The Hornet’s Nest 2014 123movies

Watch: The Hornet’s Nest 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Career Journalist Mike Boettcher takes his son to the war zone in Afghanistan, covering U.S. Combat Troops on the front lines. What starts out as an effort to reconnect with his son, becomes a remarkable true story and fight for survival for all..
Plot: Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.
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Ratings:

	6.7/10 Votes: 2,635
	72% | RottenTomatoes
	61/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 39 Popularity: 3.335 | TMDB

Reviews:

Less of a war documentary, more of a journalist documentary
Before starting, the movie was more-so a documentary on the journalist than it was the soldiers. It seemed the soldiers were sidelined the whole time and more of a side story for the journalists. Unlike Restrepo, the movie was pitched from the journalist’s (Mike and Carlos Boetcher) point of view and mainly from Mike’s point of view as the father. It isn’t until the last 15 minutes of the movie that they seem to care at all about the soldiers, finally having interviews with them on their combat actions and their opinions, which even then seemed more like a 30 second piece than the reason for the movie.

The first major thing watching the movie to bug me, however, was that they felt the need to add a vast amount of sound effects. From added gun noises, to yelling, to bullet sounds, they would frequently place these added effects over the combat footage as if that combat (real combat) wasn’t exciting enough. Being an Afghan War Veteran myself, I felt this was kind of a jab, to say that the soldier’s actual stories and actual combat was not worthy of Hollywood. After also watching movies such as Restrepo, I feel this was completely unnecessary.

Those things aside, the movie wasn’t awful. I do feel it should have been more about the actual soldiers and the war rather than Mike. I found it rather ironic as well that with him taking so much of the movie to direct to himself and his son, and take away from the soldiers, that he later goes on to say that he was trying to tell their stories.

Overall, for a civilian the movie will hopefully paint a slightly better picture on the war, and it was still done quite well. I just have my feelings on the side due to my past experiences.

Disconnected by the use of fake sound effects and cheap thrills
I would have to wholeheartedly agree with the most popular reviews here such as “tmiller163” and “jmcfrancis.” The entire story feels very contrived and almost like I am watching those ubiquitous reality TV shows most Americans can’t get enough of.

Being an avid combat-footage junkie, I would say I have a pretty good idea of what to expect when it comes to watching an authentic firefight. I know what a whizzing bullet would sound like, and ESPECIALLY what one wouldn’t sound like. In this film, I was completely disconnected from any verisimilitude by the use of cheap bullet sound effects. The whole thing seemed forcefully done for the purpose of sensationalism.

It even felt as if Mike was in on the hype by using cheap editing tricks to make certain shots seem WAY more dramatic than they actually were. Again, I felt like I was watching “World’s Wildest Firefights Caught on Camera” instead of genuine raw combat footage. Which is a shame because the real story here should’ve focused on the soldiers and the high price they pay fighting America’s wars.

I didn’t dislike the film entirely, the last 20 minutes made up for what the film was lacking in.

But if you guys really want to see what The War in Afghanistan looks like, I would stick to films such as “Restrepo” or “Armadillo.” No cheap sound-effects used there, just pure-unadulterated storytelling.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated R
Genre Documentary, Action, History
Director David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud
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Actors Frank Adamski, Ofren Arrechaga, Ed Bankston
Country United States
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