A nerve wretching survival and rescue thriller by Ron Howard. I liked a lot that the usual sentimentality Howard puts into that genere is missng here and it was rather a very factual and rough film with much less manipulative elements than you would usually expect from him.
Some cuts were strange, and although I understand that if he had shown more detail, then it would have ended up being a miniserie, but still it was not the best edited film.
The acting was solid. Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell both turned into very good performance, that were phyiscally more demanding than from an acting perspective but I liked how they developed their characters nd gave them special traits, especially Mortensen succeded with that.
Joel Edgerton also gives nice support.
There were many creative decisions Howard took for the film like not showing the kids, after entering the cave, until it was clear they are alive ( I dont consider this is a spoiler, as everybody knows that fact).
It was also not overlong as you were permanently on the edge of the seat , even knowing the outcome, it was still thrilling. Especially those claustrophobic diving sequences. All in all a great film with a lot of value and certainly one that deserves to be seen and pays justice to the real live events.
Some cuts were strange, and although I understand that if he had shown more detail, then it would have ended up being a miniserie, but still it was not the best edited film.
The acting was solid. Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell both turned into very good performance, that were phyiscally more demanding than from an acting perspective but I liked how they developed their characters nd gave them special traits, especially Mortensen succeded with that.
Joel Edgerton also gives nice support.
There were many creative decisions Howard took for the film like not showing the kids, after entering the cave, until it was clear they are alive ( I dont consider this is a spoiler, as everybody knows that fact).
It was also not overlong as you were permanently on the edge of the seat , even knowing the outcome, it was still thrilling. Especially those claustrophobic diving sequences. All in all a great film with a lot of value and certainly one that deserves to be seen and pays justice to the real live events.