Death by Rescue: The Lethal Effects of Non-Assistance at Sea (2016)
In April 2015, two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean resulted in over a thousand deaths. The first, on 12 April, occurred when an overcrowded boat was approached by a large commercial vessel. Less than a week later, on 18 April 2015, a similar incident led to over eight hundred deaths after an overcrowded vessel collided with a cargo ship that had approached to rescue its passengers. Both incidents are in part the result of changing EU policies toward at-sea rescue, particularly the retreat of state rescue operations and a resulting onus on commercial vessels to fill the ‘rescue gap’.
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.