The Rescue

The Rescue

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.

  • Released: 2021-10-08
  • Runtime: 107 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries, Drama, Thrillers
  • Stars: Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen, Derek Anderson, Rick Stanton, Mikko Paasi, Richard Harris, Josh Morris, Mitch Torrel, Craig Challen, Ruengrit Changkwanyuen, Josh Bratchley, Jason Mallinson, Connor Roe, Fiona Harris, Ben Svasti Thomson, Chris Jewell, Felix Rosen, Saman Gunan, Vern Unsworth, Rob Harper, Bhak Loharjun, Surathin Chaichoomphu, Natnadai Bradwell, Singhanat Losuya, Waleeporn Gunan, Bobby Trarewaxe, Somsak Kanakam, Tiger Hirankrit, Woranan Ratrawiphukkun, Anan Surawan, Ben Reymenants, Nat Lawson, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Weerasak Kowsurat, Anupong Paochinda, Bancha Duriyapunt, Siriporn Bangnoen
  • Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
 Comments
  • kotzmar - 30 July 2023
    "Mission Impossible" turns into "Mission Possible"
    In June and July 2018, a junior association football team were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old assistant coach entered the cave on 23 June after a practice session. Shortly after they entered, heavy rainfall began and partially flooded the cave system, blocking their way out and trapping them deep within.

    The film follows the Tham Luang cave rescue. The documentary was truly incredible-one of the best documentaries I have ever watched. Keeps you on your feet and it's extremely emotional. There are many lessons to be learned from this story. Just watch it!
  • mandolorian-29074 - 12 October 2022
    Intense, intriguing and emotional
    Absolutely loved This documentary, the build up was great and it was easy to get emotionally attached to the main characters. Very intriguing, I loved how they added live news footage, it makes you feel like you are one of the divers who desperately has to save the children before the water submerges the whole cave. The animation to show the layout of the cave was cool and it is interesting to see what the outlandish plan that they would come up with next. I have researched a little on the rescue a few years ago but I was not sure if the mission was fully successful or not, but this documentary answered my question and has a great amount of detail. I have to salute the cave divers and Thai navy for saving these young boys, as I would never have the courage to cave dive with a high risk of death. The divers are extremely brave and unfortunately one of them sadly passed away during the mission, but I'm sure he would be happy looking down from heaven seeing all these people coming together from all different countries to help these boys and not let his efforts go in vain. Intense, intriguing and emotional documentary.
  • imseeg - 7 August 2022
    Wow, what a story, what a incredible positive example of making the impossible come true.
    Forget about all the other movies that are made about this story, THIS very movie is the best portrayal of what happened. Period.

    The good: this is one of those few documentaries that made me fight the tears of joy and relief at the end. What a story. What a bravery. What a perseverance. What a positivity and generousity worldwide to help save these kids.

    Even if you know the entire story it is still recommended to watch it, because we get to see (and understand) in detail about all the excruciatingly difficult circumstances under which these divers had to rescue these kids.

    It is mostly told from the viewpoint of these few nerdy cavedivers from England, who just happened to be special at something which suddenly could save lives.

    All these English cave divers openly admitted on camera they were actual nerds, who never really got along socially in their teenage years, but while they lacked in social skills, they did excell magnificently in staying cool, calm and collected under intense pressure and danger. What a heroes. BRAVO!

    Highly recommended!
  • howboutthisone_huh - 13 April 2022
    much more than it was reported
    When this was reported in my area I remember thinking, oh, that's tragic and went on without realizing just how extraordinary and difficult it was to get these kids out. Thanks to everyone carrying a camera these days, the footage looks as if the events were actually filmed but they weren't. Despite much of the firm being re-enactments, it's so seamless there are times when I was thinking why are they filming this. I've seen climbing movies where they're pretty successful at this but considering the staging and people involved and the technical aspect of the film processing, it's really hard to tell watching this, what is 'real' and what's not, so even though you may remember the result, you probably didn't know the facts. It's a credit to Saman Kunan and Beirut Pakbara who subsequently died during and after the mission. They will forever be eulogized, along with all the men and women who unselfishly donated themselves to saving these children.