The Finest Hours is just a brilliant movie! Its one of those
movies that are clean, appropriate for the whole family and tense and exciting
for older viewers.
Based on the book: ‘The Finest Hours: The True Story of the
U.S Coast Guards Most Daring Rescue’ by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman,
the movie is about an oil tanker that has fallen into distress during a
blizzard, in the winter of 1952.
Bernard “Bernie”
Webber, a passionate young coast guard in the small town of Chatham,
Massachusetts, takes on the challenge of rescuing the crew of the oil tanker.
Still facing resentment from a colleague, having failed on a previous mission
that resulted in the loss of life, Bernie assembles a team of young willing men
to help him attempt to rescue the distressed crew. Bernie’s challenge is to get
over the sandbank that leads out to sea during the blizzard, in rough seas with
impaired visibility.
On board the tanker engineer Ray Sybert, a shy and humble
man, inspires the crew to help him implement some unorthodox ideas to keep the
ship afloat in the hopes of someone coming to rescue them. Ray cares about each
one of his crew mates and tries to guide them to the safety of a reef and to
keep the ship afloat for as long as possible, while avoiding any reckless ideas
of escape.
Both Bernie and Ray are heroes in this story, both men
showing determination and persistence in their challenges.
Title: The Finest Hours
Length: 1 hour 57 min
Age restriction: 12PG
Genre: Action, Drama, History.
Date of release: February 19th 2016 (UK)
Actors: Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Michael Raymond-James, Casey
Affleck and Holliday Grainger.
I recognised a few familiar actors and couldn’t place where
I’d seen them before. I was surprised at what I found:
Chris Pine (Star Trek, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit)
Eric Bana (Star Trek)
Michael Raymond-James (Jack Reacher)
Casey Affleck (Interstellar)
Holliday Grainger (Merlin, Robin Hood - BBC series)
