Especially the sound design of the thundering fire storms and the awesome roaring of the low passing fire fighting planes is very impressive. I have a nice dedicated home cinema set-up and I was truly blown away.

Last but not least the movie absolutely NAILS the all consuming, terrifying force of nature that a forest fire can be. If you like movies such as Black Hawk Down or Hackasaw Ridge, I am sure you'll like this one. The brotherhood aspect is the unique kind that is forged by having to put your life in the hands of the man beside you and makes it feel like a war movie at times. Only the brave is about family, sacrifice and brotherhood. Bridges and Connelly are amazing as well and bring a lot of emotional gravitas to the movie. Miles teller is perfect in his role as a slacking drug user trying to turn his life around, Josh Brolin just oozes leadership and competency in his role as the Fire and rescue crew superintendent and together they form a beautiful bond. Anyway, due to it not doing very well and kind of flying under the radar I had not heard of this movie before, but I am very glad I discovered it. There is some decent star power (Miles Teller, Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly), it has drama, it has action and on top of that is was well received by the critics. It did pretty badly at the box office and I am just not sure why.

This movie has definitely not gotten the attention it very much deserves. For those of you that have never heard of this movie, Only the Brave is a movie based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of forest firefighters from Prescott, Arizona.

Only the brave cast 2017