Legion of Brothers

Synopsis: Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the impact of 15 years of constant combat.

Genre: Documentary, War

Director(s): Greg Barker

Actors: Jason Amerine, George W. Bush, Mark Nutsch

Production: Gravitas Ventures

1 nomination.


IMDB:: 5.7
Metacritic:: 77
Rotten Tomatoes:: 100%

Collection Edit Watch PDF Buy

: TV-14
Year:: 2017
: 79 min
: 3 Views

1
- When we first, you know,
walked into the country,
I mean, you had the weight of
the nation on your shoulders.
You know,
we were america's response
To the most catastrophic
terrorist attack on u.S. Soil.
- Ever.
- Ever.
- And for a lot of us,
You know, we felt that we
had a responsibility
To the people that died,
To set the stage that you just
don't do that to america
And not pay the price.
It was about--
not retribution,
But it was about justice.
- What's that saying
About, "who will go?"
"send me."
- You know--
- isaiah 6:
8.
- Sir?
- Isaiah 6:
8.
"whom will go,
and whom shall I send?"
- Yeah, "who will go,
and who shall I send?"
Send me, send me,
'cause I'm the dude
that wants to make somebody pay
For killing my brothers
and sisters.
- I think we have to assume
That there will be
more attacks.
- The United States military
has begun strikes.
- Coalition warplanes have
free rein over afghanistan.
- The public, though--
I think 94% of the public--
Wants us to go in somewhere
and do something.
- U.S. Army special forces,
known as the green berets...
- The green berets...
- Inside afghanistan.
Those reports first appeared
in pakistani newspapers...
- Known as
the quiet professionals...
So secretive,
we've agreed not to disclose
Even their first name.
- I never spoke out the way
I felt like I should have.
- It was an american green bert
raid in the dark of night.
- Guns starting to flail
back and forth.
pow-pow, pow, pow...
- This is another type
of warfare:
War by guerillas.
- Unconventional warfare.
- And to me,
it's like brotherhood.
- What is winning?
- You're just praying
You'll get to prove yourself
to your brothers.
- What began
as a 100-day mission...
- The longest u.S. War...
- It's been a long war...
- The longest war
in american history.
- We've been living it
for 15 years.
- Think I was 10.
Must have been 9 or 10,
about 1970, I guess.
I saw john wayne,
"the green berets,"
And I thought, "man, yeah..."
- They all seemed to think
that because my dad joined,
That it was natural
for me to join,
But that wasn't the case.
I went to go see a movie.
- Funny thing.
A fella takes one of these
into battle,
And he carries
a strange sense of guilt
All the rest of his life.
- I figured everything else
I'd done in the army
Hadn't been all that hard,
for me.
I figured,
how hard could it be?
It was pretty hard.
Pretty good, yeah.
- The taliban must turn over
osama bin laden
And must destroy
the terrorist camps.
Otherwise,
there will be a consequence.
- Spokesman for the taliban
denies afghanistan
Allowed bin laden to strike
from its territory.
- Good afternoon.
On my orders,
The United States military
has begun strikes
Against the taliban regime
in afghanistan.
- I'm as close to these people
as anyone in my own family,
And in some ways closer.
These are my 11 best friends
in the world.
That's how I feel.
- This is us in afghanistan.
I mean, we were in,
you know, some harsh...
- Probably is as extreme
a combat environment
As you can fathom.
It tested you in every way--
physically, mentally...
Emotionally.
- We are it.
And when you need the army,
We are the vanguard,
the spearhead, the praetorian.
- This has been happening
for, what, 15 years.
- Wow, since vietnam.
- Yeah.
- We're talking about people.
You know, as a unit,
we've been--
We've been deployed
doing some pretty crazy crap
For a while.
And you get
into a unit like this,
And that's what you do.
That's your game.
- I've been in the military
Rate this script:(0.00 / 0 votes)