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Against the Sun

2014 · 99 min

A cramped, sun-scorched endurance test that grinds you down alongside three men with nowhere to go but forward.

Overview
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.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • loyalty
  • war
Places
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war, adventure
Directed by
Brian Falk
Written by
Brian Falk, Mark David Keegan
Starring
Tom Felton, Garret Dillahunt, Jake Abel, Nadia Parra
Cinematography
Petr Cikhart
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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