For the better part of 18 days between June and July of 2018, 12 boys and their coach survived in the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. The saga dominated the news cycle and their rescue became an international sensation. It spawned songs, countless awards, citizenship, and films around the globe. The newest of those projects, The Rescue, finds Free Solo documentarians Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin working on another action-filled project, combining cave-diving recreations with constant footage of those planning the rescue.
The Rescue, which is being released by National Geographic, acts as a thriller even if its ending is already known. It hums along, helped greatly by the ticking clock of rising water levels, falling oxygen levels, and the faces of boys who somehow survived those 18 days. Focused primarily on the British cave-diving experts brought in to aid the recovery, it gives little time to the Thai Navy Seals and other...
The Rescue, which is being released by National Geographic, acts as a thriller even if its ending is already known. It hums along, helped greatly by the ticking clock of rising water levels, falling oxygen levels, and the faces of boys who somehow survived those 18 days. Focused primarily on the British cave-diving experts brought in to aid the recovery, it gives little time to the Thai Navy Seals and other...
- 9/20/2021
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
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