The Rescue

2021
PG
1h 47m

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8.3/10

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A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailan... Read allA chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

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IMDb RATING

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 16 wins & 39 nominations total

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Bancha Duriyapunt

Self - Royal Thai Army
(as Lt. Gen. Bancha Duriyapunt)

Apakorn Youkongkaew

Self - Royal Thai Navy
(as RAdm. Apakorn Youkongkaew)
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Anan Surawan

Self - Royal Thai Navy
(as Cast. Anna Surawan)

Woranan Ratrawiphukkun

Self - Local Volunteer
(as 'Tik' Woranan)
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Vern Unsworth

Self - Financial Consultant…

Weerasak Kowsurat

Self - Minister of Sports and Tourism

Rick Stanton

Self - Retired Fireman…

John Volanthen

Self - IT Consultant…

Connor Roe

Self - Cave Diver…

Richard Harris

Self - Cave Diver…

Siriporn Bangnoen

Self - Nurse
(as Amp Bangnoen)

Ruengrit Changkwanyuen

Self - Dive Specialist…

Suratin Chaichoomphu

Self - Thai Groundwater Association
(as Surathin Chaichoomphu)

Ben Svasti Thomson

Self - Honorary British Consul

Saman Gunan

Self - Retired Thai Navy SEAL
(as P.O. Saman Gunan)

Waleeporn Gunan

Self - Saman's Wife

Derek Anderson

Self - US Air Force Pararescue
(as MSgt. Derek Anderson)

Josh Bratchley

Self - Meteorologist…

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Trivia
Some scenes were reenacted by the actual participants.

Connections
Alternate-language version of Thirteen Lives (2022)

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Believe
Written by Aloe Blacc, Gary Baker and Daniel Pemberton
Performed by Aloe Blacc

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9/10

Forget prejudices, trust your intuition.

"The Rescue" is about the rescuers and the peculiar mentality of the dedicated cave diver. It also provides an expert, 3D-graphics-enhanced procedural recreation of the whole painstaking, perilous extraction process. The mechanics of the operation boggle the mind, and in presenting them so elegantly. Just amazing that despite all the differences in nationalities, training (Thai Navy Seals) culture and languages, a group of non-professional cave divers succeeded in the rescue of the 12 boys (age 11 to 16) and their football coach. Astonishing story and better than most Christmas movies nowadays. This is an unbelievable story that must been seen! It is better than most of the movies hitting the theatre now.