The film is also good at the perfunctory stuff of showing how the Hotshots train, create burn areas to prevent fires from spreading further, give each other a hard time and otherwise go about being the best at a job that can keep you away from your family for long stretches in the worst of circumstances, it can also end tragically. And music, too, of course, some of it supplied by Supe’s closest confidant, old fire chief Duane Steinbrink ( Jeff Bridges, for once clean-shaven, conventionally coiffed and unburdened with the gravely voice he seems mostly to have used since playing Rooster Cogburn).īy throwing down the welcome mat and inviting the viewer into close quarters with generally positive characters in a distinctive enclave within an otherwise recognizable small-town world, director Joseph Kosinski ( Tron: Legacy, Oblivion) establishes a crucial audience bond that will make the tragic end you know awaits all the more powerful.
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When it’s time to kick back, the guys know how to do it, Western-style, with the customary booze and B.S.-ing humor embedded in strong feelings of professional camaraderie. 'Only the Brave' Premiere: Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges Honor First Responders as "Heroes"Īfter just this straightforward bit of setup, the film has already succeeded in immersing the viewer in a particular way of talking, a way of life. When met, the latter is a no-account wastrel and druggie who’s just gotten a poor young thing pregnant, an issue he views as just one more “whatever.” He’s a total jerk, indicating a very long road back to redemption. Since such a unit consists of 20 firefighters, we’re not about to get to know many of the men very well the well-wrought script by Ken Nolan ( Black Hawk Down and - ahem - Transformers: The Last Knight) and Eric Warren Singer ( American Hustle) decides to principally concentrate on the most capable, Supe, who has what seems like a great marriage to feisty, loving Amanda ( Jennifer Connelly), a horse whisperer for battered steeds, and the least likely to succeed, Brendan “Donut” McDonough ( Miles Teller). A table-setting scene of the men at work provides vivid evidence of the amazing rapidity with which wildfires can spread, and also serves as a springboard for Supe’s crew to win acceptance into the elite of firefighters.
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However variable and volatile they may have been off-duty, they were Medal of Honor material on the job.Īt first, the outfit overseen by “Supe” (as in superintendent) Eric Marsh ( Josh Brolin in absolute top form) aren’t yet in the major leagues of firefighting they’re a Prescott, Arizona, municipal team trying to crack through to cherished “hotshots” status. They were mostly gung ho, can-do types with a penchant for horsing around and downing a few brewskies, but all that would immediately be put aside when danger called. The movie’s end was having the pictures of actual Granite Mountain Hotshots and their actor replicas.The members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were all just regular guys, but they were also members of a true elite, the creme-de-la-creme of a fraternity of men who risked their lives containing fast-spreading wildfires. In fact, Brendan has a memory of a rattlesnake that bit him while saving the tree. In fact, saving this tree was one of the first missions of the Crew. A few years later, Brendan played with his daughter near the juniper tree that the Crew saved. At this point, Amanda consoles Brendan during his psychological breakdown.
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The next part of the movie takes us to the Prescott Middle School, where Brendan appears out of nowhere, and the families of the casualties realize that their loved ones are gone. This was the end of all the members, except Brendan, as he leaves the Crew a few moments back to spend time with his family and gets saved by another hotshot. Unfortunately, Eric’s call for a tanker gets missed, fire sweeps over the Crew, and radio calls become unanswered. Unfortunately, the fire suddenly increases wind, whereas, adds more speed to the fire, and it starts to spread toward the Crew. Eric, later on, appoints Jesse as the superintendent and leaves the post. Eric whereas returns home to start a family with his wife. The Crew was seen fighting many fires, and at times they even risked their lives to save the country from fire.
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