A grand statement against participation medals...

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2015)

I vowed to myself a while back to be a lot more conservative with my 10 scores... this film doesn't change that. I feel that it earned it.
This was 100 minutes of white-knuckle tension and anxiety. That's probably the best way to describe the film without spoiling anything. JK Simmons, as fantastic as he is, is matched by Miles Teller. The only other film I had seen with Teller in it was Divergent, which I didn't care for. He wasn't poor in it, but his character was pretty one-dimensional. Here he has made a statement to the industry, demonstrating that he is already an actor of great class.
This is how inspirational films are supposed to be made. It is what must be a true representation of how greatness is suffered for and earned. I believe this because for not one second did I want to be in Andrew's shoes.