Written by Brian Falk and Mark David Keegan
Starring Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton and Jake Abel
A WWII pilot, bombardier and radioman find themselves adrift in the middle of the pacific ocean after an emergency ocean landing. Losing their food and water rations in the crash as well as essential survival supplies, they struggle to keep their spirits up and hope for a rescue.
To me, survival stories are usually interesting. Especially while being stranded in the middle of the ocean. Based on actual events, this story is truly remarkable. With many similarities to last years much anticipated movie "Unbroken", I suspect the hype surrounding that film pushed this one to the way side.
The writing in this was at times weak and a little cheesy. Specifically in the beginning, they described all of their plans in dialogue, step for step rather than just doing them. As the plot progressed, the writing became less of a distraction and helped the story move along.
While Angelina Jolie's war movie had much better writing and undeniably a much bigger budget, this had a lot of the heart that I feel "Unbroken" was missing. The relationships were formed on screen rather than leaving them to the audience to figure out for themselves.
"Well, now what?"
This movie had it's flaws for sure. But they are easy to overlook once you get invested in the story. You forget the little details and mistakes and just take it in as a big picture. It is a standard survival movie. But the fact that it is based on a true story (and they have pictures during the credits of the real men), that gives it a slight edge over some.
My Rating: 6.5/10
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