Only the Brave only dedicates the last 20–30 minutes of its 2+ hour runtime to the Yarnell Hill Fire. It’s something of a shame that the movie was so DOA at the box-office when it premiered last fall, as not only is this the sort of rousing “testament to the men in uniform who keep our families safe” story that generally results in popular success when the men in question are wearing uniforms of our armed forces, but the horrific outbreak of wildfires that tormented California last fall would seem to lend a real-life urgency to this particular story of courage under pressure and low-key heroism. But the director’s previous films seem to have given Kosinski the technical surety to conceive of and execute some truly staggering fiery setpieces, while the ensemble cast allows him to break free of the stiff, unconvincing characterizations of his first two works. The helmer of such beloved-by-me visually-striking science fiction epics Tron Legacy and Tom Cruise’s Oblivion would seem to be an unconventional choice for a Based-On-A-True-Story male weepie detailing the heroic work of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of firefighters who tragically perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire of June 2013. At first glance, Only the Brave would seem to be an odd fit for director Joseph Kosinski.
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