THE RESCUE
Cert 12A In cinemas now
Using interviews, archive footage and seamless reconstructions, this nailbiting documentary focuses on the middle-aged amateur divers who led the expedition to save a Thai junior football team from a flooded cave.
Brits Rick Stanton and John Volanthen give candid accounts of being thrust into the spotlight in 2018 after 12 young soccer players and their coach got trapped by rising waters in a vast network of caves.
We don’t get to hear from the lads but the divers’ accounts are riveting. Theirs is a strange hobby and these are very unusual people, so hearing what went through their minds when they crawled through this subterranean hell is fascinating. Even if you remember the outcome, you’ll find the finale tense and deeply moving.