despise from the original as an egotistical, "doesn't get it',incompetent leader that failed in the first and opened his mouth in the second, which quantifies as failure in my mind..a complete ass that one. Second.. and unfortunately I have to call out SSG Brendan O'Byrne with his BS diatribe about 'doing what you have to do'. You faqin azz. You signed up.. you have and lead Soldiers.. YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU MUST!! to bring them back. You fetal and cry in the shower on your own time. I wish you no ill will.. but please stop talking of your theological issues on an otherwise perfect movie.

    Last bit.. and I am not sure if the audience is familiar with 'Roll Call' during a Soldiers memorial service. It is the most excruciating thing for me to observe, even on movie, and I shed..another tear for Restrepo.. whom I still don't know.. just like I did the fellows that I did that fell.

    A great flick that most won't get. It's really for us current or ex- GI's that served in Iraq or the 'Stan. It is a true to life movie that shows the grittiness and brings fame on to great civilians that do the bidding of their government (other then Kearny, degenerate prick) regardless of their beliefs.

    PS. I love 'Big Al' 50 Cal as well.. badest MoFo currently serving.
    9ryanarhoads

    In many ways better than Resteppo

    While many of the reviews were mediocre this time around Junger focused on the Combat Veterans out there. This really drove home many of the emotions and feeling soldiers experience. The boredom, adrenaline, and at times hopelessness and futility. For the general public who has never been in this situation I would recommend watching Restreppo and use that as a reference. For soldiers that have experienced this type of situation, this is the film for you. It was nice seeing many of the same soldiers I served with in this film.

    The overall flow is very inconsistent and that is really also the way it feels while you are facing time in the suck. There are times when the soldiers are gun ho to the point of zealotry. This is an actual tactic many use to keep themselves moving each and every day. War is a wide plethora of emotions that can change in an instant. This is a real example of just that.

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      LaMonta Caldwell: It's just a valley. It's a valley that is if you look from high above, it looks like a quiet valley.

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    • Release date
      • November 30, 2015 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
      • Afghanistan
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    • Language
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    • Also known as
      • レストレポ前哨基地 PART.2
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $101,310
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,630
      • Jun 1, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $101,310
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      • 1h 24m(84 min)
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