It is the spirit of frontier heritage

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2011)

As an international student who have came there for 3 month, I find something that in American blood. No matter how many bugs in this film, it can show the spirit of American from many fields.
It mainly talks about the progress of a group of drilling workers saving the world by drilling a failing stone and exploding it. At the beginning, I notice that all of them wear jeans which have been the mark of American, like the hat of cowboy. The job may be dangerous because of storm ,but they love challenge.
Self-reliance is another part I see from American. They tear down the drill cars that take NASA millions of dollar and then rebuild them the way they like. That is one of the reasons they overcome the bad situation in the end. Self-reliance may be the reason why there is no other country join the saving plan except a drunk Russian. Just like a hundred years ago, rugged individualists, like Daniel Boone, Jesse James and Wyatt Earp ,and many other people tried to conquer "the Wild West" by themselves.
From the start to finish, president to soldiers, no one ever thought about what will happen if they don't win. All I see is "I can do it! " "We can get it!" "God bless America". "Can-Do" is the power that change impossible to possible.
The most impression of America that I get from the film is equality. In front of risk, we are equal to each other. No matter what's your job, you may be the hero to save the world because those drilling guys did it. This just like a copy of history, people change, equipments change but the spirit will never change. God bless American.