The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off
the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a
blizzard in 1952.
Director:
Craig GillespieStars:
Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben FosterStoryline
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. Written byUser Reviews
Excellent movie. Bring your life jacket.
This is a great movie.
Tense story, excellent acting, lots of action and an upbeat theme. The
movie keeps the audience engaged and entertains. Now one might write off
this movie as being just the latest addition to the natural disaster
movie genre but that would be only partially correct. There is little in
the story that is contrived. That is, the story has plausibility. It
does not seem to be stretching literary license (though some is taken).
The heroics are not overblown. Actually, what is depicted is amazing and
admirable. Coast Guardsmen conduct a rescue operation in almost
impossibly abysmal conditions. Yet it happened. You can look it up. The
movie does raise a question: why was the US Coast Guard so undermanned
and poorly equipped? This movie gives cause to compare it to the
blockbuster Titanic (1997). It compares favorably. Chris Pine and Casey
Affleck are excellent as the two principal characters who are most
responsible for saving a lot of lives. This movie is worth watching.
Just make sure that you're wearing a life jacket.
