{"id":28563,"date":"2022-09-17T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28563"},"modified":"2022-09-17T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:28:12","slug":"review-cave-rescue-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/09\/review-cave-rescue-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cave Rescue Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Albeit the true story is interesting, and I say this having not seen Thirteen Lives<\/em>, I\u2019m just not sure there\u2019s enough to make for a feature film and what we get with Cave Rescue<\/em><\/strong> was actually pretty lackluster and ultra thin on character development.<\/p>\n

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Cave Rescue<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Suspense, Drama<\/span>
\nLionsgate| PG13 \u2013 100 min. \u2013 $21.99 | September 13, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 09\/17\/2022 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Tom Waller
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Don Linder, Katrina Grose, Tom Waller (story), Tom Waller (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jim Warny, Ekawat Niratvorapanya, Nopadol Niyomka<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>23.02 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>27.38 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Lionsgate provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>What’s it like to be trapped in a cave for 10 days? How does it feel to be part of one of the biggest rescue missions in history? When rising floodwaters trap a boy\u2019s soccer team in a cave system in Thailand, an Irish cave diver (JIM WARNER as himself) joins the massive effort to save them. Shot at the original locations \u2014 and featuring real heroes involved in the rescue \u2014 this saga based on true events is as close as you can get to experiencing for yourself.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: Cave Rescue<\/em><\/strong> is the third movie* to retell the incredible story, the other being the more Hollywood produced Thirteen Lives<\/em> directed by Ron Howard and starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton. I have to watch that version so don\u2019t know how it compares, but I have to think it was better than this. Like The 15:17 to Paris<\/em>, this one uses some of the actual people involved and while I guess the acting wasn\u2019t terrible, none of them really had any charm or on-screen charisma.<\/p>\n

So, and I only discovered while looking over director Tom Waller\u2019s resume, that this is a re-titled (and re-edited) version of 2019\u2019s The Cave<\/em> and came out in time to take advantage of Thirteen Lives<\/em>\u2019 release. From what I can tell, this didn\u2019t get a home video release in the United States, though Amazon\u2019s search algorithm is wonky so I could\u2019ve missed a DVD release.<\/p>\n

In any case, the bigger issue is, despite being a reasonable running time, the movie dragged to the point I really could not care about anybody or their wellbeing. That said, the trapped boys and their coach plays a very small part with the bulk focusing on the rescue efforts and the divers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a glossy and embossed slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. Features include The Making of Cave Rescue<\/em> (7:57)<\/u><\/strong> and the Trailer (2:16)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Lionsgate releases Cave Rescue<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray and is presented with a 2.39 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. The picture mostly looks fine with detail on close-ups being well defined and colors coming in spurts though a fair amount is dark considering many scenes take place inside a, well, cave.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4\u00bc\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which was more than serviceable, dialogue comes across with good clarity and there is some modest depth for the cave scenes where you hear tripping water or off-screen characters chatter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Albeit the true story is interesting, and I say this having not seen Thirteen Lives<\/em>, I\u2019m just not sure there\u2019s enough to make for a feature film and what we get with Cave Rescue<\/em><\/strong> was actually pretty lackluster and ultra thin on character development. I\u2019d say just watch a documentary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Albeit the true story is interesting, and I say this having not seen Thirteen Lives, I\u2019m just not sure there\u2019s enough to make for a feature film and what we get with Cave Rescue was actually pretty lackluster and ultra thin on character development.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28564,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28563\/revisions\/28564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}