2014 · war · adventure · survival
Against the Sun
Directed by Brian Falk1h 39m2014
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Our read: Against the Sun (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded war · adventure · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured war / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
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