The Outpost
Screen Media Films | Release Date (Streaming): July 2, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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14
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5
Negative:
0
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60
CNNBrian LowryJul 10, 2020
The Outpost manages to be both harrowing and less than completely involving, a movie that can be admired for its visceral portrayal of war while leaving the characters underdeveloped. Read full review
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Screen RantHannah HoolihanJul 2, 2020
The Outpost finds success in its thrilling, white-knuckling battle sequence, but rarely digs below the surface of the ones who fought in it. Read full review
58
The Film StageDan MeccaJul 1, 2020
The difficulty here, as with many a modern war film, is tone. There is an impetus to honor these soldiers while also criticizing the framework that led them into what is essentially a deathtrap in the middle of Afghanistan. Screenwriters Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy do their damndest to thread the needle, but the results do wear a bit thin. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJul 2, 2020
The Outpost is a visceral battle picture but little more. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCary DarlingJun 30, 2020
Yet despite the interchangability of some of the characters, the last half of The Outpost — in which the two-day Battle of Kamdesh is condensed into an hour of horror — is a technical marvel, as the soldiers come under an attack as relentless as a tsunami. Read full review
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