A surprisingly bad film

Rating: 3/10 (6 September 2009)

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Nic Cage? How could it go wrong - but it did, in many ways.
First, it didn't really show much heroism. It's not particularly heroic to be caught up in events outside your control. There was some bravery shown by the rescuers at the end but they were really just doing the job they had been trained to do and are paid to do.
The main group of rescuers had given up. They had called off the search for the night. It was the two marines who found the cops and called the rescuers back in.
It followed the effect on the families of the survivors. But what about the effect on the families of those who went in with Sgt McLoughlin but didn't come out? They must have gone through the same period of uncertainty - but with a less happy outcome.
Generally, a disappointment