Intense rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2016)

Craig Gillespie directs this daring maritime thriller set in snowy early 1952. Gigantic waves and blistering snow off Nantucket, MA are elements of an awful storm that has torn not one oil tankers in half, but two. Coast Guard Commander Daniel Cluff (Eric Bana), new to the area, sends Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and a measly crew of three to investigate one of the distress calls. In blinding conditions, seaman Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) is trying to keep half a tanker ripped apart by the furious Atlantic waves from sinking. Gale force winds and heroic efforts lend to realism.
The courage and spirit of Coast Guardsmen is captured and cinematography is pulse rising and exciting. A bit disappointed in Affleck's lack of enthusiasm, Pine is the hero in spite of being out acted by the fetching Holliday Grainger, that plays his fiancé Miriam. Also notable in the cast: Ben Foster, Graham McTavish, Abraham Benrubi and John Ortiz.