The Ordinary Heroism of Only the Brave
Only the Brave does the story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots justice by judiciously downplaying their greatness.
Only the Brave does the story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots justice by judiciously downplaying their greatness.
Lone Survivor desperately wants to be described with clichéd buzzwords like “authentic,” “gritty” and “visceral,” but never earns such descriptors. When its four bearded Navy SEALs find themselves outnumbered by hundreds of Taliban guerrilla fighters, the action sequences’ painful physicality (there’s some bone-crunching stuntwork on display) is squandered by poor directorial choices from Peter Berg.…