The Outpost Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

"The Outpost" is Combat Outpost Keating, located in Afghanistan only 14 miles from the Pakistani border, where 53 Americans prevailed against nearly 400 Taliban fighters in a day-long clash on Oct. 3, 2009.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Based on true events, in this military thriller, a small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

Drama War

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Outpost.

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  Scott Eastwood

  ... Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha

  Fast X, Wrath of Man

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  Caleb Landry Jones

  ... Specialist Ty Michael Carter

  The Social Network, DogMan

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  Orlando Bloom

  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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  Cory Hardrict

  ... Sgt. Vernon Martin

  Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black, Divorce in the Black

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  Jack Kesy

  Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Baywatch

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  Taylor John Smith

  Warfare, Depravity

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  Milo Gibson

  Clawfoot, Manifest West

Crew Behind the Film

The The Outpost behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Rod Lurie last directed Straw Dogs and Nothing but the Truth. The film's writer Paul Tamasy last wrote The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare and The Finest Hours.

Director

Rod Lurie

Screenwriters

Paul Tamasy
Eric Johnson

Producers

Eric Johnson
Sam Raimi
Paul Tamasy
Rob Tapert

Additional Information

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Production Details

What we know about the The Outpost movie production.

Key Facts

• Scott Eastwood will play Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha and Caleb Landry Jones will play Specialist Ty Michael Carter, both of whom received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Orlando has been cast in the role of 1st Lieutenant Benjamin D. Keating 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan (Hollywood Reporter, 5/3/2018).
• Based on Jake Tapper's book "The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor."

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