Visually impressive (see this on a big screen if you can) about the efforts to rescue 8 people who were trapped 900 feet above the floor of a valley when two of three cables holding it up snapped.
Using a mix of actual footage and recreations this film is visually amazing. Seeing it big impressed the hell out of me. If you hate heights you might get vertigo. It's a hell of a story and the visuals impress the danger on you.
The trouble is the telling is unfocused and bland. There is no point of view. The film is everyone's story all at the same time so we get no sense of urgency. We follow the fathers, a reporter, several of the rescuers amd eventually the boys. Everyone is given equal weight and equal coverage. But there is no suspense. The biggest question is who is going to save the boys the rich guy or the poor guy.
As great as the story, its poorly told. Yes, we are hooked, but largely because we just want to see what happens, not because what happens is excitingly told.
Oh to have this told by a great action director.
Is it worth seeing?
Yes, but not at festival prices. Despite the visuals making this a big screen film, the telling makes me think this is going best playing on TV.
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