Gruelling and realistic (the plane crash particularly effective) in director J. A Bayona's capable hands-as he did in The Impossible the mix of realism and drama against nature within an unforgiving backdrop.
My only quibble is I couldn't work out who most of the characters were,it begins rather too quickly that their introductions were rushed or didn't happen thus the sympathy when one should perish is rather diluted. With beards,hollow eyes and skinny frames they all looked alike.
If the film follows just one character in the centre, the med student say , it wouldn't have been as confusing. I get that the film is a collective of the rugby team.as a whole.
As it is, its a bold film that I would have liked to have seen on the big screen.
My only quibble is I couldn't work out who most of the characters were,it begins rather too quickly that their introductions were rushed or didn't happen thus the sympathy when one should perish is rather diluted. With beards,hollow eyes and skinny frames they all looked alike.
If the film follows just one character in the centre, the med student say , it wouldn't have been as confusing. I get that the film is a collective of the rugby team.as a whole.
As it is, its a bold film that I would have liked to have seen on the big screen.