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Only the Brave3 starsDirector: Joseph KosinskiStars: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff BridgesDuration: 134 minsClass: 12KRS Releasing Ltd In June 2013, a crew of firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots battled one of the deadliest wildfires in US hFight fire with fire
Only the Brave3 starsDirector: Joseph KosinskiStars: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff BridgesDuration: 134 minsClass: 12KRS Releasing Ltd In June 2013, a crew of firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots battled one of the deadliest wildfires in US history – the Yarnell Hill Fire. Many members of the crew did not make it home, and Only the Brave dramatises the events leading up to that event by focusing on some of the firemen’s lives. The ‘hotshots’ are top specialist firefighters who literally fight fire with fire. The term usually refers to special teams from the US Forest Service, but the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a crew of locals from Prescott, Arizona, led by Eric Marsh (played in the movie by Josh Brolin) who dreamed of gaining Hotshot status. It is a very difficult process that involves intensive training and evaluation, but they finally achieved that, resulting in the crew being called up to fight wildfire all across the US. That’s all very well and, given the nature of their job, certainly a remarkable achievement. But the film devotes a little more time than is necessary detailing the crew’s attempts to obtain the hotshot status, with too much focus on... Read more
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