The perilous journey of a junior soccer team trapped in a cave by floodwaters captured the world’s attention in 2018 and is the focus of this new film by Ron Howard.
Among the anxious parents, volunteers, besieged former governor and Thai Navy SEALS, Howard zeroes in on two unassuming, middle-aged British volunteer cave divers, Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, respectively played by Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell with grim haircuts, dour outfits, and – in Mortensen's case – a frequently amusing English accent that wouldn't be out of place on an episode of SNL.
"I didn't come here to kill kids, Rick," Harris protests, a line of dialogue that yields the movie's biggest unintentional laugh. "I came here to help you save them."– Howard leans into the inherent drama of the situation, following the deliberations over how to extract the boys once they've found them.
To his credit, Howard creates a reasonably affective tapestry of anxiety, taking care to give us moments with the boys' parents, the SEAL team, and the local volunteers attempting to minimise the floodwater breaching the cave. It's a measured, unremarkable approach that reflects a modest brand of heroism, one that eschews ego in favour of elevating idealised, collective effort.
Colin Farrell described the experience of filming underwater to Entertainment Tonight as "terrifying".
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