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    Lone Survivor pays brutal tribute to fallen soldiers, but fails in storytelling

    Alex Bentley
    Jan 10, 2014 | 10:32 am
    Lone Survivor pays brutal tribute to fallen soldiers, but fails in storytelling
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    There have been a number of movies about the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, but surprisingly few have dealt with actual soldiers on the ground. In fact, most focused on politics or the impact the war has had on returning soldiers.

     

    Writer/director Peter Berg has bucked that trend with Lone Survivor, an account of the real-life deadly firefight involving Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) and three of his comrades. Luttrell, Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matt Axelson (Ben Foster) were tasked in 2005 with a mission to capture or kill Ahmad Shahd, a Taliban leader.

     

     

      The film recounts a real-life deadly firefight in 2005 to capture a Taliban leader named Ahmad Shahd.

     
     

    As is often the case, the mission did not go exactly as planned. The four soldiers found themselves fighting for their lives on a rugged Afghani mountainside.

     

    With dwindling resources, a lack of communication with possible rescuers and a seemingly never-ending supply of enemy combatants, their odds of escaping the situation were slim-to-none.

     

    In a film like this, where the ending is foretold by the title itself, how effective it is depends on the care taken with the story. You want to be respectful of these soldiers’ memories but remain honest about what went wrong.

     

    It’s a fine line that Berg manages to tread relatively well. Most key moments are allowed to play out without any over-dramatization, while the horrors Berg shows the soldiers experiencing during the battle are as detailed and brutal as anything in recent memory, probably going back to Saving Private Ryan.

     

    But where Berg doesn’t succeed is in making the audience understand why the four soldiers were in that situation in the first place. Scenes leading up to them being on the mountainside make it seem as if the team of SEALs was going to be bigger or at least include more support than they had. The technical details involving the military are thrown out in a fast and furious manner, with little effort made to explain anything sufficiently.

     

    Ultimately, the film rests on the abilities of the four main actors. Wahlberg is good, but things might have been a bit better if he had switched roles with Kitsch, who has a bit more presence. Both Hirsch and Foster are great, delivering on the promise they made with previous award-worthy performances.

     

    There’s little that’s uplifting about Lone Survivor, and Berg could have made the whole process a bit clearer. But as a tribute to the ultimate sacrifice of brave soldiers, it more than works.

    Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch and Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor.

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    Construction theme park developed with Dude Perfect digs into Grapevine

    Raven Jordan
    Jul 21, 2025 | 11:30 am
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    A new kind of entertainment experience is bulldozing into Grapevine: Called Dig World, it's a construction-themed adventure park that will open at 2200 W. Grapevine Mills Cir. at Grapevine Mills.

    According to a release, the park will open in early 2026.

    This will be the second location of Dig World, following the first location in Katy, just outside of Houston, which opened in March 2022. It's not the only concept to turn construction into an amusement; a concept called Extreme Sandbox opened in Sachse in 2020, but they closed in 2023 with plans to reboot.

    The park allows families to safely operate full-size construction equipment in a hands-on, kid-friendly environment. Their main attractions feature excavator digs, mini pond fishing, a UTV course, skid steer track, and a 40-foot boom lift.

    The Grapevine Mills location also features exclusive attractions developed in partnership with Dude Perfect, the media brand known for their trick shot videos, including construction-themed trick-shot stations and interactive family challenges.

    “Grapevine Mills has become a premier destination for immersive entertainment, from Meow Wolf to Legoland Discovery Center, to adventures at The Escape Game," says General Manager at Grapevine Mills Joe Szymaszek in a statement. "We’re thrilled to welcome Dig World to the mix as it brings a whole new level of hands-on, family-friendly fun to our center.”

    Tickets for the park start at $30 for two hours, and there are annual pass memberships that start at $50.

    Dig World was founded by Jacob Robinson, his college friend Rick Bennett, and Alex Carroll in 2022. Robinson’s son Pierce lives with significant special needs due to suffering from bacterial meningitis, and has always been mesmerized by construction equipment. That inspired Robinson’s vision of the park.

    The founders were recently featured on Shark Tank, which put the company on a national stage and earned them a deal with one of the sharks: Robert Herjavec. Herjavec agreed to give Dig World a $200,000 investment in exchange for 10 percent equity.

    “As a lifelong builder and entrepreneur, I couldn’t be more excited to launch Dig World in my hometown of DFW,” says co-founder Alex Carroll in a statement. “We’re combining real machinery, creative play, and the power of partnership with Dude Perfect to create an unforgettable experience for families.”

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