Review of The Last Descent

This movie actually spends more time showing his life than it does the rescue efforts. His so-called normal life and his attempts at marrying his wife get the most screen time. Never do we see his parents, his brother who originally talked him into going caving, nor his siblings. Then there's the 3 odd characters dressed in out dated clothes. An older man, younger man and child all dressed the same. Never do we see what was happening on the surface outside the cave entrance to learn of any ideas on getting him out. This being a first full-length movie is above normal for first timers but should have focused more on the main interest of the movie. It does show how "time can be a friend or a enemy" as he was trapped for over 28 hrs. It also shows how gravity can work against you and it did here. It also shows how he really didn't go out doing what he loved. What we don't get are any real medical concerns or how being trapped upside-down can upset the body functional system. What we do get is this single line "we might have to break his legs". What also don't we get is what happens to the brain as blood rushes in the downward direction or how the heart has to work 3 times as hard to get blood flowing through the body. A lot we don't get but we get his life story. This isn't a clone of "127 hours" and to me not even close. In "127 hrs" he was outside with his arm pinned by a boulder. This isn't a clone of "Everybody's Baby: The Jessica McClure Story" which focuses on the rescue efforts. What we get is basically his biography so to speak. In all this movie is very unbalanced but somehow packs a punch when it shows him trapped. The end is a bit over the top as he sees his unborn son and holds him. Should have balanced it more by showing less of his life and more on the rescue efforts and how his family and wife were dealing with it. Or how is brother was taking it as he talked him into going in the first place. In all it's still a good movie, not one if your deathly claustrophobic of fear dark and tight spaces.